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Discover LudwigThe phrase "ancient phone" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe a phone that is very old or outdated, often in a humorous or nostalgic context. Example: "He pulled out his ancient phone, which looked like it belonged in a museum rather than in the modern world."
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I was handed an ancient laptop for emails and an equally ancient phone for calls.
I may be content with my ancient phone but I don't, alas, exist on some higher plane: I'm as susceptible to the titillation of "new season" or "just in" as the next person.
One of the less calamitous pieces of damage done by Hurricane Sandy was this: It knocked the facade off a wall on South Street just north of Broad Street near the East River, revealing a time capsule of hand-carved 1970s graffiti that included ancient phone numbers and declarations of love.
And, believe it or not, ancient phone technology is still preferred by some.
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"I have a very ancient mobile phone and and iPad.
I gave up my iPhone for an ancient flip phone years ago and never looked back.
Somewhere in his flat is an ancient answer phone, on which there remains the last message she left him.
He spent two minutes trying to find a photograph of the man in question on an ancient flip phone before being distracted by a call and wandering off.
For the sake of thorough research, I found batteries and a screwdriver and spent another 10 minutes figuring out how to connect the various cables to my ancient corded phone.
Colleagues and acquaintances uniformly describe Bhargava as humble, and he seems proud of his frugal lifestyle: his ancient flip phone, his cheap office furniture, the modest two-story home he shares with his wife and 20-year-old son.
While this footage was unfortunately shot on an ancient cell phone, the beauty of buttwater is that it doesn't require glorious 1080p video to get the message across.
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