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"As companies trip over themselves to get retro toys back on shelves for
nostalgic adults, Fisher-Price is taking a different route. Its iconic Chatter
Telephone has been enjoyed by toddlers for 60 years now, and to celebrate that
anniversary, Mattel has turned the toy into a fully-functional smartphone
accessory that can actually be used to place or take phone calls.
Referring to this as the Chatter Telephone 2.0 isn’t entirely accurate. Over
the last 60 years the toy has undergone countless revisions and updates both to
make it safer for kids to play with and also to update its appearance. The play
pattern, however, has essentially stayed exactly the same over the past six
decades. It rolls, its eyes move, the numbered rotary dial can spin, and
traditionally it’s been powered by imagination. But this new version swaps
imagination for Bluetooth and rechargeable batteries.
The upgraded Chatter Telephone connects to a smartphone over Bluetooth, so the
rotary dial can actually be used to place calls by dialing the person’s phone
number, digit by digit (which is something most of us will probably have to
look up in our phone’s contact list). When a call comes in it can be answered
by simply picking up the Chatter Telephone’s red handset and talking into it,
or by pressing the speakerphone button on the toy, which is the only real
indication that this version is different from the toy."
Via Christoph S, who wrote "I want that!"
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