I found my old pager

The Motorola Flex pager. Popular in the mid 1990's and still somewhat today. This is from 1996.

[@Beowolfenstein]

I remember my sister getting a pager and thinking she was so damn cool with it.

[@user-uo8ny1kj4c]

Beowolfenstein gonna go on amazon and see if it is avaliable

[@J__C__]

Back then, we *were* so damn cool 🤣👍

[@freddymarcel-marcum6831]

She WAS cool

[@JohnAckerman93]

I remember my parents had pagers. I was born in ‘93, and I remember seeing pay phones and cell phones with antennas. Just amazing how far we’ve come with technology nowadays

[@micahnightwolf]

Believe it or not, pagers are still in fairly wide use even today. Aside from restaurants, they are mostly used in areas where instantaneous text communication is necessary but cell phone use is problematic. They are used by firefighters and EMS paramedics in rural areas which have no cell towers. And they are used in hospitals to communicate with doctors in situations when a cell phone could disrupt sensitive medical equipment. Some hospitals even hand out pagers to waiting patients for the same reason restaurants do, so they can leave the waiting room and still be notified when their appointment is ready.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

Wow

[@kapswishes9834]

Pagers can be used in jungles also

[@shiaseedsalad2726]

My mom accidentally took one home from the hospital where she worked. It was going off all night 😂 They used them in her post op unit.

[@rigoa4230]

The good ole days when you had to walk to a payphone and kids were out in the streets playing.

[@TransitAndTeslas]

Miss it.

[@Marky_Rex_]

And getting hit by cars ...

[@plutia6882]

@@Marky_Rex_ Why you gotta make everything negative smh

[@munchuh3626]

@@plutia6882 I was thinking the same thing as him though.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

@@Marky_Rex_ damn

[@botcitizen]

You've brought back great memories from the 90s! I miss that period. The internet was just coming out... text messaging was scarce and pagers were in style. Take plenty of quarters for the pay phone.

[@mostlypeacefulmisterputin]

WOW! What a blast from the past!! Such a simpler world! Who knew how good we really had it?!

[@helloimskip]

"blast from the past"

[@mostlypeacefulmisterputin]

@@helloimskip *Correct!* ⭐ *For you!* 👏🏻

[@Nerdhaunt]

I still find this tech cool man those were the days.. i was 7 and i had a broken one :')

[@thboy1037]

I was born in early 1990s. I was very young kid when I saw pager on TV advertisement and I wanted it so much. My parents told me that I would get it when I grew up. I haven't thought that one day cellphones will be developed to be smartphones like they are today. (That time the cellphones were very expensive.)

[@J__C__]

Wow. I had one just like this back in like 1994 🤣 How I wish I could find it now. The nostalgia is overwhelming 👍

[@BeMillie]

Wow! My mom is a doctor and she used to have one like that when I was a little it was so cooool! I learned how to take her pages lol.

[@Tmm42s]

Pager networks are still around! In every country, here in Australia they installed a new network in Victoria for emergency services. If the landline or mobile network goes down due to a natural disaster or emergency, the paging network can still send out messages. One major advantage to a paging network is - The transmitters put out 1000w or more, so the signal can penetrate buildings and areas where mobiles can't get reception. In comparison a cellphone base station only puts out 5 watts.

[@amoledzeppelin]

Not in every country, unfortunately. :(

[@richroselli2599]

That is old school as hell! I remember when I had one of those back when pay phones were everywhere & land lines.. We would be chillin with our Jordans, gold rope chains, 90s real hip hop, 40s & all of a sudden "damn who keeps blowin up my pager with 911 911 (which meant call back the number fast) or 411 (which meant got some scoop on something) or 420 (which meant got that smoke) I like my smart phone & my jordans still but don't miss the pagers...

[@Izzyrocks4321]

Reminds me of the one my dad used to carry around when I was a little baby. It makes me miss those days!

[@saibot20194]

GTA 3 beeper ring tone would be so kickass!!!!!!!

[@gamerpeep615]

357headshot it’s my ringtone

[@Binx75075]

708 -- Chi-town represent!!

[@playfulburrito7415]

I was born in 97 but I never knew what a paper looked like or seen one b4 until yesterday when I watched “menace II society” but I can see how that would be cool back in the day

[@romeojames89]

I had so many of them things I don't even know what ever happened to them today probably lost or stolen those were the good old days before cell phones 👍🥰🥳😎

[@jasonwhitton8106]

I called and it rang twice before I got scared and hung up ha

[@freddymarcel-marcum6831]

If you had that pager you were a baller! I had the Dr Dre pager, good times d!

