I love it, it reminds me so many memories this phone! All my grandparents and even my parents had exactly old rotary dial phones and when I was little, I loved listening to all the "big" conversations via the mini headset ...

After, I do not know if "it was better before" but what is certain is that all the electrical / electronic devices of today are no longer designed to last (whereas this was not the case at the time) and it's a shame ... To give you an example, the oven of my parents was bought a year before my birth and it still works great!
Thank you for this nice feedback back in the morning, anyway ^^