Classic Phones

These are the phones I wanted as a kid. The E63 has a full keyboard, the E72i is thinner, and back then watching video or playing music on either felt like the future. Second-hand units are cheap now, so I actually use them: the E63 runs a TV player and plays Star Wars on the bed, the E72i plays Eason Chan through wired earphones, and Bluetooth pairs far better than I expected.

A design from fifteen years ago still works, still looks right. The keys, the screen, the weight in the hand — none of that comes from a slab of glass. I like this kind of old, well-made hardware a great deal.

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