Ireland Phone Rule 😭

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Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 2y

Apple has a big office in Cork with several thousand employees. The ā€œiā€ in iPhone stands for Ireland, and this is the early prototype.

khannie@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y

This was a real phone that you could buy from (I believe) the national carrier in the late 80s / early 90s.

I didn't know anyone with one myself but I do recall seeing them for sale and I'm pretty sure it was in the telephone book that I saw it (that was how you chose your phone in those days for most people).

We just had a shite beige one with the same receiver and buttons but it did do the beep boop instead of the tok tok tok which was great. Old people will understand.

glizzyguzzler@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 2y

joke about this is the phone Biden used to call the Irish pres after they finally knocked off queen Lizzy

TotallyNotSpez@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y

As an ex Dub, I love this!