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Article #337Re: Consumer Reports: iPhone 4 - Not recommended
From: JC Dill
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:31
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:31
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Jeff Liebermann wrote: >> You recall wrong. Circa 1992-1994 you could buy a 3 watt bag phone. >> I'm told that circa 1990 you could buy a 5 watt bag phone. > > My memory isn't perfect, but I don't recall any 5 watt bag phones. > There would have been considerable advertising value to offering the > most "powerful" phone. My recollection of the conversation I had at the time, was that when car/bag phones were first offered in the late 1980s/early 1990s, some were 3 watt, some were 5 watt. The 5 watt ones ate batteries and weren't as popular with most users for that reason, then the industry (or the government) decided that the phones should be capped at 3 watts and the 5 watt models were discontinued. I was told that there were long-haul truckers who used the 5 watt phones to get coverage in rural areas where 3 watt phones couldn't reach the distant towers. By the time I was shopping (circa 1992), I was told the 5 watt phones had been discontinued for some time (more than 1 year) and if I wanted one I would have to try to find it on the second-hand market (pre-craigslist). jc
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