Actually
That's a fairly advanced model.
the first mobile phone I used looked exactly like a car battery with a phone handset on top. The handset was connected via a curly phone cable to the battery. It only worked in Manchester city center.
Cheers
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 12:00,
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I remember rabbit phones
You could only used the while standing underneath 'rabbit' signs at certain places where there was a hotspot - like post offices, supermarkets - basically anywhere that was almost guranteed to have a cheaper and much more reliable payphone.
But then you couldn't call your mates and say "i'm calling you from a mobile! I'm actually standing outside right now!"
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boyo81 was laying down his ordinance on, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 13:25,
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