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• @user_4152efilsidbc
  2024-02-11T17:12:36Z

  who is even using public wifi anymore? 4g/5g is faster than. public wifi so why even risk security? who knows if we can trust surf shark or Nord anyway? we dont'
• @user_eneek417ynot
  2024-01-25T06:34:15Z

  Oyr cellphones is on GSM 900 is from Canada to South America and is cut off from the globe. Other countries can use analog and digital cellphones
• @user_laer4yugatsuj
  2024-02-21T12:44:45Z

  To have the star tac come back with a small oled screen in place that could do basic stuff like a partially smart phone would be awesome, or just even smart enough. OR even just really good text and calls, AND have hotspot. thats all i need. Im great with t9 texting. AND without that darn bulky antennae...
  https://youtu.be/pMJSAKSX_L8
• @user_wz4zp-zeugirdoRsiuL
  2023-11-15T02:02:01Z

  As of today 11/14/23 I still have my startac it cost me $ 875.00 in 1996. Lord I had to work for it.. it's with me full of memories in my head .
• @user_9445ylugnagkingas
  2023-10-30T16:18:29Z

  How many of u are here after sundar pichai mentioned it
• @user_dasorter
  2023-07-13T19:41:32Z

  Fun fact: the first "camera phone" photo to be taken, was done with a startac plugged into a camera
• @user_egasdaot
  2023-06-26T18:12:11Z

  That poor phone case at 7:44 just had to sit there and take the verbal abuse 😭
• @user_YLNEPO_KLAT_SU_TEL
  2023-06-26T12:46:06Z

  Absolutely pieces of art
• @user_p2wh2xy6wc
  2023-06-18T07:54:47Z

  what is the network of moto startac
• @user_102zcekim
  2023-06-07T03:24:00Z

  I have one of these lol
• @user_2repinselet
  2023-05-29T00:05:02Z

  I remember the fist the MicroTac which was IMMENSELY popular, then the Startac came out it was like an advanced miniature version of it. Everyone wanted one. Ok they were both analog, for use on the Advanced Mobile Phone System. It was in the late 90s that there was a huge push by the providers to switch to digital networks like CDMA and PCS because of huge security flaws and bandwidth limitations of AMPS. But what this caused was a big step backwards in the designs of the phones themselves, because the circuitry was more complicated and power hungry. So it was back to "bricks" for a little while. That's why the v60 and v3 were such huge hits when they came out in the early 2000s. Because the technology had avanced enough to make small packaging possible again, and they were seen an homage to the Startac that they took away a few years before.
• @user_4841dneifylrobhgien
  2023-05-21T06:20:25Z

  Anyone remember the startac vader? Identical to the startac but half the size. When phones were always getting smaller. Now they just keep getting bigger and bigger!
• @user_4841dneifylrobhgien
  2023-05-21T06:07:29Z

  I had the startac with led screen, the slim lith battery and the big ol piggy back battery LOL. I loved that phone!
• @user_t3EkSt33L
  2023-04-28T21:07:47Z

  I can’t remember clearly cause I was only 5 at the time but my Uncle had a Startac and I think he bought me one of those calculators to play with.
• @user_1423eromdnasahcagxelaemina
  2023-04-01T02:03:18Z

  I have a motorola startac i dont know the model but the battery is a Nickel Metal one and it does not hold a charge and the display is messed up im trying to get a working one off of ebay or other websites that sells old vintage tech like this.
• @user_1691AICehTtoN
  2023-03-28T18:25:44Z

  I vaguely remember having a toy flip phone, and every memory I can conjure up I think it was a copycat of this phone... Fun trip.
• @user_ssssacvvL
  2023-03-04T21:38:32Z

  This was one of 2 mobile phones in my life (along with massive Alcatel HC800) that required a FULL SIZED sim card shoved up theirs... Like the credit card sized one, which you now pop the mini/micro/nano sim out of.
• @user_1588abocaj
  2023-02-15T04:52:11Z

  Lets not forget that, Motorola then is not the same company as Motorola now. Chinese lenovo makes Moto phones now..
• @user_6009yuggnimag
  2023-02-02T12:30:33Z

  That watch one is my favorite!
• @user_4603akalihtanugilanom
  2023-01-24T09:51:54Z

