The most unusual phones (12 photos)
A telephone is any device that can transmit sound over a long distance. The very first telephones were mechanical devices that relied on the propagation of sound through continuous media (air) or other physical means, as opposed to electrical devices that used electromagnetic signals.
For millennium after millennium, people communicated only using the propagation of sound in a continuous medium - air. To transmit messages over long distances, primitive methods were used, such as smoke signals or drumming. The invention of a device that would use the properties of electricity to transmit and receive sound was preceded by the appearance of the electric telegraph.
The telephone has come a long way before it takes on its modern form. The first telephone that could transmit intelligible speech dates back to 1861. It had a microphone of an unusual design and a power source in the form of a galvanic battery and a speaker.
In the age of new technologies, the variety of phones never ceases to stun. Rotary phones, push-button phones, cordless phones, mobile phones...
Over time, phones became original, taking the form of various objects, often telling a lot about their owner. Here, for example, is a phone in the shape of a cello.
But designers never cease to amaze us with their ideas! The shoe is gorgeous, talking on this phone may be uncomfortable, but since when did fashion become comfortable?? Walking in stiletto heels is also uncomfortable, but no one refuses them.
They say that in Singapore the mafia carries mobile phones with built-in guns. But why a mobile phone should be built into a gun is completely unclear. However, there are people who like this design.
And here is the most expensive phone in the world. It is made of white gold, encrusted with hundreds of small diamonds. Such a work of art, which, moreover, can ring, costs 1.6 million US dollars!
And this is a completely working musical instrument combined with a mobile phone. This phone's touch screen can turn into a piano keyboard. Of course, you can’t play complex scores on it, but simple melodies are easy.
A skull phone with LEDs that light up when you make a call evokes different emotions, but manufacturers assure that it is very popular.
The "Football" phone will definitely appeal to fans of this exciting game.
“Electronic Nose”, this phone concept is designed for those who constantly monitor what they eat. The phone is equipped with an odor recognition system. Most of all, this phone will appeal to allergy sufferers, who cannot always understand whether there are products in their food that are harmful to them or not.
