Those were still fetching a good price up until a few years ago...

They were still very desirable for phone communication in the hinter lands (think oil patch, mining, middle of nowhere...) as they had awesome range and could still access the cell networks. Something they did with the networks a few years ago made them useless.

In response to this post by HokieSignGuy

Posted: 10/11/2019 at 1:22PM

Your answer? (inside) -- FfxStationHokie 10/11/2019 12:19PM

Mine had a dial and a wire. ** -- Bon Air Hokie 10/13/2019 7:27PM

Parent had 5 and about 30 mins a month. -- hokiehunter07 10/11/2019 10:37PM

14......and I still have it. ** -- Merlin Hokie 10/11/2019 9:40PM

We had a #4, but believe 5 was my first. -- King Jaffe Joffer 10/11/2019 5:07PM

7 ** -- HokieDevil 10/11/2019 2:50PM

4 ** -- ShortFatHokie 10/11/2019 2:12PM

Picture -- Hokie360 10/11/2019 1:55PM

🎶...Call somebody who cares... -- TomTurkey 10/11/2019 2:49PM

12 ** -- cincyhokie 10/11/2019 1:47PM

Parents/family had bag phone, my first cell was #3 ** -- RTFC 10/11/2019 1:32PM

5 or 6 I think - I've only had about 3 since then ** -- HokieMacDaddy 10/11/2019 1:26PM

Delete** -- Femoyer Hokie 10/11/2019 1:14PM

7, then 12, then 18 -- Late 80s Hokie 10/11/2019 12:59PM

Same. In every respect. I think the first one was a TracPhone. -- Hokie CPA 10/11/2019 1:46PM

4 - commonly dubbed the Zach Morris flip phone ** -- Tombo 10/11/2019 12:55PM

If there is one thing we can thank the cell phone industry for -- Tafkam Hokie 10/11/2019 12:49PM

And no more Terry Bradshaw 10-10-220 commercials. ** -- ArdbegHokie 10/11/2019 1:00PM

My first phone is not in the list. Here it is: -- ArdbegHokie 10/11/2019 12:44PM

Here is the first Cell Phone our family had... Motorola Bag Phone -- HokieSignGuy 10/11/2019 12:39PM

Those were still fetching a good price up until a few years ago... -- Burruss Writer 10/11/2019 1:22PM

9 ** -- ElbertoHokie 10/11/2019 12:38PM

My first phone looked like this: -- EDGEMAN 10/11/2019 12:33PM

Uhhmmm... you were high class, we only had rotary at that time... ** -- RTFC 10/11/2019 1:31PM

I kept our Motorola flip Razr. -- Guy LeDouche 10/11/2019 12:30PM

Don’t see mine. It was permanently installed in the car. -- two91hokies 10/11/2019 12:27PM

Here's mine -- 48zip 10/11/2019 2:55PM

Yep. That’s what I had. ** -- two91hokies 10/11/2019 5:47PM

My bad. Audiovox, not Motorola -- 48zip 10/11/2019 6:05PM

Yep, where's the 'ol bag phone? ** -- HokieinTampa 10/11/2019 12:30PM

Mine (above) was pre-bag phone, but cheaper than secretary ** -- 48zip 10/11/2019 2:56PM

Yeah...those were made at Motorola's German plant** -- JoesterVT 10/11/2019 12:32PM

Nope....graphic doesn't go back far enough -- JoesterVT 10/11/2019 12:26PM

That is what I had..... -- Guy LeDouche 10/11/2019 12:28PM

Beat the hell outta this... -- JoesterVT 10/11/2019 12:30PM

I’m in a glass case of emotion ** -- OrlandoHokie 10/11/2019 3:30PM

Or this one: -- EDGEMAN 10/11/2019 12:35PM

Or even this -- MP4VT2004 10/11/2019 12:37PM

Where is Bill and Ted? ** -- Guy LeDouche 10/11/2019 12:32PM

Something similar to #9 I believe. -- MP4VT2004 10/11/2019 12:25PM

Those were still fetching a good price up until a few years ago...

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