A Video Guide to Operation: Motorola StarTAC Cellular Telephone (4 October, 1996) In Stereo

Found this tape still in it's original seal.
Enjoy.
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Released on 4 October 1996. In Stereo. PV -7450

[@GWGMJ]

Many "younger viewers" won't understand that this is the most beautiful phone ever

[@TheNidalWorld]

Im 27 and I agree, mid & late-90s cellphones are the coolest.

[@BRICKCELLPHONECOLLECTOR]

@@TheNidalWorld nah forget about the 90s phone 80s phone were the best. heavy bricks

[@Alanb1980]

I agree. I had the digital version from 2000 and it was the best phone I ever had. And that’s coming from someone who, currently, has an iPhone 14 Pro Max. I wish Motorola would make a newer StarTAC.

[@GWGMJ]

@@Alanb1980 i would even settle for a fake version at least.

[@parellexion4851]

I'm one of the younger viewers and I agree with your statement.

[@markynio]

9:55 "From now on, whenever you receive a call, you'll be able to distinguise your phone from eveyone else's" I just loved it.

[@techretroviews3401]

Great upload. Love how apparently only people in business attire used Startacs.

[@TralfazConstruction]

You would have to recall the sheer status attached to owning one of these in late '96. Talking on a cell phone, anywhere, in public was then a showstopper.

[@hey_buddy_waz_up]

Yeah, they were like $1000 when released in the 90's

[@renard6012]

@ $500USD in 1996 are now $797.2USD in 2020, or $15,798MXN adjusted for inflation. So, yes. It was an expensive phone, but nowadays phones rarely go down that price range...

[@GWGMJ]

No skanks nor teenagers owned this masterpiece

[@confirmhandle]

Wow. Those were the days. It's was absolutely a magical feeling to make my first phone calls. I think I remember more about my first phone call on a cell phone way back then instead of my first date...

[@GWGMJ]

Far much enjoyable than any smart phone...

[@17Z71]

25 years ago... unbelievable! Screen is very pretty.

[@Adonnisjamalspage]

3:40 "if Rome appears, shut that shit quick cuz you'll be paying $175 a minute." 🤣

[@brucesmith6942]

Back in the day where ppl used phones to make calls.

[@McPikeVHS]

we still do💀

[@CHICKENLITTLEtheminion]

@@McPikeVHS fr

[@KeyserSoze23]

@@McPikeVHS nope

[@McPikeVHS]

@@KeyserSoze23phones and phone calls still exist

[@confetti199]

@@McPikeVHS fr

[@TralfazConstruction]

Amazing! I feel like Carter having just discovered King Tutankhamun's tomb.

[@kos256]

it's crazy how much software was programmed into such a tiny interface

[@velabela7634]

The first wireless charging 😂

[@foxrumor]

There's a wired docking connection.

[@atnamesarelame]

That’s what I was saying. It’s basically the same thing

[@MAZ105-chan]

Like Verizon Wireless

[@OriasX]

Original Iphone literally had dock charger

[@youforget1000thingsaday]

I was born on this year, just a few months before this. July 4, 1996. 😂

[@kinster02]

Used to be my favorite phones and my first cell phone back in the day.

[@TommyThaGreat]

Holy moly I gotta get one of these !

[@buttonholes]

Still my favorite wireless phone to date. Then iPhone 4. I wish phones still came with a changeable battery like the startac; I’d rather snap on a freshly charged battery than a battery case. Looked up this vid after thinking how this phone eventually inspired the RAZR, which eventually inspired the RAZR 2019. But what’s funny to me is that the original RAZR was razor thin compared to the StarTAC, but the RAZR 2019 isn’t thin at all-it’s just a clamshell flip phone by Motorola, so the RAZR name doesn’t make sense for it except to get attention

[@cheewawa4065]

It was only $2 a minute to call back then.

[@atnamesarelame]

I’m loving this throwback

[@小萌妹-v4u]

It's not a safety design that playing DTMF sound when typing password. someone may be able to hear or record the tone and then identify the numbers. they can unlock the phone if they can touch it.

[@OscarSanchez-je1dp]

asian

[@robertorojasalvarez159]

You can choose the sound or no sound of the bottons

[@GWGMJ]

Holla if your eyes teared watching this

[@retroworld8090]

Yup

[@apdcam701]

I'm literally crying :')

[@retroworld8090]

The most beautiful phone ever made

[@GWGMJ]

No doubt

[@smg5s8thchannel97]

Gen X Nostalgia will remember this:

[@Yaoofi]

This is such a banger

[@MAZ105-chan]

Oh wow! I like it

[@chungusmaster]

Me sirvió mucho el video, ahora ya puedo utilizar como un profesional mi Motorola Startac :)

[@kmk5239]

3:51 well, how do the analog signals work? Do phone calls still cost money? If it switches outside the coverage area, what does that mean?

[@burkanx5546]

Besides the limited talk-time due to battery life. Most people ran on Minute plans for calls at the time. Went over your minutes? Got an over-fee.

[@jannis4608]

My favorite cell phone of all time. Too bad it's not produced anymore.

