I’m pretty certain there is an app for a rotary phone pad.
What we’re looking for is an appeal within the field of industrial design that is lasting. The old chrome barges listed above may look appealing to a few, but with them comes their engineering shortcomings and inferior workmanship of the age that people of today simply will not put up with.
In contrast, the iPhone is pure utilitarian in a form that is instantly recognizable and is useable almost intuitively universally. On the other hand, many would say it’s form (along with everything else branded ‘minimalistic’) lacks a certain “Gemütlichkeit” because it isn’t seen as much more than a modern Swiss army knife.
