| has gloss | eng: The Western Electric Model 5302 was created to provide customers a "modern looking" phone, while permitting the Bell System to recycle and reuse components from the 300 series. Western Electric created a new 500-styled case to cover a narrower model 302 telephone baseplate ringer and network. While the dial displays its numbers and letters on the outside of the finger dial like the 500, the dial is actually the smaller 5H or 6H dial of the model 302 telephone. It is fitted with a narrower cradle which accommodates the earlier F1 handset. Later production of this model utilized the GF handset that looked like those used on the 500 model telephone, but contained the same HA1 and F1 elements used in the F1 handset. Some 5302 sets were also issued with a standard G1 handset containing U1 and T1 elements. |