[@renesmee_0666]

So that's where the dot design for the signal came from...

[@tjk010]

2018 I’m impressed 👌🏽😅 I’d totally use it now I swear lol also this phone is the same age as me 😬

[@alexearnshaw1468]

Sherzod Muhammadiev lol same I’d rather this over smart phone anyway

[@moxiegaming8726]

Cool. Now I know how to use a Motorola startac… none of them work anymore lol

[@FreeThePorgs]

Like those early car cell phones or the big shoulder strap portable cell phones from the 80’s that lasted 2-4 hours and costed 4,000 dollars. Frack, in 30 years my current iPhone 12 pro max will look like a dinosaur antique.

[@gladheateher4now]

Is it possible to get a chip to make these phones work today? Tired of breaking the glass on my Apples.

[@jamisont2]

nope

[@therealbfazz]

Yes if it is GSM 1800 or 900 you can unlock it to make it work

[@GWGMJ]

Hope it makes a come back as a simple non smart phone

[@anthonyaustria5436]

Will this be effective duringbthe zombie apocalypse?

[@mohitchhetri6846]

Want to buy this phone 😭

[@icecreamfromhell666]

0:56 that is 100% the guy from the "I'm divorcing you" video

[@Sam-K]

But... Can it run Crysis?

[@jdmcmul0325]

This video made me nauseous 😕. How far technology has come.

[@25YOYO]

Watching this video with an iPhone....

[@carljiu8601]

I wonder if they ever produced a guide for the GSM version?

[@TechHowden]

Why would they? Using it is nearly exactly the same as the AMPS version.

[@laconexion220ok]

♥️

[@WillieFufu-lo1nb]

Who's the pretty woman in the dress at the 8:20 mark?

[@GWGMJ]

How old is her kid 😂

[@williamlayette1419]

I have 2. I can't get them activated. Can anyone help? Thank you.

[@80sCompaqPC]

There were many, many variations of the StarTAC made, analog, TDMA, CDMA and GSM. The analog and TDMA ones can’t be used at all anymore, as those systems were shut-down over a decade ago. I think there is a couple of carriers that will activate the CDMA ones, but it’s getting harder to do by the day. The GSM ones are the easiest, as you just need a carrier that still supports 2G, and pop your SIM card in (provided the phone is unlocked). It all depends on what kind you have. Keep in mind though, 2G will likely be completely gone in the couple of years, so the time to use them is NOW, as that time is running out, unfortunately (it really is a shame).

[@bmwfan1988]

@@80sCompaqPC i have a gsm startac!

[@fashizzle78]

The first flip phone

[@zain-elabideen2689]

54kbs Wireless Internet ... yes... its still out there.

[@7667neko]

Quite a lot for 1996...

[@koaomarcls3137]

Saudade do meu estartac se pudesse compraria outro desse pra ussa como fasso pra adiquiri e por uma linha nele

[@m08j]

I want one.😭

[@mayrazavala7585]

Oct 4 is my bday

[@АлександърДавидов-т4ф]

Watching from my Moto G84

[@sovuqchoy]

i have that phone, brand new, never used, my grandfather bought and saved in his safe. if someone interested i can sell

[@stefan7078]

Which model is?

[@MrRogermorris]

Sounds off now

[@virgotruthseeker3003]

Iv got one that was a gift brand new and never got used!! I threw the bloomin box out though! It's gotcharger an big card in it lol!! Anyone know how much I should sell it for Iv got load of old phones need to stop hoarding stuff lol!!! Cheers

[@syll2k]

I can smellll this phone

[@sheilavalentin7254]

Get me one

[@camerxn_0947]

What model of the startac is this?

[@gone6442]

The clunk who would by this portable computer that has ancestors that explode when under charged over charged and has no internet

[@whiteguy3807]

does it have wifi

[@jamesbuckley5346]

No. Sent from my Nokia 3310

[@TRLTheRandomLab]

Woooosh

[@CarlosJ1757]

White Guy No

[@startrekforever1654]

of course not

[@iambadatsomefunnies5572]

nope.

[@yzx9122]

Holy crap too much hard for a user in 2019 Then how can use this phone easily back 90s people😶

[@80sCompaqPC]

Hard to use? Really? These phones are simple and quite straightforward, really. Motorola also kept the same basic interface on their phones for many years, so a lot of the key combos on the DynaTACs and MicroTACs are the same as the StarTAC, with the StarTAC having some extra features.

[@Sonic_X_Freddy_Lover001]

@Agent Milos Exactly.

[@AlexGonzalez-lq9lu]

Motorola StarTac

[@coolbutcoolful]

End to answer sus

[@enricocomph2]

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2:23

[@unicity564]

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[@ridalahrichi3126]

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[@ridalahrichi3126]

Google pixel xl

[@electron7659]

Can you log onto Facebook?? LOL

[@osvaldofernandez4712]

No daven ni qwe es un etartac rovotisado de rovotech

[@XEROXRPSMIKEBANKS]

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[@Bluechannel46]

1:56

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