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Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 12:06 am
by LoveCurryPies
Has anyone found a stylish landline phone?
Most of the current phones seem to resemble cheap mobile phones from 15 years ago. B&O do stylish but are there any other companies?
I used to like the 70's trim phone but I'm not looking for pastiche.
Maybe landline phones are a thing of the past?
Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 12:12 am
by fidelcastro
Incredibly, I was given a new landline phone as a Christmas present!
I haven't taken it out of it's box yet!
Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 12:13 am
by Chester Perry
Don't buy the B & O ones - I had a set of 4 around the house and they have all given up the ghost in 4 years - a lot of money for poor longevity - given that they haven't been used that much
Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 12:18 am
by Imploding Turtle
Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 1:01 am
by Rileybobs
What the hell is a landline phone?
Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 1:24 am
by Spiral
edit: deleted-too revealing
Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 3:08 am
by dsr
I've got one that you can make phone calls on. I don't know if it's stylish, because I've never tried wearing it on a night out.

Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 3:14 am
by Saxoman
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Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 6:15 am
by LoveCurryPies
Rileybobs wrote:What the hell is a landline phone?
Not a mobile phone. Just one to plug into the phone socket at home.
Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 11:40 am
by bobinho
Haven't answered the landline for about 2 years now...
Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 11:43 am
by Right_winger
Couldn't even tell you what my landline number even is.
Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 11:53 am
by ClaretTony
Mine certainly doesn't get used very much now - not sure why I bother keeping it to be honest.
Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 12:19 pm
by StuffyClaret
The only calls I get on my landline are from my mum. However, she has recently mastered the art of texting.....i think I prefer her calling on the landline :/
Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 2:11 pm
by firstclaret
For those wanting rid, you can get broadband only from Virgin, they try to talk you into keeping line rental, even saying it's a £1 cheaper. Have not missed landline at all.
Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 2:16 pm
by dushanbe
Virgin miss a massive trick in a marketing sense there for me. All other ADSL broadband providers require the phone line, but Virgin don't. They could steal a march by actually properly pushing that fact rather than tying it all up with Broadband and TV.
Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 1:57 am
by MRG
Will landlines eventually become a thing of the past?
Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 5:58 am
by claptrappers_union
They already have become a thing of the past. I don’t have anyone’s landline number, other than parents.
Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:52 am
by beddie
We don't really use ours,when it does ring we know it's either one of our elderly friends or an automated call. I think the only reason we keep it is because we have BT's broadband. Last time I was in Currys, well over twelve months ago they had a reasonable collection of landline phones.
Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 8:28 am
by yTib
how odd that a thread from four years ago should be resurrected.
i miss the rotary phones btw.
Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 9:02 am
by chekhov
yTib wrote: ↑Sun Jan 24, 2021 8:28 am
how odd that a thread from four years ago should be resurrected.
i miss the rotary phones btw.
It’s a blast from the past. Imploding Turtle, Saxoman, I miss the old days...
Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 9:19 am
by Firthy
Rileybobs wrote: ↑Sun Jan 08, 2017 1:01 am
What the hell is a landline phone?
Something you're forced into having if you want Internet and WiFi.
Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 9:40 am
by Rileybobs
Firthy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 24, 2021 9:19 am
Something you're forced into having if you want Internet and WiFi.
Wow. This is a blast from the past.
I have internet and WiFi but don’t have a landline phone.
Re: Landline phones
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 9:49 am
by wilks_bfc
Firthy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 24, 2021 9:19 am
Something you're forced into having if you want Internet and WiFi.
You don’t need a physical phone, only a landline
And even then, there are some that don’t require it