- W48 (telephone)
The W48 (from German "Wählfernsprecher 1948") was a
telephone developed in1948 inWest Germany . It was produced for theDeutsche Bundespost in very large quantities by various manufacturers until the1970s , when it was replaced with theFeTAp 611 .Due to its former ubiquity and its elegant design it is regarded in Germany as "the classic telephone". It is the successor of the pre-war model W38 with only a few modifications.
It is still produced today in small quantities using the original moulds.
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