Motorola Brick Cell Phone – 1995 Edition

This isn’t a joke, the phone you see here is a mobile phone (in the loosest interpretation) from Motorola (NYSE: MOT) works on CDMA networks (in Taiwan) and boasts a standby time of 20 days – almost a whole freakin’ month! Of course, from a phone this size, that’s to be expected.

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Remember how, back in the day, cellular phones were a rarity and brick-sized monstrosities were actually bad-ass (anyone remember Zack Morris of “Saved By The Bell”)? We’ve come a long way from then – these days, mobile phones can do just about anything and come in tiny, barely there packages. So, why would Motorola think there was a market for this monstrosity? Perhaps Moto’s recent financial woes have spurred the manufacturing giant to rethink it’s market appeal – seeing as how their current marketing strategy doesn’t seem to be working all that well.

Usually, when we describe a phone as brick-like, we mean that it is bigger and bulkier than not. This brick phone from Motorola is certainly redefining the term.

via: justamp