The Apple iPhone looks like the coolest damn thing since...well, the last thing Apple introduced. But did you know there were mobile/cell phones before it? It's true! I looked it up on Wikipedia.
After the jump is a TV commercial for the Centel, a mobile phone from 1989 (the company was bought by Sprint in the early 90s). Sure, the phone is the size of a two liter bottle of Pepsi, but it's still pretty cool. Notice that there isn't one word of dialogue in the commercial, which is rather remarkable, considering the ad is for something you communicate with. If they made the commercial now, there would be lots of talking and texting and rap music in the background.
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7-07-2007 @ 2:11PM
Shannon said...
Didn't Zach Morris have one of those? :)
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7-07-2007 @ 2:20PM
shiznitzzz said...
Those are Motorola phones and not Centels who was a provider not a phone maker....And yes Zach Morris had one...And so do I in the garage somewhere.
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7-09-2007 @ 10:45AM
h8rain said...
AHHHH The iphone has infected TV squad!!!!!! :)
Joking, but I predict something will be here shortly to seriously complain about it.
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