# I want to adapt my cell phone to old style handset

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-adapt-my-cell-phone-to-old-style-handset/464954>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 24, 2008, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-adapt-my-cell-phone-to-old-style-handset/464954 "2008-09-24T06:58:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-adapt-my-cell-phone-to-old-style-handset/464954/1 "2008-09-24T06:58:51Z")

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I only use cell phones these days because the usage charges are far less for me than land lines. But I like the handsets for landlines. Does anyone know of any system where I can plug my cell phone into an old style earpiece and mouthpiece? And no, don’t send me to a crappy Bluetooth system, I want a real earpiece et al.

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**Author:** ![CutterJohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@CutterJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CutterJohn)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-adapt-my-cell-phone-to-old-style-handset/464954/2 "2008-09-24T07:49:52Z")

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[http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8928/](http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8928/)

[http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7830/](http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7830/)

Something like that?

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**Author:** ![mks57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@mks57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mks57)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-adapt-my-cell-phone-to-old-style-handset/464954/3 "2008-09-24T08:24:07Z")

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[http://www.smarthome.com/9621/Universal-Desktop-Station/p.aspx](http://www.smarthome.com/9621/Universal-Desktop-Station/p.aspx)

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**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-adapt-my-cell-phone-to-old-style-handset/464954/4 "2008-09-24T16:51:26Z")

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