| Crosley CR57-IV Ivory Wall Phone |
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| List Price | $49.99 |
| Model | Wall Phone |
| Brand | Crosley |
| Publisher: | Crosley Radio |
| Used & new from $38.38 |
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| Additional reviews |
| The Crosley 302 Phone returns to the wall in this Henry Dreyfuss tribute. Dreyfuss, considered a brilliant industrial designer, worked with Bell Telephone Laboratories designing telephones that were sensitive to consumers' desire to suit a variety of home environments. Well known for the 302 style Desk Phone, he later shifted his design efforts to include this wall unit allowing consumers to walk with the phone while cradling it on their shoulder. This unified and balanced form replaced the awkward and ungainly shapes of earlier models. Would you believe Dreyfuss actually used measurements from over 2000 faces to determine the distance between the average mouth and ear? The Crosley 302 Wall Phone features the nostalgic rotary dial but actually functions with push button technology. No more waiting for that rotary dial to make its excruciating slow rotation. |
| Customer reviews |
I bought this phone about a year ago. It got poor reviews, most of the comments were about the cord breaking (usually within a year) where it goes into the handset (those reviews have suspiciously disappeared). The reviewers were upset because the whole phone had to be replaced, there was no way to just replace the cord. I made a note to be careful not to stretch the cord too much.
Well, the cord is fine but I recently dropped the handset from a distance of about 2 feet, and the sound quality immediately became very poor. There is no way to unscrew either the mouthpiece or earpiece (like the old phones used to), and even if it were under warranty I doubt it would be covered. Yes, I know I shouldn't have dropped it, but from TWO FEET? Come on, even a decent quality laptop will survive a fall from that distance.
The phone really does look cool, but plan on replacing it for one reason or another every year. It would be so nice to get one of the old Bell or ATT phones which lasted forever!
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