Classic mobiles?
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Vapin' Joe
Formerly known as Smokin Joe
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I do miss flip phones, unfortunately the one in my own photo (Similar to the Vodafone branded one above) doesn't work or I'd be using it now.
@Smokin Joe The Motorola Razors were one of my favourites, nice & slim when folded a good fit in the pocket.
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Piemaster
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With a bit of effort you could turn an iphone 6 into a flipper.
simon the viking
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When flip phones were popular did other people flip it open and say...... 'Kirk to Enterprise........' No? just me then 
Retribution03
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My first phone was 2 cups and string always had a signal 
classic33
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Phaser set to stun!When flip phones were popular did other people flip it open and say...... 'Kirk to Enterprise........' No? just me then
simon the viking
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I Never ever point my car keyfob at the car and say 'Phasers to stun' when pressing the button to lock it...... Nope not never honest..........
or spin round like the James Bond titles and do the same (without the dialogue obviously) Never ever do that either......
Vapin' Joe
Formerly known as Smokin Joe
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Anyone ever picked up the TV remote and started talking into it when the phone rang...
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Piemaster
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Doubt Motorola called their phone the Startac accidentallyWhen flip phones were popular did other people flip it open and say...... 'Kirk to Enterprise........' No? just me then
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Thought thats what battery drills were for...I Never ever point my car keyfob at the car and say 'Phasers to stun' when pressing the button to lock it...... Nope not never honest..........
guitarpete247
Just about surviving
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I had a friend who had something like this. He got it through Hutchison telecom who were sponsoring Virgin lightships at the time (IIRCC). We were all amazed at the technology when he brought it out to the pub one night. We thought it was like something from the future like Dan Dare.The first 'mobile' phone I ever used was similar to this around 1987/88
It wasn't mine, it belonged to the firm where my Dad worked, and whoever was on call had to take it home at nights and weekends.
I thought it was amazing, but whilst it was movable it weighed a freakin' ton!
My first phone was a Nokia brick from Martin Dawes. They then were bought out by Cellnet, then BT now O2. I've got the same number (now 07802 originally 0802). I bought a full car kit and was told it would be future proof. It had a hard wired speaker and second wired handset. When I got my next phone (also a Nokia) the car kit was useless.
I still have all my old phone, except one (thats a sore point), somewhere. Everyone a Nokia
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Vapin' Joe
Formerly known as Smokin Joe
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- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
Remember when fitted car phones had the Wow! factor? Seems like a lifetime or two ago now.
Retribution03
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No but I get loads of people by holding the remote to my ear speaking then handing it ro someone and saying it's for you and then calling them a dick head for going through with it lol...never been able to get my wife with it though grrAnyone ever picked up the TV remote and started talking into it when the phone rang...
PaulSecteur
No longer a Specialized fanboy
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I probably made that!I have never been the biggest fan of mobiles. They are convenient no doubt but I hate the way some people have let them take over their life.
I used to laugh at anyone who had one. Then one night, back about 2000/2001 when I lived in Dublin, I came out of the pub late at night, slightly sloshed and wanted to make a phone call so went into a nearby phone box. The light wasn't working inside it, it was pitch dark and when I picked up the receiver, it felt sort of funny - rubbery and sticky so I took out my lighter to have a look at it. Someone had stretched a used condom over the receiver.After almost throwing up, I went back to the pub toilet and washed my hands about 5 million times and first thing the next morning - went to buy a mobile phone
This is what I bought - The mighty NEC DB2000, the cheapest phone in the shop -
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I still have it yet and still in working order. I replaced it several times but the replacements have always stopped working for one reason or another. I haven't seen many others but they are bombproof. Still lasts about a week between charges for light use.
I also have a UK phone as I live in a border region and want to avoid roaming charges and for that I have an LG A133 which is hardly state of the art either but is a decent enough phone and does what I expect it to do.
The production name was p800 and was made in Telford.
