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 ...

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?

And even if they are, they don’t require a rotary phone hooked up to nothing. But those who believe in wind phones say there is something to having this physical device as a tool. And for those ...

the dial itself was salvaged from a Western Electric Trimline telephone which featured hardware that was more compact than other rotary phones from decades back. That, along with the necessary ...