Push-button phone
A phone with a cord attached to the receiver, as opposed to a cordless phone or modern cellphone.
Corded phones are the oldest of all phones, dominant in everyday use at least until the early 1990s. They may have a rotary dial, although these were gradually superseded by push button systems from the 1980s onward.
The earliest antique phones had no integrated dialing system at all; either the connection was between two devices only, or a manual telephone exchange was needed.
The corded phone has generally been superseded by cordless phones and cellphones, but they may still be used in office environments.
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