Anyone else remember then being the cool new thing instead of a mandatory one?

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    16 hours ago

    I remember them being big stupid bricks that nobody would be caught dead with.

    But, then again, i’m 52 and didn’t see the internet until my second year of college.

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      5 minutes ago

      Heh - first one I saw was literally a little suitcase you’d open up with the handset inside. Then they were built into cars for a while. Only THEN came the handheld brick ;D

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      14 hours ago

      Touche, should have said smart phones but even the old ones that let you send T6 messages like a pager were pretty advanced cool tech vs this.