What is the Princess's phone?
Princess phone is a compact phone that introduced the public in 1959 American Phone & Telegraph (AT&T). It was offered as the best phone for small spaces, specifically bedside tables. In addition to being compact, he had a dial in the telephone base, which was always illuminated, making it night light and telecommunications equipment.
At the time of its introduction, the design of the princess was unique for this industry. Because electronic components were not as advanced - or as small - as in later years, the light on the dial had to be powered by an external transformer. The bells could not be miniaturized enough to fit into the body of the phone, so it also required externalization.
Further design shortcomings included the weight and balance of the phone. It was created with all the inner parts located on the left side, thinking behind the design is that the empty right side can be used to add future components functions. This imbalance made a unit of impossible toilet withoutYou would hold it safely with one hand and dial the other. This required the handset to be balanced between the shoulder and neck of the user. It was so light that it easily fell from any surface on which it was placed. Lead weights were added to later models to fix this problem.
Despite his design challenges, the Princess's phone was popular with teenagers and women, both groups that were targeted by the first advertising campaigns. The angle of adolescence was that the size of the phone was perfect for a teenager bedroom and eliminated their legendary long conversations from the kitchen or living room. Women were cheated on a light function of the device and its availability in 11 colors that could complement any decoration.
The Princess's phone has undergone many changes in design and functions in the next 35 years. These upgrades included dials of touch tone, modular plugs and hearing volume controlsUta. Available colors came and left depending on the fluctuations of customers' taste and cultural influences. The Princess of the Princess of AT&T stopped in 1994, although their latest proposal was available for leasing until 1996.
Princess phone history contains several links to pop culture. When it was originally released in public, it was available in any color except black. Urban Legends claims that Black was added to the choice of colors in 1963, when the first lady Jackie Kennedy asked for a black princess. It is also commonly believed that Princess's phone was the most popular phone model for toys in 60 and 70 years.