STYLE GUIDE: I'm not exactly sure why I'd want to tether my epic mobile handset to a retro phone base, but Freelandstudios has created just such a monster to make iPhone calling feel like an ancient chore.
This cleverly handmade "iRetrofone" dock, borrows inspiration from the prolific industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss who created the iconic type 302 phone back in 1937. The modern recasting is sculpted one at a time from resin with the proper notch provided for your iPhone dock cable.
The base is designed to be compatible with all iPhones and retro handset works for calls. Now just add the iRetroPhone Rotary Dialer app ($.99) into the mix (like we did) and you'll instantly dazzle friends with this authentic piece of modern art for the antique soul.
Expect to pay $195 for your iPhone base dock, offered in black, clear or pink resin. Tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1937.
Great dock
Posted by: iphone cases | September 18, 2010 at 09:21 PM
Great find. I don't care what year this style phone was first invented, I just want one now!
Amazing!!
Posted by: jamesQ | July 11, 2010 at 02:49 PM
What do you mean 1937? They had those phones in 1977!
I can live with the ugly phones from the past but I can't go back to the rotary dial. Dial one wrong digit and you gotta start the long, slow dialing sequence all over again. Nooooo!
Posted by: Donna Knight | June 18, 2010 at 10:01 PM
In 1937 telephones didn't have coil cords. They had brown fabric-covered straight cords that were always tangling.
Posted by: Harcourt | May 27, 2010 at 06:47 AM
We had these in the 80s for sure.
Posted by: a | May 19, 2010 at 02:53 PM
it's to die for........
Posted by: Account Deleted | May 06, 2010 at 05:01 AM
NE SERT ça un pas grand chose
Posted by: lombardo3 | April 30, 2010 at 09:46 AM
not gonna lie here, but if this was $19.95 or less, i would totally buy one and dont act like you wouldnt either!
Posted by: DW | April 29, 2010 at 02:10 PM
put some speakers on it and hide the cable and i'd buy it
Posted by: Andy | April 29, 2010 at 06:42 AM
LOVE the design... no way I would drop $200 on it, but clever concept for those of us who like to mix vintage with modern.
Posted by: Vizzlebits | April 29, 2010 at 05:46 AM
Describing your phone as Epic is akin to discribing your last bowel movemnt as earth shaking.
Posted by: Bob Sherunkle | April 29, 2010 at 02:29 AM
bitch, bitch, bitch get over your selves
Posted by: Gdogg | April 29, 2010 at 01:28 AM
so it's a $195 paperweight to rest ur iPhone/iTouch on? They could have done a better job hiding the cabling AND made it into a music dock. There's two VERY obvious spots for speakers.
Posted by: dubbeu | April 27, 2010 at 11:22 PM
Useless is the new functional in iPhone geek treats. I love the idea here but I would never pay $200 to be the ass clown who owns one. Big ups for the design. It's well done shit.
Posted by: Hakim | April 25, 2010 at 02:30 PM
its for hipsters... wanting to seem original by defining themselves thru consumer products. great idea... pay $200 for something to make your $300 phone act like something you can find in the trash. cool! be the envy of everyone on your block!
obey. consume.
Posted by: f#@king pissed | April 25, 2010 at 02:23 PM
What a lot of money for a rather useless item. Let's go American consumerism. Why pay into social programs when you can blow it all on this lovely item that serves no purpose other than to pretend to live during the 30's.
Posted by: Douchebag | April 25, 2010 at 01:54 PM