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Originally Posted by slodave
Actually, the Swedish had a mobile phone system in cars in the 1950's.
The first true "cell" phone came out in 1973...
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I remember one of the PCA members that had a fantastic 911 RS as his toy and his daily driver was a Mercedes 500 S class. He had a radio phone back in those days. He was a typical "oil-ie" land-man. He was making millions in the early 80s. He went to Federal prison in the 90s and was bankrupt.
My boss bought an early cell phone Motorola brick for a couple of grand in the days when every call was 25 cents a minute.
So yea they did exist but the average working person like me did not have one. I did not get one until AT&T finally had a deal for a "free phone" a $25 per month service plan and enough plan minutes to no have to pay the per minute costs. That was sometime in the late 1990s.
I remember the first time I saw a homeless person with a cell phone I knew cell phones were pretty much everywhere. Now the government thinks they are basic human necessity. I will stop there before I move into PARF territory.