Retro: Motorola StarTAC

[samsonofdan]

Ms. Stephen Hawking???

[Draplax]

does it work still

[senorme1]

we have like 6 of these in my house from when my parents got them when they were new

[diabloblanco84]

hahah lol, my first cell phone ............:) good memories ahhhhhhhh

[venturus1]

You were a "somebody" if you had this phone back in the day!

[shogunMrua]

I NEED TIHS MOTOROLAAAA! :) PLS SEND IT TO ME :) :-

[Ghost3170]

i just bought one.where do you put the sim card?

[stathisch]

@Ghost3170 You need the sim card intact in it's big holder card. Then, you slide it up the bottom of the phone where there is a small gap. Sim installed, have fun!

[DaSantosx]

Is this tel is touch?

[JoshsTechChannel]

I have a CDMA StarTac, can I activate it with Verizon?

[storebror21]

Crikey - I got my StarTac for about £12.00 on pay as you go. Still got it, and it still works - think I'll hang on to it :-)

[asterbaster96]

I would rather read text than have to listen to this text to speech crap

[ConfusedSponge]

The pure gold comparison gets me

[MechWarrior324]

And to think, I found one in the trash at a Cell Phone store, many years ago. Well I guess one man's junk is another's treasure, am I right?

[feckingbillgates]

This computerised narration is so annoying.

[ADAMMMSaVaGe93]

@feckingbillgates hey apple!

[senhuan]

@feckingbillgates Don't watch it, then. At least you can talk.

[feckingbillgates]

@senhuan I'm not watching it now; I posted that 8 months ago. The point is that highlighting how crap the narration is might stop other people from watching the video themselves.

Although I do love the predictable knee-jerk reaction - "don't watch it if you don't like it!" It's true - if this was a television series, I would not have tuned in for the next episode.

[tdrewman]

I loved my startac. It cost me like 200 bucks back in 2001, I had to sign a contact with sprint. This was my first sprint phone ever. I went threw 2 of them. I lost one in Vegas, damn GF left it in the car....

[SQWebart]

Look at this Moto StarTack ---> Moto V3

How long way Motorola comes from StarTack to V3 :)

[GreeneGavin]

1996

[By1000ARG]

the last week, with a friend, we throw a box full of startac to the trash....

a piece of history there

[Dreambro1]

@By1000ARG keep up the good work,, the more you throw away, the more of whats left will be worth LOL Most Cell phones ae made by the millions,,

[evilmm80]

I had this phone. I didn't know how to text on that damn thing.

[SentOWNSU]

@evilmm80 you could only recieve texts not send them back

[pfarnsworth84]

@SentOWNSU That's not true at all. I owned a dual band startac in high school, and am now using it again while my blackberry is being repaired. It sends and receives txts just fine. Pain in the ass to type, but it still works after 9 years.

[holyinpure]

This Was My 2nd Phone I Owned Back In The Days. It Is Very Interesting How A Long Way Cell Phones Have Come. Today We Have The apple iphone Which I Now Own and Apple Is Changing The Way We Use Mobile Phones.

[jtsk8r111]

i have it but i dont use it

[somefarkerdude]

can you imagine buying a cell phone nowadays that costs $1500? I mean except for the Vertu phones, but those are jewelry.

[Aldenif]

On thing I really liked about this phone when I had it back in the days. 2000-2001 was the sound. Must have been the shape of the ear part of the phone or something, but it sounded loud and clear. I have not found a phone these days that matches the sound quality of this phone. One could actually hear the other person on the line as though you were talking to them with a land line home phone.

[SickAudi]

this phone was the shit back in the day, hahah i was like damn i got a star tac

[bobtheoblitorator]

i have it

[poklik1]

that woman voice is computer program. Who knows what exacly program?

[alexlowcaprice]

ventrilo

[themaritimeman]

Motorola also made a phone called the V3620. It was basically a StarTAC 8600, except the display was on the upper part instead of on the lower part above the keypad.

Motorola also made a series of phones called the TimePort. Most models of the TimePort were basically renamed versions of the GSM/CDMA StarTAC. The TimePort P8767 was the coolest - it had a Blue/Green/Orange OLED display!

[themaritimeman]

Ah, the StarTAC. A true turning point in cell phones.

The great thing is, the newer GSM 1800 and CDMA StarTACs can still be used today! It's too bad Motorola never made a GSM or CDMA StarTAC with an LED screen. Or any GSM/CDMA phone with an LED screen, for that matter...

It's unfortunately true - the antennae do break off easily. I don't think it would really do any good today, though - cell service so plentiful you can get good service anywhere!

[1978mackdaddy]

this phone was actually very advanced even by todays standards. there was a bunch of accesories you could get like a desktop charger to charge a spare battery, and you could actually run the phone off the wall without a battery attached.

[garrysmodfan07]

God, I remember this... I had it about 8-10 years ago. The only problem at the time that I found with it was that just about every month, I'd be going to Verizon to get a new antennae.

[marc726]

i still love that old startac..defintely a pioneer

[bothermetomorrow]

I've had a StarTac 70 in 1998 and it was crap.

Poor built quality and weak sound.

But it looked very cool and I still like it!

[WesSeid]

It took about 10 years, but the microphone went out in mine and I had to get a different phone. Bummer.