[@javier232]

Brings back memories

[@vinnie4g63]

Hell yeah! I think I had that exact model! When you played the sounds it brought me back BIG TIME. I don't think they ever had texts by the way... That came around with digital stuff

[@stephenandujo729]

Vic: what’s this? Martinez: it’s a pager, welcome to the 80’s Vic.

[@StefanAST]

Yes, but Vince had anotther pager, which looks like the Motorola Tattoo This pager looks like Claude's pager from GTA 3

[@danielazaes7484]

Dad had this one in 1999. I think it was issued by work. Assuming it was and is still better than cellphones for nurses to use at medical facilities.

[@oson3061]

Lol, this video is a gem, thanks for sharing. Back in the 90's, my mom used to have a pager, and I remember when she would get a beep, she would use this neighborhood payphone to contact whoever it was who beeped her XD. Oh, old times. Fast forward 15 years and everyone (including babies!) has a smartphone, tablet, IPad, and whatever else is the latest portable trend. With technology growing this fast, I expect Virtual reality to become the next reality, real soon- and that's not a bad thing :)

[@booboo5578]

ezekiel e ya momma was sellin dope😂

[@julicz666]

in the 90s, gangsters in the hood

[@editorodriguez6554]

I still have my Motorola LS750 in cranberry just like yours. Mines was the first one when Motorola started not only with the flex technology but when the pagers were getting small just like yours

[@iamdisciple9233]

thank for sharing this!!!!! your video is the first one that popped up

[@iamdisciple9233]

+leafygreentree sure is cool....I just found my pager, and was curious to see if I find someone making video of a pager and there u were! !!!!! have a great night greetings from Miami, Florida

[@EmergencyChannel]

I still use a pager, and no I'm not a doctor or a firefighter. I find carrying a phone a hassle plus a pager is only $100 a year compared to cellphones at $360+ a year for the cheapest plans. I can replace the pager for $20 and have no contract. Smart phones are $400 and and have contracts, I don't want to carry something that expensive on me.

[@MrMysterio1982]

I'm kind of the same way I'm kind of old school (I'm 32 years old) & I can't afford a cell phone right now but I have a landline (Home phone number) & I was thinking about getting a pager like you've said you pay $100 bucks for full service & $20 for the pager

[@FoggedTears]

Don't you have to return the page, like calling them back?

[@rambo68]

Hipster alert

[@MrMysterio1982]

***** Yes

[@shawndamccormick278]

How do you return the call with no payphones and hardly any landlines?

[@antvq]

"that one got you a date" "that one maybe got you to first base" lol I didn't know alert tones could do that

[@Darshanaz]

***** My NEW color screen phone took me to the third base, in early 2000s. I miss those simple days.

[@J.D.Vision]

Anthony Benitez Back then beepers had the same effect as a brand new corvette in high school on women. Its in their nature to pick someone with money.

[@raidernationcali]

J.D. Vision Damn goldiggers

[@clivebruce7334]

Miss these days lol having a pager was so cool even if u couldn't use it

[@dodgeballface3663]

I remember those days 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@DarcyMarieTCB]

I had the same pager from 195 and thought I WAS HOT STUFF. Haha. I would show mine off. LOL. I wish I could find mine. It was purple. It would be cool to see it had saved numbers and we could call the old numbers on our pagers and see if any work. You should try to page someone....lol. It is like going back in time. :)

[@peanutsarecheap1997]

I showed my daughter this video , because she was like what's a beeper?????? being born in 2010 she'll have no idea of old tech. stuff unless i show her. Great Video 😊👍

[@stevez2270]

Dude, the Motorola flex pagers were legit! What a blast from the past. This is were texting all began 👍

[@Rmathis80]

Man I miss these things lmaoo

[@StevenGlassman]

Thank you for this video. I've been going nuts trying to find that five-tone Motorola Flex sound to use for incoming text messages. :D

[@salvatory2012]

Year 2021 still have gold in that hand

[@CarlosPF94]

haha this is so cool lol I remember my dad had a a clear motorola pager.... I always wondered how these things work. One day we will all tell the story of "back in my day we had the iPhone."

