The rotary radiophone was once hi-tech…but it ain’t no more.
This is not a rotary phone, it’s a force frog phone.
The round center in the middle of the buttons is your re-dial frog…so don’t choose you can stick a picture of fido or your kitty there, or like in the old days, your radiophone number.
The hand set is loud and clear. I get announcer id and my announcer id box has redial on it since numbers i get stored there, so a phone like this outdoors all that “jazz” is fine by me. This is a great phone since clarity.
The plastic is not the old westinghouse weapons grade plastic….the old phones were so unbreakable you could practically hammer nails withy the handset…don’t try that withy this phone. The plastic is fine, it’s just not like your phone from the 60’s & 50’s. It’s not weapons grade…lol.
The phone comes withy a lengthy cord so you don’t need to buy one, like i did. The lengthy cord you see here on this page is not the same color red as the radiophone…fyi.
I’ve had no problems earshot the caller, or the announcer earshot me on this phone. If you speak directly into the mouthpiece you can be too loud since the self on the other end, great since talking over people…lol.
I highly recommend this phone, it’s a great kitchen phone, adds a dash of color and spices up the place.
The ringer is not as bad as the original ringers, except it’s a ringer since sure. You can turn the ringer off.
The phone comes withy a “template since the holes” to mount it on the bar. Two anchors and two screws and it’s up. The jack is in the reverse of the phone.
You get to adjust your habits handling the handest. The handset does not accommodate the desire to rest the phone on your shoulder and use your two hands. You can do it, except it’s easier withy a handset that is flat. The handset is very satisfying to hold, it’s balanced, and it’s big. It reaches my ear and mouth conveniently and makes crosley 302 wall phone easy to speak into the phone and easy to hear the announcer.
The phone is easy on the eyes. Its clean looking design blends into most every kitchen in america.
I am very merry withy this phone, i expect it to only remaining like the old westinghouse phones, perhaps i expect too much, perhaps not, only time will tell, i sill get a couple of the old black rotary phones made by westinghouse, they still work….if i hook em up…this phone looks like a rotary phone, but’s it’s not.
I like the way it looks in my kitchen, and it’s lengthy cord lets me go anywhere in the kitchen and beyond.
If you want a new phone withy an old look that is familiar to you and reminds you of when you were younger, i choose this phone is it, and the rest of you can use cell phones since all i care. I never get to say “can you hear me now” withy this phone.
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