These Vintage Ideas of the Future Were Actually Pretty Impressive

These Vintage Ideas of the Future Were Actually Pretty Impressive

Shannon Quinn - December 15, 2022

These Vintage Ideas of the Future Were Actually Pretty Impressive
A vintage prediction of what new phones would look like. Credit: Rare Historical Photos

Retrofuturistic Phone Designs Weren’t Too Far Off

This illustration shows a concept of what telephones would look like in the future. The future concept for a phone was an all-in-one device where the numbers were attached to the headset. It’s accurate, because there are plenty of telephones out there that ended up looking very similar to this. In retrospect, it’s not very novel, because the phone is still corded. Whoever illustrated this could have never imagined where we are today with smartphone technology.

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