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This is a record of a twitter thread, originally posted in 2021

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Elaborate Cordless Telephones of Macross Plus (1994)

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Car phones in the year 2040 are built right into the console

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Public payphones at a karaoke bar

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[Ed. note: Related ephemera, not technically a cordless telephone]

There are PDAs in the year 2040, but no smartphones. This woman carries an electronic address book for use with payphones/owls

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These cordless telephones are perhaps less elaborate designs, but they are no less lovingly detailed

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I'm not actually sure which part of this is the handset, but I assure you it is a cordless telephone

The bubbles in the green enclosure illuminate with the ringer