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25 years of cell phones

Discussion in 'The Roaming Zone' started by Fire14, Dec 14, 2006.

  1. Fire14

    Fire14 Easy,Cheap & Sleazy
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    OMG!!! Cell phones were that huge (and probably expensive)!?! I've noticed the evolution from the ubiquitous Nokia 51XX to today's slim music playing phones... and the price of the phones have fallen over the 6 years I have owned a cell phone:) Better product for less dough:p
     
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    Interesting video, thank you for sharing. I remember my Dad's first cellphone in Germany. It was a huge, and I mean huge(those things in the video don't even compare to what he had) phone. It came in a bag and probably weight a couple pounds and ran off the old C-Netz. Coverage and call quality was horrible and the phone only seemed to work in some specific hot spots.
     
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    Yes, they were expensive. I believe the Motorola DynaTac "brick" phone was $4,000 or $5,000.

    -Jay
     
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    And that doesn't even include a car charger or any other acessories!:lmao:
     
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    Yeah, wasn't the "extended capacity" battery just a motorcycle battery with a handle??? LOL... (I'm just kidding)

    -Jay
     
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    yeah, jay i think thats right.:browani:
     
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  8. WiggyFife

    WiggyFife still knows nothing!!!
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    was Bluetooth & Text Messaging available for that bad boy???:browani:
     
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    LOL wiggy, you're too funny. That stuff didn't even exist back then.

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    We use to have one from Bell Atlantic/NYNEX & it was heavy, and the battery lasted what about 1-2 hours without using the phone & you needed to keep the car & AC Chargers handy.
    Also the cost for service was just a little too high to go over your small minute allotment.
     
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    Those antiques make the Nokia 51xx and 6010 (the biggest phones I've owned) look like RAZRs!
     
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    My favorite part about the DynaTAC was the car charger. Instead of plugging it into the phone, you actually replaced the battery with this thing that looked like a battery with a cord and a car charger on the end. Very strange.
     
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    Ah that was the good old days. Not.
     
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    Good video except the most of the phones for the 80's section of the video came out in the early to mid 90's :O . The phones for the 90's section came out late 90's and up to 2002 :loony: . 2000 section was phones from 2005 up to today. :)


    btw
    A phone from 1980 would be a car phone with a 50 lbs transmitter that looks like a home theater receiver. The annena would look like a CB or Ham Radio Antenna

    First phone looks to be a Motorola Ultra Classic I and those were sold around from 91-94
     
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