Those phones were durable AF.
I recall at least one movie scene where the hero beat the bad guy with one, and we all knew that would definitely work.
I’ve broken plenty of phones back in the day from slamming the handset down on the cradle. What do you do if you break a public pay phone? I mean, besides run away?
Why run from the broken public? Not like they ever knew
break a public pay phone
At the zenith of that technology, the phone company(ies) had already battle tested countless other designs. The newest relics you find are hardened enough to be left unattended in the most vandalism prone areas imaginable. Each one, a little fortress perfectly protecting delicate electronics and a coin-box. Slam it all you want: they’re nigh-on indestructible.
The only non-functioning payphones I ever saw were the ones where the handset had been sawn off.
Doing this was always satisfying
For the modern effect, get a foldable or clamshell phone and flick it closed with some major sass.
It’s the best thing about having a foldable.
I mean, really the modern equivalent is throwing your phone at a hard surface.
It certainly makes a statement. Fuck all of this to the point I’m going to sever contact with the world and throw away a ton of money.
I liked having a flip 5, so i could flip it closed multiple times
So? We have ridden since the snows of winter covered this land, through the kingdom of Mercea, through–
I think what people don’t appreciate about this is that it’s not just about slamming the phone. The other person can HEAR you slam the phone, it’s loud as hell. And that knowledge is what made slamming it so satisfying
Yeah especially if you did it while they were in the middle of speaking.
I did it once to a boss who threatened to fire me if I didn’t cover a Sunday shift. I said I quit instead, and they started to backtrack.
I close my eyes and relive that detectable moment sometimes. I remember everything about it. My roommate was smoking a menthol cigarette by the window and her dog barked at the sound of me slamming the receiver home.
I think this might be my Nexus.
With the og flip phones you should still somewhat do this. Must’ve been a slight delay between closing and the call disconnecting. Slight enough to hear those plastic casings clap.
Maybe this is why articles are always saying “So and so SLAMS Such and such”. Nostalgia
I think that comes from pro wrestling.
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If you slam it hard enough you can still do this.
Especially with the glass iphones.
Having worked in construction, I can report, you can totally still do this!
… One time per phone, unfortunately.
Or you can just simply slap your face. It has a similar sound effect.
Man imagine the privilege.
There are whole third world countries that still NEED to use these types of phones LMAO 🤣
You’re surprisingly wrong. Landlines exist but there is basically nowhere left in the world where landlines outnumber mobiles (except places like North Korea, obvs). Mobile networks are literally cheaper to run than landline networks and that gets more and more true as the quality of infrastructure drops.
I had one of those Nokia candybar phones back in the late 90s early 2000s. nothing was more therapeutic than just chucking the phone across the parking lot at mach 1. walking over to the pieces, assembling it, and going on with your day.
i mean if you slam a modern phone hard enough…
The payphone is by the school lockers. That brings back memories 👴🏼
My school had an official “smokers’ corner.” Oh no, not for the teachers. It was for the kids.
And it was inside the building.We had a smoking room, but it was only for seniors.
i mean you can still do this, my mom’s SO has multiple landline phones in their house, and i’m sure it’s not that difficult to convert an old landline phone to use modern standards with some adapters.
