phones raze the new one is identical to the last one i had. simple and black, with an lcd screen and a volume control and a coiled cord and a programmable clock. why spend more than fifteen bucks on something you're going to plug into a landline when you don't have to? the main thing that separates the two is the dearth of dust. i would have kept using the old one, but it started buzzing a few days ago, and then it stopped working altogether. it wasn't anything new batteries could fix. it was dead. don't be sad. it had a good run. if everything that inexpensive lasted as long, we'd be doing all right. my favourite phone is somewhere in the basement. i haven't seen it since i was a kid. it's a tiny grand piano. the keys span a little more than an octave, accidentals and all. i used to trace out clumsy little melodies before i knew what notes were. i wonder what my fingers would want to tell those plastic teeth now. 240306 what's it to you? who go blather from