telephone receiver 📞 - OzVoca Emoji Details
telephone receiver
This is an emoji that means a phone call. With its old-fashioned telephone shape, it can be used when talking about 'calls.'
Try sending this emoji when sharing a phone number or saying, "I'll call you later." It makes it immediately clear that the message is about a phone call.
This emoji is shaped like the receiver of an old landline telephone. Since it's an object not commonly used today, it has instead become an icon that symbolizes the very concept of a 'phone call.'
While it may be an unfamiliar object to the younger generation, the call start/end button icons on smartphones originated from this very shape. That's why it serves as a representative symbol for 'phone call' even in the digital world and is also used to express a retro vibe.