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Neon Telephones: Totally Geeky or Geek Chic?

Wed, 01/09/2008 - 4:00pm by geeksugar
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The great thing about CES, is the fact that you can be checking out a 108-in. plasma TV one minute and then be taking pictures of pink and purple neon telephones the next. Aside from the bright neon lights, these telephones are definitely geeksugar retro-gadget worthy. And with the lights, well . . . I'll let you draw your own conclusions. Some may think these are over-the-top old school and geeky, while others will automatically say geek chic. What are your thoughts?


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  • Berlin's picture
    Berlin
    4

    Wasn't this one of those stupid *rewards* you could get when you were in middle school and had to sell out of those Christmas catalogs with candy, wrapping paper and gaudy gifts?? Ha, this was like the middle reward category and the higher ones were like a VCR, walkie talke or bike lol!

    1 year 1 day ago Report Comment
  • kitkatherine's picture
    kitkatherine
    6

    clarissa explains it all!
    wow this is sooo 90s. i think i wanted this when i was like 7.

    1 year 1 day ago Report Comment
  • KadBunny's picture
    KadBunny
    7

    I don't care what they are, I want one! Laughing out loud Why settle for boring phones?

    1 year 1 day ago Report Comment
  • sahayra's picture
    sahayra
    8

    I don't understand how this is geek chic. I don't know why anyone would want this in their house.

    1 year 1 day ago Report Comment
  • hkdkat's picture
    hkdkat
    9

    I think I had something similar to that in college. Someone stole it from the dorms and I was sad...LOL

    1 year 23 hours ago Report Comment
  • jdots24's picture
    jdots24
    10

    I like the purple!! If i actually used a house phone...I would get this!

    1 year 23 hours ago Report Comment
  • leeluvfashion's picture
    leeluvfashion
    16

    Too 2001 (or the 80's, which ever decade you were raised in.) I had a royal blue one when I was 10; I'm over the trend.

    1 year 22 hours ago Report Comment
  • MandyJoBo's picture
    MandyJoBo
    20

    I wanted one of these soooooo bad when I was little. Unfortunately, by the time I was old enough for my own phone line, the trend was over. I feel neon phone deprived.

    1 year 21 hours ago Report Comment
  • silly_pickle's picture
    silly_pickle
    22

    Wow, those are straight from the 80's! I wanted one then, now not so much! I can see how they'd appeal to kids in jr. high though.

    1 year 20 hours ago Report Comment
  • SweetnLow's picture
    SweetnLow
    25

    My daughter would LOVE one of those. Granted she's three.

    It reminds me of the phone I had in high school.. only mine was teal. I can't remember the last time I've had a corded phone.

    1 year 12 hours ago Report Comment
  • jav0607's picture
    jav0607
    28

    Talk about a blast from the past! I used to have one when I was younger.

    1 year 10 hours ago Report Comment
  • nancita's picture
    nancita
    32

    I knew so many girls who had these growing up. I think it could be geek chic in the right setting.

    1 year 5 hours ago Report Comment
  • sushiii's picture
    sushiii
    33

    Geeky! No thanks, I'll stick with the VTech phone I have in my room.

    1 year 5 hours ago Report Comment
  • Sunshine in Seattle's picture
    Sunshine in Seattle
    35

    I had a pink Guess phone like this that had a notepad/bulletin board thing attached that wrote in neon. It was great!

    1 year 2 hours ago Report Comment
  • nabila's picture
    nabila
    37

    Porn Star...that's what those phones make me think of!

    52 weeks 23 hours ago Report Comment
  • aistea311's picture
    aistea311
    38

    I remember in high school when I had my own line with a purple vtech cordless phone with caller id!!! I felt like the coolest kid having a purple beeper and returning the calls on my purple cordless. Oh Yeah, give me back my childhood.

    52 weeks 20 hours ago Report Comment
  • scissorz's picture
    scissorz
    40

    these make me wish i still had a land line. neon just about anything totally rules

    52 weeks 11 hours ago Report Comment
  • LuxeLuthor's picture
    LuxeLuthor
    41

    Wow, I totally had one of those in jr. high - I was so excited when I got it, I felt so cool! I would totally get another one, for nostalgia's sake alone.

    52 weeks 6 hours ago Report Comment
  • MsMO's picture
    MsMO
    42

    They are soooo 1980's!

    If it was cordless I might still think they were as neat as they were when I was 12 Sticking out tongue

    51 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • texasbelle_1999's picture
    texasbelle_1999
    43

    HA !! I had this phone when I was 8 ! it was the 1st phone I had in my room. it's awful but I loved it !

    51 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment
  • wickedcupofjoe's picture
    wickedcupofjoe
    44

    Brings back so many memories! I had a white one in jr. high! I'd buy one (in purple!) just to have a taste of the past. Smiling

    50 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment

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