Chen Qingzu from Nanjing has a stunning collection of mobile phones, with seventy cellular phones, also dubbed as “big brother” or Da-Ge-Da in China, some of which are among the first generation of mobile phones, and one hundred other types of phones.
All these phones, which cover a wide range of brands, are well preserved. Compared to smart phones nowadays, these mobile phones can be labeled as “dull and outdated”.
Mr. Chen has been working in the outdoor advertisement and electrical repair business. And he has been very fond of these brick-sized old phones. In order to expand his collection, he even traveled to China’s northernmost Heilongjiang province.
As the market of phone collection gradually heats up and the collection expands, those phones that were neglected in the past are receiving growing attention.