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		DamonHD on Dec 8, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fairphone 5: Keeping it 10/10? I have been using mobile phones since at least the 90s and have never broken one. (Motorola Sapphire was my first, 1G, and I still have it somewhere. Powering it up would probably break several laws at this point. The SIM was an entire credit-card size also...)

projektfu on Dec 8, 2023 [–]

StarTAC? MicroTAC? Sapphire seems to refer to Motorola dashboard radios.

DamonHD on Dec 8, 2023 | [–]

One of these!

https://hackaday.com/2017/01/16/shmoocon-2017-dig-out-your-o...

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