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Khorne: May 1, 2002

Be the coolest shithead in the late '80s/early '90s by driving a Ford Bronco and having a Car Phone. It's a cell phone that can't leave your car and costs a fortune.

I remember being 4 or 5 years old and these being a thing. I'm not sure I ever saw anyone actually use one even though I can remember multiple vehicles with them.

Khorne fucked around with this message at 09:24 on Apr 11, 2017

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I.C.: Jun 10, 2008

Khorne posted:

Be the coolest shithead in the late '80s/early '90s by driving a Ford Bronco and having a Car Phone. It's a cell phone that can't leave your car and costs a fortune.

I remember being 4 or 5 years old and these being a thing. I'm not sure I ever saw anyone actually use one even though I can remember multiple vehicles with them.

That is a fancy Bronco. Leather seats? Buttons in the console? I am doubtful.

# ? Apr 11, 2017 10:10

Khorne: May 1, 2002

I.C. posted:

That is a fancy Bronco. Leather seats? Buttons in the console? I am doubtful.

It's not a Bronco at all. I couldn't find any interior shots of a ford bronco with a car phone so just settled for that picture. Even the belt clips are very not Bronco.

# ? Apr 11, 2017 10:15

Iron Prince: Aug 28, 2005; Buglord

ford bronco is a really badas car imo

# ? Apr 11, 2017 10:16

I.C.: Jun 10, 2008

Khorne posted:

It's not a Bronco at all. I couldn't find any interior shots of a ford bronco with a car phone so just settled for that picture. Even the belt clips are very not Bronco.

Try a Dodge Caravan!

# ? Apr 11, 2017 10:18

Haier: Aug 10, 2007; by Lowtax

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# ? Apr 11, 2017 11:48

DamnCanadian: Jan 3, 2005; Perpetuating the stereotype since 1978.

Gaz2k21 posted:

Okay.....

This is the Nokia 3210...

This was an absolute beast of a phone, not only did it has a more pleasing design that's the 3310 and generally better feeling build quality but it's replaceable clip on covers on the back and front allowed for incredible customisation!!
You could get licensed covers in various colours for silly prices or just pop down your local boot fair/market/�1 shop and pick up a gaudy Union Jack cover for next to nothing, my preference was to cover the covers in BMX Stickers because I was just that kind of cool kid.
The 3210 was one of the first phones to ditch the aerial and boasted programmable custom ringtones as well as operator logo's which could be bought from sketchy premium phone numbers at the back of men's magazines.
The absolute best thing though was the game SNAKE yes the original snake, I like many others chose to use the "radiator" technique to maximise high scores and impress my friends.

In summary the 3210 is the greatest phone to have ever existed and is unlikely to be surpassed.

The 3210 was my first phone. In terms of beast, though, the Motorola i730 was unbreakable. My wife ran over it with our car; it only got a small dent. I dropped it in a pool; not only did it still work after I dried it out, the front LCD display that had stopped working prior, started working again.

DamnCanadian fucked around with this message at 12:57 on Apr 11, 2017

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Hardawn: Mar 15, 2004; Don't look at the sun, but rather what it illuminates; College Slice

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# ? Apr 11, 2017 15:01

Maya Fey: Jan 22, 2017

aren't they making the 3310 again. they were talking about it early this year

# ? Apr 11, 2017 15:13

Atlas Hugged: Mar 12, 2007; Put your arms around me,
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Who had a Sanyo 8100? This was an awesome little phone. I remember being able to connect to AIM and check my email on it.

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evobatman: Jul 30, 2006; it means nothing, but says everything!; Pillbug

Khorne posted:

It's not a Bronco at all. I couldn't find any interior shots of a ford bronco with a car phone so just settled for that picture. Even the belt clips are very not Bronco.

It's a BMW E32 or E34.

In Norway, Nokia 1611 was the phone to have, since you got it for cheap with your plan. We ran over one with a car, and it kept on working just fine.

Being the cool dude I was at 17 though, I got an Ericsson GA628. I stuck with Ericsson throughout my phone history, and got a GH688, S868, R320s, T68i, K700i, K810i, and finally a Sony Ericsson Xperia ARC before I just started using junked smartphones from work.

# ? Apr 11, 2017 16:36

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