  Ur a startrek fan aren't you
• @user_5844nosaj
  2023-01-18T23:26:15Z

  The antenna was really good for mixing drinks too
• @user_6498erutnevdanaidanacehtnairb
  2022-12-11T11:31:20Z

  I use to have a star Tac I liked it was small and easy to carry not like cell phones now, But the only issue I had with the Star Tac was that the big tip of the antenna breaks off if you don't take really good care of it.
• @user_inidlabula
  2022-12-07T17:26:07Z

  Here in Costa Rica in 90 years mobiles was only form doctors , lawyers architects,it was very expensive
• @user_nivalSkraM
  2022-11-11T12:13:32Z

  I work for a UK network, back before 3G was a thing, we were shown a "possible future" of the things that 3G could bring. One was a kid in a store picking clothes, video calling their parent to show them and the parent inserting their credit card into a red StarTAC (I think it took a credit card sizes SIM) to pay for their shopping remotely.
• @user_ebyam_emwot
  2022-11-10T06:43:57Z

  Aaah the year I born in
• @user_emmixam
  2022-11-05T10:22:32Z

  i WAS working with Motorola
  when they announced, : Motorola is for business users, and business users DONT use messaging nor email...
  end of story.
  
  that became End of Company....
• @user_0933rehciepsnitsud
  2022-11-03T02:42:29Z

  Actually, Verizon wasn't even around yet when the Star Tac was introduced. This was my very first phone I got at 12 year's old, & my service was with Air Touch Wireless which eventually merged with Vodafone to create the juggernaut we know today as Verizon Wireless. Can you hear me now? Good.
• @user_32locttocs
  2022-11-01T06:38:39Z

  That clip on PDA was just a Franklin/Roladex REX organizer. I had one back in the day and immediately recognized the interface. The REX was built into a laptop PCMCIA card. making it about the size of a credit card. And to sync it with a pc you just popped it into a win95 laptop or into the doc that connected via serial port to a desktop pc. The thing was WAY ahead of its time for sure. Never knew it was adapted fot the StarTAC
• @user_7286ajiahsumleunamme
  2022-10-02T21:37:48Z

  How can I find this elite phone STARTAC
• @user_reveroferutlucpop
  2022-10-01T10:01:17Z

  Whenever I see videos about any old Motorola cellular device, I immediately remember some of the fondest memories with my father. I remember teaching him how to send SMS using his phone and how we compare our phones (I owned a Nokia during the time). Motorola was the only brand of cellular he ever owned. I miss my father everyday, and 11 yrs after he passed, I still smile whenever I see a Motorola phone, let alone watching videos about the brand.
• @user_2891evaRnabrU
  2022-08-11T07:37:57Z

  In Sweden we can still use those old ass phones on 2G network. I love it.
• @user_6987trachtacluap
  2022-07-31T10:17:36Z

  My friend was a security guard at the Scottish Motorola buildings.
• @user_9221sslm
  2022-07-28T01:11:51Z

  Actually the design was quite impressive for its time
• @user_owt10001noot
  2022-07-06T22:11:57Z

  I work at a factory about 10-15 miles away from the Scottish Motorola factory mentioned in the video, and as managers tend to do many of my current managers have employment history at that specific plant. (My current manager's father was one of the higher ups there). I have heard stories from them about the Harlequin StarTAC's creation; they really did just want to see if it was possible and, more importantly, if it would even look cool, and in traditional scottish fashion they just made it anyway. It's funny knowing such important mobile history was that close to home.
• @user_9991smaerddnuorapiuQ
  2022-06-21T22:43:19Z

  you'd think in this current trend of 'Retrofit" and 'Restoration" someone would've found a way to mod a phone like this to work on something as new networkwise like 4g or even 5g. i also vaguely remembered my grandfather who was a lawyer in 2002 was still using a startac then. and i also just bought two of these for display pieces and photo subjects.
• @user_30189oatoat
  2022-06-13T01:44:41Z

  Although I didn't own the original Star TAC, I did own the MOTOROLA V8088 which is a new smaller version of the original star TAC. it's got only 3 lines of LCD text, but I was able to use it to send and receive MSN messenger on it and to check my hotmail. I was even able to check the mobile web to check movie showtime. People were impressed by what I could do with it. Then I also owned Motorola A1600, it not only had a 3MP camera, it also had a 2.4-inch touch screen and can be used as a PDA phone. It even came with a stylus.
• @user_30189oatoat
  2022-06-13T01:25:19Z

