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The Dengler Domain: Telephones

Cell phones are the rage and everyone wants to have the new model. To have the newest is to be ahead of the pack. Gigabytes, camera quality, and the size of the phone are qualities taken into consideration. Today’s telephones make past telephones appear as dinosaurs. While this may show past telephones in a negative light, phones of the past have unique features and capabilities.

A unique past telephone feature is the rotary dial phone. The dialing process was unique in twirling the dial around and around until the number was completed. This phone creates more noise setting itself back into place for the next number than today’s cell phones simple tap of the finger. Dialing on a rotary dial phone takes much longer than a cell phone. This type of phone might pick up steam in today’s society, but landline phones are going to the wayside like the cathode ray tube television. The rotary dial phone holds a uniqueness for no other phone looks or operates like it. This type of phone would hold up in today’s society as the young and hip are looking for something old to make new. Sadly, the lost of landline phones will prevent this action.

Another unique past telephone feature is the cord. This is the defining feature between a landline phone and a cell phone. In the past, a long cord was crucial to get away from the parents’ always listening ears. Cell phones have provided this advantage much to parents’ dismay. A telephone cord’s worst feature was it had a definite end. This feature is why I would not want to have a landline phone. Constricting my ability to move around while on the phone is a disappointment. Walking around the house while being able to go outside enables my whole brain to be involved in a phone conversation. Boredom occurs when constricted to an area by a cord. Unfortunately for the cords of landline phones, they will go the way of one room schoolhouses and will never return to popularity in today’s or future society.

The last unique past telephone feature is the car phone. Being completely unaware of this type of phone, it is a treat to see car phones existed. The safety does not exist for this phone, but the absurdity is here. Car phones used a high-power transmitter and external antenna which enabled people to call friends about what to do and where to pick them up. These phones were made popular in rural areas. Having a car phone would be incredible today’s society despite the impracticality. Cell phones have eradicated the use of car phones, but an ahead of the trend type of person might see a car phone to be of value. Having a car phone would make an individual very unique in today’s society.

The rotary dial telephone, telephone cords, and the car phone are features of the past. These features shows the progression of telephone technology, and unique attributes created by technology. These attributes are created by phone companies creating new and better phones, but it always good to look back and cherish the past.

Email Sean with your thoughts and ideas for future columns at: sean.h.dengler@gmail.com

The Dengler Domain: Telephones

Cell phones are the rage and everyone wants to have the new model. To have the newest is to be ahead of the pack. Gigabytes, camera quality, and the size of the phone are qualities taken into consideration. Today’s telephones make past telephones appear as dinosaurs. While this may show past telephones in a negative light, phones of the past have unique features and capabilities.

A unique past telephone feature is the rotary dial phone. The dialing process was unique in twirling the dial around and around until the number was completed. This phone creates more noise setting itself back into place for the next number than today’s cell phones simple tap of the finger. Dialing on a rotary dial phone takes much longer than a cell phone. This type of phone might pick up steam in today’s society, but landline phones are going to the wayside like the cathode ray tube television. The rotary dial phone holds a uniqueness for no other phone looks or operates like it. This type of phone would hold up in today’s society as the young and hip are looking for something old to make new. Sadly, the lost of landline phones will prevent this action.

Another unique past telephone feature is the cord. This is the defining feature between a landline phone and a cell phone. In the past, a long cord was crucial to get away from the parents’ always listening ears. Cell phones have provided this advantage much to parents’ dismay. A telephone cord’s worst feature was it had a definite end. This feature is why I would not want to have a landline phone. Constricting my ability to move around while on the phone is a disappointment. Walking around the house while being able to go outside enables my whole brain to be involved in a phone conversation. Boredom occurs when constricted to an area by a cord. Unfortunately for the cords of landline phones, they will go the way of one room schoolhouses and will never return to popularity in today’s or future society.

The last unique past telephone feature is the car phone. Being completely unaware of this type of phone, it is a treat to see car phones existed. The safety does not exist for this phone, but the absurdity is here. Car phones used a high-power transmitter and external antenna which enabled people to call friends about what to do and where to pick them up. These phones were made popular in rural areas. Having a car phone would be incredible today’s society despite the impracticality. Cell phones have eradicated the use of car phones, but an ahead of the trend type of person might see a car phone to be of value. Having a car phone would make an individual very unique in today’s society.

The rotary dial telephone, telephone cords, and the car phone are features of the past. These features shows the progression of telephone technology, and unique attributes created by technology. These attributes are created by phone companies creating new and better phones, but it always good to look back and cherish the past.

Email Sean with your thoughts and ideas for future columns at: sean.h.dengler@gmail.com