The 1970s called and they want their rotary dial cell phone back. Looking for all the world like something assembled from the Radio Shack parts department – remember when Radio Shack sold parts?

If you have the urge for some retro decor, you can still buy rotary phones (BoldOldPhones is one site that specializes in them). Despite being a relic from the past, we still hear phrases like ...

People are encouraged to feel how heavy cameras used to be, before they were a regular component on our cell phones. For some the Extinct Media Museum offers a nostalgic blast from the past ...

A rotating number selector on early telephones (and TVs). Introduced in the early 1900s, rotary phones were commonly used from the 1920s until the 1960s, when dial phones were gradually replaced ...