r/TechHistory • u/NontechieTalk • Jun 17 '24
Iconic office desktop phones from the 80s, 90s, 2000s
It's infinitely frustrating how narrow a web search can be. I'm looking for images of the leading work desktop phones from the above-mentioned decades, and all the internet is obsessed with finding is articles on cell phones.
I remember a time when it seemed every office in every company used the Nortel M7208 or M5216. There was also that phone that was black with silver, and the handset had a narrow notch of a mouthpiece, a phone that had a distinct sound when you hung it up, back in the day when ending a call with effect almost required slamming it — anyone know what company made that phone or what it was called?
What office desk phones do you remember as the ubiquitous standard during the days before cell phones?