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2. There was a lawyer in Des Moines (named Vern Lawyer!) who carried one of those in a briefcase.

Sat Sep 21, 2024, 08:08 PM

Sep 2024

I’d see him talking on it in the skywalks once in awhile.

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Sept. 21, 1983, Motorola's ...first commercial portable cellular phone... [View all] IcyPeas Sep 2024 OP

The Brick! ProfessorGAC Sep 2024 #1

I Saw Some, Too ProfessorGAC Sep 2024 #3

Yeah, it was damn near the size of a WWII handie talkie. rsdsharp Sep 2024 #4

$3,995 in 1983 is worth $12,645.87 today JoseBalow Sep 2024 #5

Omg. IcyPeas Sep 2024 #7

Around 1985-1988 duncang Sep 2024 #8

For 3,995 dollars, that's a damn nice screen and the camera. chouchou Sep 2024 #9

I remember being stuck on a bus intheflow Sep 2024 #10

Marine Corps definition of "portable"... Wounded Bear Sep 2024 #11