Telstra put its first mobile handset on sale in Australia 25 years ago. It was priced at $5,200 (think $12,000 in 2012 pricing), you could only use it in Sydney, and it ran out of power after talking for 20 minutes. Just remember that the next time you’re complaining about signal. Also: August 9, 1981: Telstra Makes Australia’s First Mobile Call [Telstra]
maddogeco
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 10:36 AMso better battery life than an LTE phone
James Gauci
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 10:37 AMOr when it was Telecom Australia with that epic orange logo!
Johnny P
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 10:46 AMIm lucky to get 20 minutes on my Galaxy S II so its an improvement in that regard
RooBoy
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 10:57 AM$5200 !! Holy CRAP! I paid $800 for mine 25 yrs ago and thought that was pricey!
John
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 11:04 AMThat first link is broken.
Danny Allen
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 11:15 AMSorry, fixed!
tron
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 11:20 AMiphone killer,
Adz
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 11:24 AMjailbreak that sh*t
TSH
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 11:29 AMCan you get Angry Birds on it?
Azza
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 11:36 AMDoes it have facebook?!
Jack
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 1:03 PMdid he died?
Deb
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 5:25 PMWho were the people that bought those and wtf did they use them for!?! WHAT WAS SO IMPORTANT!?!
Sicarius123
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 9:13 PMSounds like the battery on my three year old iPhone 3GS lol.