[@Joshtheweatherman]

I honestly still see pagers being useful today, just as a backup! Not every phone battery is reliable, but a pager could last over a month on the same battery!

[@wasabi_seaweed7317]

"That one got ya a date" XD My man stan

[@danoles2k]

1n 1995 I was one of three kids who had a pager in middle school! talk about being the cool kid at the time, eventhough you could call my house and I would be there lol

[@RobR386]

I have an Alphapoc 602R that I use on DAPnet, 70cm band, those flex pagers are a blast from the past, I never had one, but remember seeing them about 😊

[@MariposaEtc]

I had my beeper until 2000, I went with my friend who wanted a cellphone and since my credit was better than hers, they gave me 2 phones. But back in high school I thought I was sooooo cool having a beeper...if you didn't have one and you didn't customize it with a colored case you weren't cool! haha

[@rossfincham6948]

Us old school Volunteer firefighters, In New Zealand At least, still use the Pager network as a "more reliable" backup to the current cellar AMS system.

[@larrywilliams9368]

I definitely had that one. Had about 10 different types over the years

[@tylerphoenix1449]

Just about everyone in a high school had a pager back in the day

[@astonmartinridin]

I don't know about these things. But I'm 17 now, I remember as a baby my older brother used to carry this around. He worked at a hospital.

[@bigpimping15]

I work at a hospital & I use one for my job. Mines just simple looking..not as cool as that one looks

[@anilchandran3954]

I never saw one in my childhood. This thing would have been futuristic, but never were popular in my area of India

[@Galidorquest]

3:36 Oh God, I remember that one.

[@sythlorde]

Alert 5 used to be my ringtone lol it was a headache trying to find that ringtone around 2005, beepers were already outdated, but I loved this ring so much I had to find a way to put it on mt phone

[@yellowmask1796]

Lebanon anyone? 📟💥

[@FrankD216indaland]

Only two way pagers had the text options paying buy the letters, I used a pagers till 2001 the glory days and in the 90 s when your pager went off you were the fucking man..

[@nickhansbauer]

haha duuude this is so sick! thanks for sharing, always super interested in getting some more insight of those days :)

[@user-ty5fp7vx1u]

This was thoroughly gratifying

[@Suyi_305]

How awesome!! omg!! I had the same one in light blue!! Lol so many great memories! My kids here making fun of me like wth is this mom!!!! 🤣

[@MrDaranel]

as a kid i used to find so many of them around house. never knew what they did tho

[@skullandbones1832]

Back in the day I had the Alpine pager and cellular phone bag.

[@amirking6514]

I'm 20 years old and I totally remember these things. I thought they were the coolest. my first electronic was a phone though.

[@pinkylauren1879]

I had a pager like that! I also had the one you could change the case to..I'd beg my mom every week for a new case. My fave was a hot pink almost see thru one,lol

[@Karter315]

Ahhhh-man, I kind of miss the days when people had to wait for your call back.

[@Zhak7]

That ref at the end 😄

[@RockDavid]

Also when Pagers where kicking strong they had unlimited plans for like 10 bucks, where cell phones back than had a huge monthly rate and minute charges. I remember taking my mom's cellphone to school to be cool and people making random calls and she got the bill for a few hundred dollars for in state calls. haha

[@danoles2k]

my mom reminded me the other day of something similar I did with her cell phone in like 98

[@johnanderson5415]

According to a link on pagersdirect which is an online pager retailer, there are still millions of pagers in use within the United States. Apparently as a simple private way to get in touch with someone, pagers are the most inexpensive solution. Makes sense, if a business has 500 employees and they just need one to call in for a specific purpose, they don't need to spend $60/month on a cellphone plan and it's much cheaper to replace a pager than a phone if it's lost or damaged.

[@Jayden97Hollis]

I'm a volunteer firefighter in Australia and our pagers are similar

[@WWELIVEGUY94]

Once you bought one, the network you used was free? You mentioned you had a #. That's cool. I remember my aunt had one.

[@nicolasboehm1673]

These things have a major influence on iPods lol

[@dump3deg6]

I got one when I was 9. I used to tell my mom to page me throughout the day while I was pimpin girls at the skating rink

[@deloresannwells]

Rodney Damn Shame

[@dabbtastic8642]

Ahahahaha maybe be I gotta hold it, everything was holding back then 😂🤣🤣 too great.

