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Nostalgia time: Opening the cell phone vault

Nostalgia time: Opening the cell phone vault

Posted: 30 May 2012, 01:42, by Andrew B.

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Nostalgia time: Opening the cell phone vault

It's now so easy to complain that our smartphone battery won't make it past 5pm, or that it drops a call once or twice a week. We tend to forget that there was a time where we had to plug in a phone to get past the 20 minute talk time mark, and often had to stand in-place in one corner of our favorite store to avoid dropping the call.. We're feeling nostalgic today, so we've opened up the PhoneArena vault to bring you some memories of mobile phone past.

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The Motorola Dynatac was actually an entire series of phones manufactured from the mid 80s well into the 90s. It was really the first handheld mobile phone. When released in 1983, it came with a $3,995 price tag, and offered 30 minutes of talk time per battery charge. It weighed in at a whopping 2.5 pounds. The phone became very popular among celebrities and businesspeople, but it's most famous user was Saved By The Bell character Zack Morris

It's amazing to look back at how quickly mobile phones have evolved. Compared to any other consumer products sector, the mobile industry has made rapid progress. While there are still dropped calls, dead spots, and phones with battery life less than we'd like, we have to admit the technology has come a long way from these museum artifacts.

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1. baldilocks posted on 30 May 2012, 01:52 0 0

Should have had the MicroTAC series in there somewhere too. :)

2. xtian1103 posted on 30 May 2012, 02:20 0 0

nokia 5110 was released in 1998, not 2003

3. Sniggly posted on 30 May 2012, 02:43 1 0

I'm assuming this is a work in progress, because iconic devices like the Blackberry and Razr aren't on there. Although it is cool to see it acknowledged what strides Motorola made in cell phones before almost anyone else even came into being.

4. Sangeet posted on 30 May 2012, 06:25 0 0

You forgot one damn good phone, or just excluded it to make the list short..
Never mind it is the Nokia 3310, most of the people's first phone and i still have it and have a score in the game snake of around 2600 :D
I can't forget that phone cuz i spent my lot of time playing snake and breaking my records until i stopped playing it

5. mercorp posted on 30 May 2012, 07:26 0 0

Hello moto.
Wtf no 3310,g1 and iphone?

6. 7thspaceman posted on 30 May 2012, 10:27 0 0

hmm my first Cell phone was like the last model shown. It was pretty good and gave me great service

7. lsutigers posted on 30 May 2012, 16:51 0 0

Cool! I still have a Moto Timeport and a Samsung N200. Awesome phones for their time.

8. BattleBrat posted on 30 May 2012, 21:37 0 0

Ahhh, good 'Ol Moto, I think they released the original RAZR in 2004, not quite old enough for nostalgia quite yet...

9. PaceyPimps posted on 04 Apr 2013, 09:06 0 0

My 1st phone was the SPH-N200 lost it in cab got a new smaller samsung silver flip after that.

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Samsung Galaxy S4
- Announced: 14 Mar 2013
- OS: Android 4.2.2
- Hardware: Quad core, 1900 MHz, Krait 300, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 5.0 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 13 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS
Apple iPhone 5
- Announced: 12 Sep 2012
- OS: iOS
- Hardware: Dual core, 1300 MHz, Apple Swift, 1016 MB RAM
- Display: 4.0 inches, 640 x 1136 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 8 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900), CDMA (800 1700/2100 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS EV-DO Rev.A EV-DO Rev.B
Samsung GALAXY Note II
- Announced: 29 Aug 2012
- OS: Android 4.1.2 4.1.1
- Hardware: Quad core, 1600 MHz, ARM Cortex-A9, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 5.5 inches, 720 x 1280 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 8 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 35 hours of Talk Time, 980 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 21.1 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS
HTC One
- Announced: 19 Feb 2013
- OS: Android 4.1.2
- Hardware: Quad core, 1700 MHz, Krait 300, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 4.7 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 4 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900), CDMA (800 1900)
- Data: LTE HSPA (unspecified) UMTS EDGE GPRS
Sony Xperia Z
- Announced: 07 Jan 2013
- OS: Android 4.1.2
- Hardware: Quad core, 1500 MHz, Krait, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 5.0 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 13.1 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 11 hours of Talk Time, 550 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS
Google Nexus 4
- Announced: 29 Oct 2012
- OS: Android 4.2.2 4.2.1 4.2
- Hardware: Quad core, 1500 MHz, Krait, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 4.7 inches, 768 x 1280 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 8 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 15.3 hours of Talk Time, 390 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS
LG Optimus G
- Announced: 28 Aug 2012
- OS: Android 4.1.2 4.0.4
- Hardware: Quad core, 1500 MHz, Krait, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 4.7 inches, 768 x 1280 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 13 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 15 hours of Talk Time, 335 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE HSPA (unspecified) UMTS EDGE GPRS
Nokia Lumia 920
- Announced: 05 Sep 2012
- OS: Windows Phone 8
- Hardware: Dual core, 1500 MHz, Krait, 1024 MB RAM
- Display: 4.5 inches, 768 x 1280 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 8.7 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 17 hours of Talk Time, 400 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS

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