  I really like the original star tac. At the time, whoever gets it, sure gets the stare. I wanted one, but couldn't afford one. I hate the bigger battery version which made it look ugly because the cover of the phone is supposed to be flush with the rest of the design, not a bulge.
• @user_bburtrrad
  2022-06-09T23:36:15Z

  I’ll never forget all the fools walking around with these things around their necks 😂 Proud to say I recognized how ridiculous they were when they came out.
• @user_ohcnimyn
  2022-06-05T03:40:12Z

  I had one in 96, I was able to email with this 😆 this is why the Iphone is useless.
• @user_RENFEHMELRAH
  2022-06-05T01:09:40Z

  That star tac phone and Motorola 2 way pager. Omg, it was a match made in heaven; you had to be there.
• @user_5994divadnairpic
  2022-06-02T11:01:08Z

  I just heard this replica: I'll bend you like a startac... and here i am see what is a StarTAC lol
• @user_3249sgnirjh
  2022-05-20T16:14:33Z

  I am very glad living in europe e.g. germany because the gsm network is still alive co existing with 4 and 5 g. Therefore even though the star tac 130 was a single band gsm device every now and then I take it out of the draw and sign it on to the network. Still possible and legal…
• @user_9444kevets
  2022-05-10T20:49:12Z

  Ya have to do a review on the truckers bag phone called the Highway Master!
• @user_0683retniopllun
  2022-05-04T13:15:09Z

  The first version had an alphanumeric dot matrix display, it wasn't until they introduced the digital version that featured a backlit lcd display. Even after the launch of the first model some time later they launched an "economical" version with a numerical display of segments.
• @user_1t8wjt
  2022-04-24T21:35:41Z

  Me being a old watercooled VW fan, without even seeing the Harequin Golf/Polo reference, that's what it totally reminded me of when you first showed them in the video.
• @user_tseretnIemaG
  2022-04-13T20:19:24Z

  But what is the Blaikster up to now?
• @user_7935retirwlevonyramneeuq
  2022-04-11T09:42:36Z

  I remember selling those when I worked for At&T wireless back in the day.
• @user_44_eNaSni
  2022-04-10T01:40:07Z

  Superb! 👌 Memories...
• @user_1544nagirraclrak
  2022-04-08T10:02:10Z

  I still have a Motorola MicroTac, was this before or after StarTac? I cannot remember....!!
• @user_466cykcir
  2022-04-06T22:58:00Z

  I loved my StarTac, that and my Razr were 2 of my favorite phones back in the day.
• @user_1823owknekownnosnevets
  2022-04-03T01:49:10Z

  Motorola deserves an award for this, the best phone of all time. I enjoyed every bit of the StarTAC and even upgraded to the TimePort, another great phone. I had the accessories as well. I love have they carried over the features from their pagers. Simplistic Fun fun!
• @user_imuoraH
  2022-03-29T22:46:14Z

  I just check how much cost used StarTAC in my country and its 250-400$ :O
• @user_0108sdleifnivlem
  2022-03-22T06:34:22Z

  My homie got one and if you let him tell it nothing was better so I remember this phone
• @user_7540lakim
  2022-03-19T09:34:48Z

  the microtac came before startac and was popular too
• @user_7540lakim
  2022-03-19T09:33:59Z

  when a video about the microtac
• @user_6319adesvalsorim
  2022-03-12T14:25:15Z

  My first phone 👍
• @user_3693niatireb
  2022-03-02T14:47:13Z

  That year maybe im still few month old or just not pop out yet :V , so cool tech btw
• @user_686noskcajt
  2022-02-16T00:25:58Z

  I had this phone it was my first flip phone so basic lol unfortunately I had the green light not the colorful one
• @user_zb7qn-RA
  2022-02-12T13:50:38Z

  Can I get any of these fun phones now?
• @user_6213ihcirhaladir
  2022-02-12T11:24:02Z

  Motorola startac clipon organizer
• @user_ipAnaitX
  2022-02-11T05:30:18Z

  Had two! Old here! Loved them. Loved flipping them open holding the battery
• @user_57kobt
  2022-02-10T10:25:16Z

