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POKIA PHONES

2002

 

The Pokia phone was a hack. We purchased Vintage phones on ebay (and later through a vintage phone supplier in the UK), rewired them with a hands free kit and then resold the product as Pokia handsets. This process was later coined “upcycling.”

 

The numbers were very low but interest grew until the point that the New York Times published a double page spread on the Pokia phenomena after the hugely influential blog BoingBoing.net ran a story. This spike in interest prompted the company to trademark and develop a production model, the P*PHONE.

 

After a trademark dispute the company renamed and rebranded as Hulger ltd. The P*PHONE launched on June 1st 2005.

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