Restore the number of rotating disk phone came out: with the OLED screen and the pen"

On November 7th, according to the Daily Mail reported that, for some people who miss the old rotary dial phone, a number of mobile phones can be rotated or their love. Youtube video blogger and hardware geeks Mr.Volt with their inspiration to connect the past and present technology, to create a function of a good number of rotating disk phone".

In the prototype photos, the fuselage is the central symbol of the dial keyboard eye. The mobile phone offers six basic functions: call, save contacts, send text messages, FM radio, display system settings and sleep function.

In history, the rotary dial phone is the first generation of the real meaning of the popularity of thousands of households to the phone". Dial dial allows users to dial on their own, before people want to make a phone call to pick up the phone, tell the operator who he wants to call, and then wait for the operator to switch.

The rotary dial phone began to appear in 1880s, and the original products were expensive and complicated. 1919 Baer telephone company to purchase the relevant patents, integration launched a complete set of services. The rotary dial telephone has been popular for decades, and it was not until eighty years later that it was replaced by a push-button telephone. Interestingly, in order to commemorate the outstanding contribution of Baer on the phone, Mr.Volt deliberately placed on the mobile phone on the surface of a Baer logo.

In the demo video, Mr.Volt is excited about his creativity. The entire handset is built based on a mini Arduino circuit board, supported by a Adafruit microcomputer.

Due to the limited volume of the phone, dial dial is very small, can only use a pen to assist dialing. A red "Cancel" button can be used to save the phone number. 96x96OLED display. Built in radio (use dial to replace radio).

The mobile phone shell is made of aluminum, brass, wood and 3D printing plastic. The appearance looks very technical fan, but the size is not suitable to put in the pocket.

Through the back window of the mobile phone, the user can clearly see the internal operation of dial dial. Its mode of operation and dozens of years ago, the old phone exactly the same. In addition, although the integration of text messaging features, but with the turntable typing, speed may be crazy.

In particular, the designer takes into account the problem of typing, so the words and phrases are used in the system to increase the input speed.

System settings can view the remaining power, can not use the phone can be used when the sleep mode.

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