Larry_S

Wonderful. Now the fat person sitting next to me taking up half of MY seat will by yakking away for hours and driving me insane. Somewhere in the cosmos, Steve Jobs is looking down and laughing at what he did to humanity.

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may2142

Steve jobs really?

I think you need to go a little bit before Steve Jobs was even involved in computers and phones to around April 1973 and lay the blame squarely on Marty Cooper and Motorola.

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bserra

You’re right, Mr. Mike m.

Larry_S

I thought of saying that but it wasn’t until the smart phone was built and became universal (just look at the butt bulges walking around) that it became ubiquitous. I doubt if there are any Motorola ‘brick’ 5G phones around.

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Robert_Ore

You’re still seeing people talk on their phones?

I barely scratch one cell phone call a week and it’s very rare for me to see another on an actual cell “phone call”.

The only exceptions to this rule is the telemarketers and the crazy person in the parking lot taking a call via Bluetooth in their car. Volume turned all the way up to 11 for all the world to hear.

Robert_Ore

You musta missed out on the Motorola startac and Nokia candy bars.

The Nokias were so universal, they spring up an entire industry of case modifications and hacks. Couldn’t walk in to a mall without seeing a Nokia accessory booth.

may2142

I still have some of my 20 and 30 plus year old Motorola phones from my days at Moto RF in Phoenix. They are great for showing to the younger kids, watching them try to figure out how to work the interface if fun.

may2142

I collect old Motorola and other Mfg two way radios and early cell Phones so some of these old beasts are still around and still in good condition.

I also have several of the first Wulfsberg RT18 series 453/458 MHz airborne Flight-phones for buiz jets and such all from the early to mid 1980’s and all of them came from my 20+ years at Wulfsberg in Arizona.

These beasts are of course not even close to being carry around phones but they worked fine in their days and are also great to show off to younger engineers.

maule

Fun hobby, Mike.