The red telephone box, is a telephone kiosk for a public telephone designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect responsible for Liverpool Cathedral.
An example of a K6, the most common red telephone box model, photographed in London in 2012.
Replica K1 Mk236 telephone kiosk in Tintinhull, Somerset
Prototype K2 at the Royal Academy in London
K2 kiosks on Broad Court, Covent Garden, London
A payphone is typically a coin-operated public telephone, often located in a telephone booth or in high-traffic public areas. Prepayment is required by inserting coins or telephone tokens, swiping a credit or debit card, or using a telephone card.
AT&T payphone in San Antonio, Texas in 2006
Bell Canada payphone
Payphone in Munich, 2022
Payphone model G+M from 1982 to 1987