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| Thread ID: 120626 | 2011-09-18 01:17:00 | Was this really how it was? (Cell phones) | tuiruru (12277) | PC World Chat |
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| 1231980 | 2011-09-18 22:27:00 | I can't follow the link from here but I remember what is probably a similar phone from earlier in my career, we had our own work cellphones but for remote areas with poor reception we would borrow one from the design office. It was a large unit with a shoulder strap and a handset attached with a curly cord. It used a large lead acid gel cell battery that by itself was about 4 times the size of a modern cellphone. The thing weighed several kilograms. Like Jester said these were much more powerful than the handheld units at about 5 Watts. We also used to have similar units installed into vehicles. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1231981 | 2011-09-18 23:14:00 | I can't follow the link from here but I remember what is probably a similar phone from earlier in my career, we had our own work cellphones but for remote areas with poor reception we would borrow one from the design office. It was a large unit with a shoulder strap and a handset attached with a curly cord. It used a large lead acid gel cell battery that by itself was about 4 times the size of a modern cellphone. The thing weighed several kilograms. Like Jester said these were much more powerful than the handheld units at about 5 Watts. We also used to have similar units installed into vehicles. That's the one. Looks as if it could jump start a ute if you needed it to and had the right cables! :) |
tuiruru (12277) | ||
| 1231982 | 2011-09-18 23:44:00 | Yep I remember truckies in the UK going into cafes and asking for a table for two, a seat for them and a seat for the house phone attached to a car battery | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1231983 | 2011-09-19 01:36:00 | The mobile phone market started with car phones and those handset and a battery models show those origins. | PaulD (232) | ||
| 1231984 | 2011-09-19 01:57:00 | One of our daughters with "brick" cellphone 1990 April: Yes husband had one. It's still in a drawer somewhere, never died, just lost a network it could work on. You could drop them from Skyscrapers and they'd still work, they had a range of probably from another solar system too. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1231985 | 2011-09-19 02:05:00 | Looks like a transistor radio with a coat hanger stuffed into it Ha ha yes. I also remember the separate handset unit with the curly cord. I had arranged to go on holiday with the family when I was told I might be needed to give an expert opinion on something or other. There was a standoff, resolved by the company giving me one those "mobile" units. I remember us in the Copper Kettle(?) in Taupo with this thing sitting on the floor under the table (it didn't ring :() |
BBCmicro (15761) | ||
| 1231986 | 2011-09-19 02:20:00 | That phone must have been heavy compared with today's cellphones. | QW. (15883) | ||
| 1231987 | 2011-09-19 02:51:00 | My work 'mobile' was a unit that plugged into the car's lighter socket. Huge thing, weighed heaps and was bigger than the standard house phones people had at that time. I used to think I was so cool sitting in the car and calling my mum while I was away! Funnily enough, the first mobile phone I owned myself was quite small, smaller than the one I own now. A lovely little Nokia with a chameleon finish. |
Beemer (6956) | ||
| 1231988 | 2011-09-19 03:06:00 | My first mobile phone was also quite small especially compared to the current smart phones. Although all it could do was make and receive calls (much like my current phone can and text but nothing else) it was a Panasonic J | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1231989 | 2011-09-19 05:39:00 | A lovely little Nokia with a chameleon finish. Does that mean it changed colour with each network, or the sex of the person you were calling? |
tuiruru (12277) | ||
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