rotary dial
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It’s a lot for consumers to wrap their heads around, said Bueche, who compared gas range aficionados to rotary dial telephone loyalists who’ve never held an iPhone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
At the time, the price for the most basic black rotary dial phone was $19.95, or a bit over $50 in today’s dollars.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2019
Law said other big hits with visitors were rotary dial telephones, teletype machines and military radios.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2019
And for a small additional sum of $130, buyers can add a rotary dial that produces “the highly sought after ‘clickity-clack’ sound” that more modern dials forego.
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2018
You’re given a top-down view of a three-dimensional tunnel, and you use a spinning rotary dial to control a “shooter” that travels around the rim of the tunnel.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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