That takes old-school to a new level. A space engineer who despises smartphones and text messaging built her own cell phone -- and it has a rotary dial. Justine Haupt, 34, spent three years creating ...

WASHINGTON — A space engineer is so against smartphones, she designed and built her own, functioning cell phone with an old-fashioned rotary dial. And now, she's showing the public how to do it, too.

One of the useful side effects of the ubiquitous availability of cellular network data modules is that they can be used to create custom mobile phones. It’s surprising in a way that we don’t see as ...

I can’t help but wonder how long it will be before the movie title “Dial M for Murder” becomes mysterious to most of the population. After all, who has seen a dial phone lately? Sure, there are a few ...

The fully functional Chatter Telephone is available on Best Buy's website for a limited time Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on the TV team for PEOPLE Digital. She has been with the brand ...

Skilled maker Justine Haupt has created a fantastically unique mobile phone complete with the paper display and rotary dial. The mobile phone is open source and all the design files including Arduino ...

WASHINGTON — A space engineer is so against smartphones, she designed and built her own, functioning cell phone with an old-fashioned rotary dial. And now, she's showing the public how to do it, too.