When did

[Catfish]

The Motorola "brick" cell phones that I remember at that time looked something like this:

Yes! What I had was very similar to this.

And actually, the service may not have been Verizon but whatever morphed into Verizon.

[peacock2121]

My memory is hazy, but wasn't there controversy about tr's encounter with the dead zone?

To the best of my knowledge, TR was never involved in any controversy on this Bored...

lb13

made me laugh

[tanstaafl2]

The Motorola "brick" cell phones that I remember at that time looked something like this:

Yes! What I had was very similar to this.

And actually, the service may not have been Verizon but whatever morphed into Verizon.

I believe my first service was with Cellular One. As I recall early on a single company tended to dominate a particular region. Wasn't much in the way of competition. The names seemed to change alot in the 90's though as companies merged and split.

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

The Motorola "brick" cell phones that I remember at that time looked something like this:

Yes! What I had was very similar to this.

And actually, the service may not have been Verizon but whatever morphed into Verizon.

That picture is so Miami Vice!

[jaybee]

1983? I'm talking about when the average person started getting them. When they stopped costing more than $1000, and were smaller than a WWII issue walkie-talkie

I got my first cell in 1989 - The "Brick" as has been pictured. IIRC, the phone and extra batteries cost about $550.

I consider myself very average - Ask any BAM AP.

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

I got my first cell phone in 1997, which I used when I was driving from Connecticut to Arizona. My dad gave me the phone and hewould call me every couple of hours to make sure that I was safe.