  I haven't yet seen you do a video on the Motorola Dynasty bag phone. I still have mine. Its locked but powers up fine. Loved the 3 Watts of power it had and NiCad camcorder battery.
• @user_2024reeluheulbehtopahc
  2022-02-08T15:25:34Z

  First phone I had then the.Nextel was next
• @user_aideMrehcleWffeJ
  2022-02-08T00:56:50Z

  Would have loved to have seen the Sprint Timeport featured here. It was a silver StarTAC.
• @user_EMERTXIF
  2022-02-05T03:06:24Z

  "to old to be legally activated"
  
  What, is CDMA illegal now?
• @user_2791bevets
  2022-02-02T00:10:33Z

  Yes I remember the StarTAC and the Harlequin edition, which I saw in lots of magazines and a friend’s Dad had one.
• @user_1453yreffocseotreb
  2022-01-23T23:32:23Z

  StarTac and Razr, two best phones I have ever had. Would go back to them if they were updated as is for 5G capability.
• @user_8237regnirtsde
  2022-01-22T04:14:16Z

  Man I loved that phone
• @user_2603seahlagameuqirneh
  2022-01-08T12:00:56Z

  Still keep mine from 98, the 130 version. The V series where also very good but not as good as the first star tac models.
  
  That's why I still like Motorola nowadays they still try to innovate. And that's remarkable.
• @user_4845taoggnitniafehtezeerbaf
  2022-01-04T23:05:28Z

  The watch has a very cool Cartier thing about it..except for that cheesy fake numberpad
• @user_90lrigmrots
  2022-01-03T01:08:03Z

  the rainbow ones threw me off guard for a moment i was thinking "i didnt know there was kids who got their own phones even back then!!"🤣the colors remind me of a 90s v-tech children's toy or something!
• @user_72nosredneHnahtE
  2022-01-02T22:39:59Z

  Was this made in 1995 just released in 1996?
• @user_tfiwsrepsac
  2021-12-31T16:28:41Z

  Lol my step father had a StarTac when I was a kid, I remember thinking it was the coolest thing as it was the first cellular phone I had ever really seen....he carried it in one of those leather hip pouches lol
• @user_sakunytraMrepuS
  2021-12-09T11:54:00Z

  Motorola should make a 2021 version of the StarTAC, like the Razr 5G.
• @user_8821llarofecitsuj
  2021-12-01T23:14:30Z

  I had a StarTac phone. I think Verizon was called… 👉🏾AirTouch (I think 🤔) 🤷🏾‍♂️☝🏾🧔🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️
• @user_6478nosnhojnaivaj
  2021-11-29T06:49:15Z

  Man, the 90s seemed like such an interesting time to be alive
• @user_9247renurbtrebor
  2021-11-27T14:26:29Z

  My first cell phone was a StarTac. Things are different now, except to a connoisseur, one phone looks exactly like the next, and they are almost all covered in cases. Most importantly, in our rapidly evolving world of technological advancements, an entire generation has grown up with mobile devices and they are simply taken for granted, and for those of us that are older, we've had them for twenty years, so the newness has long since worn off. Good memories though. I remember my daughter texting her boyfriend and I thought it was the dumbest thing ever. You can just call him! I was sure texting would never catch on. Of course this is from a guy was sure the internet was a passing fad. After all BBS's had been around for a while, Procomm (modem software) would let us contact anyone, and the internet just wasn't necessary...UNTIL I saw it in action. I was writing HTML for companies a few weeks later.
• @user_5652avlisp
  2021-11-23T02:43:42Z

  This has to be my favourite phone from back in the day, that click when you hung up a call was so satisfying.
• @user_777amgineveS
  2021-11-15T21:59:07Z

  Idk what happened to my last phone of just a year or two ago. How do people hold on to phones from decades ago lol
• @user_1260ZASN
  2021-11-12T19:32:21Z

  I’m glad you’re making those videos. My very first phone was Motorola and my latest phone is Motorola razr. And I’m not changing
• @user_TeiddaL
  2021-11-09T20:42:17Z

  I still use a StarTAC today. GSM versions still work here in the UK. I have every GSM model and a few others. My main one is a 130 with the guts of a M6088 as they get better reception. Managed to track down an original brand new housing for it, network unlocked it and re-celled a few batteries so it's like knew. I actually know StarTACpassion I was speaking with him earlier. I've bought two Lekki editions from him.
  
