Fantastic Very Rare GPO 706 Green Vintage House/Office Phone & Nokia 8110 Metallic Green Phone Set
GPO 706 Phone
LOVELY GLOSSY VINTAGE RETRO TELEPHONE FROM THE 1960’s IN THIS MUCH IN DEMAND TWO TONE GLOSSY GREEN COLOUR FEATURING THE ALPHA-NUMERIC FINGER DIAL
THE PHONE IS A 706 MODEL MADE IN 1966 AND HAS THE NOSTALGIC OLD FASHIONED "BRING, BRING" RINGTONE
IT’S BEEN REFURBISHED AND TESTED BY A FORMER GPO EMPLOYEE RETAINING ORIGINAL CABLING WHEREVER POSSIBLE. ANY WORN OR FADED PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. ITS READY TO BE USED ON ANY BT LINE & MOST CABLE NETWORKS THAT SUPPORT PULSE DIALLING TECHNOLOGY
THE PHONE IS IN GREAT CONDITION. IT IS NOT ONE OF THOSE SCRUFFY ONES THAT HAVE BEEN KNOCKING ABOUT IN SOMEONES GARAGE OR COVERED IN PAINT SPECS. THIS ICONIC PHONE WOULD LOOK GREAT IN ANY HOME, OFFICE OR BUSINESS.
THE PHOTO’S ARE OF THE ACTUAL PHONE YOU ARE BIDDING ON AND NOT A STOCK PHOTO LIKE MANY OF THE LISTINGS ON EBAY. IT COMES COMPLETE WITH A COLOUR COORDINATED NUMBER LABEL LEFT BLANK FOR YOUR OWN NUMBER TO BE INSERTED.
Nokia 8110 Green Metallic
The phone has been fully reconditioned as new and re-housed in this attractive Metallic Green style housing. The phone is in a brand new box and supplied with a brand new genuine battery and mains charger. A set of instructions are supplied on a cd rom. The phone could easily be mistaken for brand new and would make an ideal retro gift. The phone operates on 900MHZ in the UK (Vodafone or O2) or any GSM 900MHZ network abroad. The phone has been unlocked, however may require additional unlocking for use abroad.
Released in 1996 the Nokia 8110 was the first of Nokia's high-end, 8xxx series of phones. Its distinctive styling (which at its release earned it the nickname of "banana phone") was the first example of a so-called 'slider' form factor, with an active sliding cover over the buttons, which extended down to bring the microphone nearer the mouth when speaking. In reality, the phone's sliding keypad cover was not spring loaded, but moved by hand; the spring feature was added for the film "The Matrix", and incorporated into the 7110, Nokia's second phone with a slide loading form factor.
Initially priced at a little bit less than EUR 1000, this was not a phone that fitted everybody's budget. It was designed for the new trendy business market, and had a couple of unique things on board. For example the SSMS (Smart SMS) engine. Handsets could be updated OTA (Over The Air) with an intelligent menu structure, which allowed simple information input, input which was sent through a simple structured text message to an MT receiver. This station could interpret information and a structured text message back to the handset.
