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Dismantled Payphone: Farewell in New York
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Smartphoneization is the death of the payphone.
According to the authorities, the world metropolis New York City is now saying goodbye to the last public payphone on a New York street.
The payphone has been dismantled and is now set to go into a museum.
The telephone booth with two pay machines in Times Square is to be exhibited in the New York City Museum in the future, the responsible authority announced.
Instead of payphones, the city administration has set up numerous so-called "LinkNYC" columns in recent years, which offer wireless Internet and charging options for devices, among other things.
However, some non-city payphones remain in the metropolis, including in several subway stations.
In Germany, the yellow telephone booths were known for years.
The last of its kind was dismantled in 2019.
ptz/dpa