Koontech intros the fire- and bomb-proof phone.

Dan Jones, Mobile Editor

March 16, 2016

1 Min Read
Happy Explody Phone Time!

Ladies and gentleman, it's time to break out your MC Hammer pants and dance like they're on fire, because you can't touch this, er, telephone!

Koontech sent us word Wednesday that it is introducing an "Explosion Proof Telephone." Our suggested ad tagline for this technological wonder: "Even if you drop dead, your call won't!"

Figure 1: The KNEX1 -- it won't explode, apparently.The KNEX1 -- it won't explode, apparently.

The dumpy telephone, dubbed the KNEX1 and which looks like it is aimed at the booming [Geddit!!!] payphone market or maybe intended as a corporate deskphone in a particularly boring British film from the 1970s, is said by the manufacturer to be explosion- and fire-proof.

"We are all Happy!" proclaims Koontech in its email announcing the phone, which naturally they would be. They probably have enough of the bomb-proof units to build a small shelter out of them.

For the rest of us, it might be time to update that classic Cold War slogan for modern times: Dial, duck and cover!

— Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, Light Reading

About the Author(s)

Dan Jones

Mobile Editor

Dan is to hats what Will.I.Am is to ridiculous eyewear. Fedora, trilby, tam-o-shanter -- all have graced the Jones pate during his career as the go-to purveyor of mobile essentials.

But hey, Dan is so much more than 4G maps and state-of-the-art headgear. Before joining the Light Reading team in 2002 he was an award-winning cult hit on Broadway (with four 'Toni' awards, two 'Emma' gongs and a 'Brian' to his name) with his one-man show, "Dan Sings the Show Tunes."

His perfectly crafted blogs, falling under the "Jonestown" banner, have been compared to the works of Chekhov. But only by Dan.

He lives in Brooklyn with cats.

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