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When cutting edge technology is ubiquitous, taking inspiration from the past can set you apart -- a nitro whip may turn heads, but start drifting on a horse and those heads will straight explode. Give your phone some eye popping retro cachet, with Yubz.

A Hong Kong-based purveyor of 1950s-styled handset adapters for modern cell phones, Yubz'll imbue your ever-shrinking mobile with hefty old-school cool and far more effective air-slammability. Compatible with most major brands, the imposing design comes in at over 8" and a full half-pound, features a thick coiled connection cord and simple click-to-talk button, with the basic line avail in appropriately-staid standard colors from army green, to black, to a bat phone-ish red that SOCK KAPOW BOFF!!! If you're seeking more flair, there's an Artist Collection as well, slathered in art from 17 mono-moniker'd Hong Kong designers, including Dexio's red necktie-sporting Michael Jackson look-a-like, and a Full Metal Jacket job from Dmitri that features a peace sign and the phrase "Born To Kill", reminding your Woolly Bully ringtone to sound off like it's got a pair.

Beyond looking sweet, Yubz carries practical benefits such as enhanced sound quality, and a 95 percent reduction in radiation emissions to your skull -- protection sadly not guaranteed to anyone whose head explodes when you dismount your steed...via its scissor doors.

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