Clearly you have not met my sister. The only phone in her apartment is a rotary. No cell phone. She calls them tumor phones. She still used the old rabbit ears on her 1980’s vintage TV until the technology was no longer supported. She didn’t stop complaining for... actually she still whines when the subject comes up. No computer. But she does have an old IBM electric typewriter from the late 1960’s I think. She is licensed for CCW and has several firearms, all revolvers. Her apartment is a time warp into another century.
My grandparents had one when I was young, we used to beg for permission to make calls with it. Grandpa’s hobby in retirement was selling antiques. The rotary phone in the house was more fun than the really old (Like in the Andy Griffith Show) phone for sale in one of his sheds.
I actually saw a working rotary phone in a guys house last Friday! I still see them periodically.
History is a wonderful thing; and, knowing about the progression of technology helps understand terminology.