Who can remember the cellphones from 1989
From Radio shack. I wonder how long the battery lasted
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Added: Sep-22-2012
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By: abkebab
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Tags: Who, can, remember, the, cellphones, from, 1989?
Location: United States (load item map)
Marked as: approved
Views: 2492 | Comments: 81 | Votes: 4 | Favorites: 7 | Shared: 79 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 1
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I had one ! Was like carrying a car battery around ! More like 1983 -1984
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByKNASHER (413.04) 
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@KNASHER I remember seeing guys carrying them around that time in Midtown Manhattan circa 1984.
Posted Sep-22-2012 Bykhamomil (1611.84) 
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@khamomil They were the reason I took up weightlifting !
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByKNASHER (413.04) 
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@khamomil I remember reading in the WSJ that there were a few hundred cell phones installed in cars in NYC before the towers were even functioning. Status.
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByTMoray1 (778.16) 
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@TMoray1 Same over here !
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByKNASHER (413.04) 
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Looks like a portable kidney dialysis machine.
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByAirdisaster (50.50) 
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LOL, the good old days. My first mobile phone came in a briefcase & you had to go through a mobile operator. Then cell phones came out & they were absolutely tiny in comparison (bout the size of a lunchbox) :@)
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByRuffus (4470.94) 
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@Ruffus
The coolest phone in the 80's was the carphone Sonny Crockett used in his Alfa Romeo Spider.
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByCaptain Canuck (1471.52) 
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@Captain Canuck
When I bought my briefcase phone in 84, the combination latches were 007 LOL. Damn thing sounded like a CB radio on the other end. :@)
I can't recall what Sonny had, may have been the same style.
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByRuffus (4470.94) 
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@Ruffus lol CB radio... happy days ;~)
Posted Sep-22-2012 Bybandit1200 (2134.56) 
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Better than iphone 5.
Posted Sep-22-2012 Byorangepeel (117.00) 
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@orangepeel better how?
Posted Sep-22-2012 Byuschairforcesgt (552.00) 
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@orangepeel You must be poor and jealous.
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByLiveLeakMedia (502.80) LiveLeakMedia View Channel Send Message
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Hahaha I remember when we had these! My stepfather had one in a leather case with zippers. The phone rang, hurry up find a spot to put the phone-purse down, zip-zip-zip it open, and say Hello before the caller gives up. I remember thinking "Yeah, that's my dad! He's a badass, we're so high class." when I was around 8 years old.
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByJgizzy (381.60) 
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Has Radio Shack ever NOT sucked cock?
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByJackson (144.50) 
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Back when you didn't get dropped calls.......really I'd loved one for my truck, we get horrible signal around here.
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByHotDogs-HandGrenades (55.80) HotDogs-HandGrenades View Channel Send Message
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This might be a little older than 1989.
Posted Sep-22-2012 Bypassive_observer (962.60) 
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they're making them that big again now.
Posted Sep-22-2012 Bysaul693 (543.84) 
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Yup
A guy at work has one.
Posted Sep-22-2012 Bymoefugger (2157.86) 
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Zack Morris had a much cooler phone.LoL
Posted Sep-22-2012 Bypanam747 (124.30) 
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And they didn't drop calls.
Posted Sep-22-2012 Bynotluzn (111.58) 
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@notluzn but roaming charges were huge.
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByKutKorners (546.00) 
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The batteries lasted about 20 minutes usage time. The costs were so high on a "per minute" rate that was tremendous. The tower coverage was minimal and back then they were privately owned. They could charge you roaming fees that were for example, 15 bucks per minute.
The "brick" phone was worse than the bag phone because of wattage.
Posted Sep-22-2012 Bytat2d (3224.08) 
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@tat2d 20 minutes on a battery? How much extra did you have to pay for that? :-)
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByTMoray1 (778.16) 
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@TMoray1 The damned things were as heavy as a motorcycle battery!
The Army issued these kinds of phones to Command personnel for a short time, and went back to radios and pagers. ha ha
I had a brick phone in around 84 because of being away from home all the time. It cost me something like $1.50 a minute, plus roaming fees that were criminal.
Posted Sep-22-2012 Bytat2d (3224.08) 
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@tat2d No tower hand offs when driving down the road. The call just dropped and you had to make a new call from the new tower. I still owe somebody about $5 for roaming charges on two partial calls totaling about 4 minutes 20 years ago.
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByTMoray1 (778.16) 
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@TMoray1 Ha ha! I got nailed before the Government regulated towers in Elk Horn, NC. 15 freaking dollars a minute for roaming charges for 4 minutes! I about shit.
Posted Sep-22-2012 Bytat2d (3224.08) 
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"Endorsed by Fred Flintstone."
Posted Sep-22-2012 Bywii2055 (107.50) wii2055 View Channel Send Message
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phone shrunk. price stayed about the same.
Posted Sep-22-2012 Bytavolo (277.52) 
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@tavolo
much like my wife's titties...
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByDiverdanm (407.72) 
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@tavolo Power and range went down. Tower options disappeared.
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByTMoray1 (778.16) 
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@tavolo You forgot to adjust for inflation.
Posted Sep-22-2012 Bygbomb323 (189.04) 
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