  And you can still use the StarTAC in the US, just not the Verizon/Sprint models. The 7000g and 8000g can still be used on T-Mobile (until they turn off 2G). They're essentially the 75 and 85 respectivly but run on GSM1900 instead of GSM900. Those models are rare and expensive as Motorola sold them direct to consumer only and not through providers; that's why most models in the US are CDMA/TDMA varients.
  
  And before anybody asks, the other GSM models will not work in the US as they're mostly GSM900, with a couple being GSM1800 and no provider in the US has those bands.
• @user_db7424eilliwfilac
  2021-11-08T03:47:28Z

  I still love the flip phone. I would rather carry one. The big clunky one is getting old.
• @user_ynneknnud
  2021-11-06T09:10:50Z

  I wonder what happened to my star tac. I thought it was soooooo cool.
• @user_4055oofnoel
  2021-11-02T08:31:15Z

  I am a great fan of Motorola mobile phones, pagers and walkie talkies. I am still using my Motorola ROKR E2 and Motorola G 2nd generation smartphone in 2021.
• @user_0083.ba
  2021-10-20T23:37:56Z

  As soon as I saw that phone I thought of the vw lol
• @user_1266satsok
  2021-10-19T00:58:13Z

  I always loved this phone! 👏👏👏
• @user_r11kdngl
  2021-10-18T09:58:07Z

  Now we've got the Samsung Galaxy Flip 3, the spiritual successor.
• @user_notsserp
  2021-10-14T09:19:27Z

  But Motorola interface was horrid during the Razer period. Symbian was more user friendly.
• @user_9498aktivanynnal
  2021-10-11T06:18:12Z

  Back in 1996, I was the only kid in my school, hell my entire neighborhood, that had a cell phone. My dad had one assigned from work, but he refused to use it and in protest, let me take it and use it daily. I don't want to say that it was the catalyst of my popularity, but being able to be contacted and the ability to be available 24/7 on a phone was a game changer. I had opportunities to earn money that others did not have as well. I definitely have an appreciation for throwback phones and how they changed communication in our world.
• @user_tirBodrahciR
  2021-10-03T22:46:52Z

  Love all the Star Trek references!!
• @user_48Y4J
  2021-10-02T19:57:48Z

  Just got my 2nd Startac Today!! (1st was Analog) now it's... Gsm/etacs 🤔 still charging the battery.. & try to figure out where the sim card goes??! 🤯🤯 How to spot the Cake Startac?? (The sides doesn't have : ///////// -Lines on the fake one!??)
• @user_mn5yp-dj
  2021-09-21T04:03:36Z

  motorola has long been my favorite phone maker I'm rocking a motorola edge right now (till I can get a razr!)
• @user_ecneicSasI
  2021-09-15T01:35:01Z

  Qualcomm went from being a free living prokaryote making its own phones to the mitochondria that provides energy (snapdragon processors) to the smartphone industry as a whole.
• @user_o3dx7hi9wl
  2021-09-13T13:31:14Z

  موجود اذ نوصي مثله اكو شحن
• @user_4908ellavjr
  2021-09-13T03:02:38Z

  The sound of the phone when it closes it's the coolest sound ever, that and t9 are the things I miss the most. Watching on my note 10 plus.
• @user_grips
  2021-09-10T00:39:27Z

  I had one ,awesome in its time
• @user_r0rrE-404
  2021-09-07T11:58:50Z

  What a fantastic video that features my favorite mobile phone company of all time. I too own the smaller version of the StarTAC, in Australia, they were called "StarTAC X" version.
  
  I have it still in my bedside table, refusing to give it up to the second hand market no matter the price. Although it no longer works now a days, it often reminds me of the days when mobile phones... were fun.
• @user_djp_
  2021-09-05T15:49:22Z

  Best phone I've ever had before my Blackberry Bold.
• @user_nworBnednuoR
  2021-09-01T15:59:39Z

  I still got mine.
• @user_4137nametabyerffej
  2021-08-31T23:51:31Z

  Iconic device, still looks awesome in 2021. My favorite part was the antenna, kidding myself into thinking it actually made any difference. 😆