We’re solely days away from the “Awe Dropping” occasion, the place Tim Prepare dinner will unveil the groundbreaking new iPhone 17 Air, a telephone that’ll have iPhone customers drooling (as a result of dropped jaws) and begging Apple to take their cash. I’ve gone on report saying that I’m not investing in any of the new iPhone 17 fashions and holding out for a folding iPhone subsequent yr. However what am I going to do to breathe new life into my present iPhone? Native Union has come to my rescue.
The Paris-based firm has introduced the Pop Cellphone, which isn’t a full telephone, however an audio accent modeled after the telephone hand receivers of yore–“yore” being the time earlier than cell phones turned prevalent and also you needed to truly sit in a single place, tethered to a tool as you had a dialog.
The Pop Cellphone plugs right into a USB-C port and can be utilized with an iPhone, iPad, or Mac. It has a “high-quality microphone and speaker” and can make FaceTime, Microsoft Groups, and Zoom calls positively nostalgic. It is available in eight totally different colours for $40/£40 and is accessible to order proper now.
In the event you’re not bought on the retro kitchiness of all of it, then maybe this TikTok video of a modern mate strolling down the streets of Paris chatting on a Pop Cellphone will persuade you.
The Pop Cellphone truly marks one thing of a comeback for Native Union. It was initially launched 15 years in the past, again within the day when iPhones had audio jacks; you plugged the 2009 Pop Cellphone into stated jack. It was additionally accessible in wackier shade schemes, together with a gold handset, which might’ve match proper within the present White Home. (Gold isn’t among the many present shade selections.)
Virtually, Pop Cellphone truly solves a few issues for me. The primary is that I gained’t must be grossed out after greasing up my iPhone show from holding the telephone to my face as I take a name. The second is that now (as identified to me by Macworld video producer Alex Esteves), I can “slam the telephone down so arduous the individual on the opposite finish feels it” after arguing with an “IRS consultant” who urgently wants me to switch cash to him through Bitcoin. Come at me, scammers.
