Crosley Black Candlestick Phone (CR64) by Crosley
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Digital camera reviews of Crosley Black Candlestick Phone (CR64)
Digital camera Review: Hold The Phone!
Summary: 5 Stars
This phone looks fantastic, the price is totally right and I, too, have no idea what one reviewer is referring to when he complains it's made of lightweight plastic. On the contrary, I was really pleased how heavy and absolutely solid and well-made this phone feels from top to bottom. I received far, far more than I expected and how often does that happen?Digital camera Review: Love This Phone
Summary: 5 Stars
We built a new house and specifically had a place in a wall built just for this phone. It is just like my grandmother's. When I saw this phone available, I ordered it and I love it. It's not our main functioning phone, but I use it often. It is a real conversation piece for youngsters that have only experienced todays phones. It works great and I love the looks of it. The ringer even sounds like the old phones. I've wanted one like this for as long as I can remember.Digital camera Review: Love this phone.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have always wanted a phone that looked like something they used on the Waltons. Now I have it. My kids think it's a kick, and we have a history lesson every time we use it. With things so high tech, it's nice to bring a little of our telephone past into my home. The sound is great, as are the redial and flash features.Digital camera Review: Nostalgic decor
Summary: 5 Stars
We have had so many positive comments about this nostalgic addition to our decor. The phone sits on an oak phone table
in our entry and it is not only fun...but functional.
Digital camera Review: Solid 4 out of 5
Summary: 4 Stars
I got this phone because I thought it looked cool and thought it would be interesting to have a phone talking that you talk into in a different way- with this phone, the mouthpiece is mounted at the top on a rotating socket and you hold the earpiece up to your ear. It is definitely a different look, and you have to see it in action - that is to say, a person actually using it - to fully appreciate the aesthetic effect.
There are a few nice things about this phone, such as the braided cord both to the telephone jack and connecting the earpiece to the main part.
However, what I think will be disappointing to true purists is that these phones are made out of modern, lightweight, cheap-feeling plastic rather than the type of heavyweight plastic that make genuine plastic phones of the 1920s-1970s feel so substantial and comfortable in the hand. So, I give Crosley points just for producing such an item, and it does indeed work as a fully functional telephone fairly well, although from what people on the other end of the line tell me, the drop in signal strength as distance increases from the microphone is quite steep, indicating that the microphone is perhaps not a good choice for this device. In sum, I think that this phone is worth the price, but know that it is not necessarily going to be or feel like a real period piece. That said, there are no wiring problems!