Published 12:21 IST, February 13th 2020

US woman builds rotary dial mobile phone, says it's more 'functional'

In order to get rid of all the functions that a modern mobile phone offered, a US woman Justine Haupt built a fully-functioning rotary dial mobile phone.

Reported by: Ruchit Rastogi
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In order to get rid of all functions that a modern mobile phone offered and have something more personal, a woman Justine Haupt built a fully-functioning rotary dial mobile phone. Justine, an astromy instrumentation engineer at Brookhaven National Laboratory, posted a brief description of rotary phone on her website to give a clear picture behind her decision to go back in time.

In her description, Justine Haupt said, "Why a rotary cellphone? Because in a finicky, anying, touchscreen world of hyperconnected people using phones y have control over or understanding of, I wanted something that would be entirely mine, personal, and absolutely tactile, while also giving me an excuse for t texting."

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" point isn't to be anachronistic. It's to show that it's possible to have a perfectly usable phone that goes as far from having a touchscreen as I can imagine, and which in some ways may actually be more functional. More functional how?"

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"Real, removable antenna with an SMA connector. Receptions are excellent, and if I really want to I could always attach a directional antenna."

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Husband's number on speed dial

"If I want to call my husband, I can do so by pressing a single dedicated physical key which is dedicated to him. menus. point isn't to use rotary dial every single time I want to make a call, which would get tiresome for daily use. people I call most often are stored, and if I have to dial a new number or do something like set volume, n I can use fun and satisfying-to-use rotary dial."

engineer said that her rotary dial mobile phone also h a detachable antenna with an SMA connector that provided a very good connection and a good battery level all thanks to a LED bar graph. phone also has a power switch that is a slide switch. According to reports, she ded speed-dial buttons that will enable to call her husband or her loved ones.

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12:21 IST, February 13th 2020