[@Raq457]

This was a cool video my daughters wanted to know how we would communicate with these things back in the so your video popped up on here when ser chef. My kids think it’s hilarious. I said with that beeper 📟 I met your Daddy

[@russotragik]

holly molly! last time i saw one of these i was playing at my Saturn, lates, 1998, 1999...

[@MrThegenral1]

I miss using my pager

[@fandju111]

A kid in Africa could've eaten this beeper.

[@juicybullfrog]

Kid in Africa could've eat that video

[@flaboi404]

leafygreentree lol

[@yael20011]

I would love to have one if it's possible to activate them

[@QuadiePoo]

I had that one. Mine was blue. It was like having an iPhone back in the day

[@pioneerz450]

Basic lession on pagers, pagers are only one way communication. (basically) But they often run on different frequencies lower than cellphones, (180mhz typically, some ran on 400+mhz) Which give the radiowaves greater penetration in building materials such as concrete. But the main advantage is that, since there is no need for the pager to communicate back to the radio transmitter. Batterylife is better, and you can basically just put on a lot of transmit power and cover a wide service area.

[@smookerji]

#AWESOME :) Thanks for sharing. I have had a Motorola two liner!

[@MuneshAnand]

I WAS BORN WHEN U USE YOUR PAGER MANNN

[@MartinTheBroker]

2018 I just found my old pager and its the same exact one!!!!!!!

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

There is still a sign advertising pagers near the DMV where I live.

[@Muilisxx]

i like the vertical ones

[@crystalpurple]

this is SO COOL!!

what was the costs for paging other people back than in the Us? in Europe in early 90's it was very expensive,. and most people only have it to stay ''in'' and be ''cool'' while they didnt use it anyway. ´ what a time that was,. great feeelings.

[@robertwent4859]

I found my pager too lol it was a freedom page beeper. One time fee of I think $60 which was insane for unlimited pages. My pager before that was $1.99 a month with only a certain number of pages i could receive.I always went over and was pissed. Reason I went with freedom page

[@stormgroenendijk4948]

In the netherlands we use pagers for the fire and ambulance

[@businesslp3027]

I forgot how they work. I remember my sister had one and use to go to the pay phone.

[@danoles2k]

you would dial your homie's pager number and after you got their voicemail you would punch in your call back number and that number would flash on the screen of their pager

[@roachtoasties]

American Messaging still offers service to this stuff. I have several pagers in a drawer somewhere. Maybe I'll put some batteries in them when I get home. :)

[@CameraCapers]

You can still activate a pager! I actually just ordered one yesterday.

[@d.e.b.b5788]

I use mine as an alarm, a cooking timer, and a clock.

[@livescreentv]

Nossa! A ultima vez que eu vi isso eu ainda era criança!

[@lovelyladyblueeyes]

i miss my pagers,

[@zippo2041]

In Croatia you can activate them on nearly every kiosk xD. but not many people use them today

[@liverbird_55]

*Just came accross this pager vlog it made me laugh i remember my husband having one but dont understand why most of the comments say about having to go out and find a street pay phone??? Didnt anyone own a house phone in the 90s??? When my husband was home and work left a mesage then he would just call work from the house not trapes around the streets looking for a call box? And when he was at work he would just use the office or site phones? Just found that a weird thing people were saying, iv still got my husbands pager somewere in my garage my son came across it yrs ago while looking through some boxs*

[@danoles2k]

if you were away from home like outside with friends hanging out at the park or the mall or the movies or the arcade, then you needed a pay phone!

[@laurenrfroude6856]

is it just me? or is your back drop a shower curtain. niiiiiice.

[@Jeelybeans_]

Hello! Im a time traveller Im not joking.Im trying to go this time.And Im from the year 2916 Theres a lot of things I didnt know.By the way.We lived in Mars now.Our planet got destroyed at 2573.I hope your super grand child is good.

[@gman83090]

All the emergency department still use Pages is still a very good thing

[@savitalakhwara4198]

I also had the pager

[@jacrush24]

Had the same one in high school.

[@beckyvera9911]

They still sell them! That model is called the Motorola Express Extra. Available at www.pagersdirect.net

[@geol9258]

mine was black. i miss them

[@laszesen]

I still use these at work!

[@somerandomdude5171]

Man thanks for this i tried explaining to these kids