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intheflow

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10. I remember being stuck on a bus

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sun Sep 22, 2024, 09:30 AM

Sep 2024

during a blizzard in 1985 or so. A guy in a Mercedes stuck in front of us had one of these and brought it in the bus in case anyone needed to call someone to say they’d be late. We were all like, “Whoa! The future is now!”

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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

There was a lawyer in Des Moines (named Vern Lawyer!) who carried one of those in a briefcase. rsdsharp Sep 2024 #2

I Saw Some, Too ProfessorGAC Sep 2024 #3

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

4 grand ... no camera, no texts, no flashlight, no apps, all it did was phone calls. LOL IcyPeas Sep 2024 #6

$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