Because not long after this was drawn, cell phones switched from straight extendable antenna to wide flat internal fractal antenna. The fractal ones require less space, can’t be easily broken, and like tv antennas with different length receivers can easily pick up multiple frequencies clearly.
His question was more “why are they using an outdated obsolete technology, instead of a better technology that didn’t exist at the time???”. And of course the answer was “it’s the best they had at the time.”
On the Motorola MicroTAC phones (smaller than the older brick and bag phones, horribly huge compared to current ones) the pull up antenna was 100% fake. It was simply a piece of plastic. I wish they’d make a new StarTAC that on the outside looks identical to the original but inside give it dual touchscreens, big as possible.
She learned how to poit. Why pay for a car, insurance, gas, deal with traffic and the time it takes to drive, when you can just blink your eyes and be there.
…Is that a fork beneath the car?
why does her cell phone have a little car antenna on it?
Cause that’s what cell phones looked like back in 2001. Some of them had little plastic antennas that pulled up.
My parents still had that type until about three years ago.
I’m baffled that you can correctly identify an antenna, presumingly understanding what antennas are for, and still ask why her phone has one.
Because not long after this was drawn, cell phones switched from straight extendable antenna to wide flat internal fractal antenna. The fractal ones require less space, can’t be easily broken, and like tv antennas with different length receivers can easily pick up multiple frequencies clearly.
His question was more “why are they using an outdated obsolete technology, instead of a better technology that didn’t exist at the time???”. And of course the answer was “it’s the best they had at the time.”
I suspect you are ascribing far more historical technical acumen to poor Chris than s/he actually possesses. 😛
when it rains it storms
She’s driving a Yugo ain’t she? (aaand I was one of the first people to have a cellular ‘brick’ from the 80’s)
On the Motorola MicroTAC phones (smaller than the older brick and bag phones, horribly huge compared to current ones) the pull up antenna was 100% fake. It was simply a piece of plastic. I wish they’d make a new StarTAC that on the outside looks identical to the original but inside give it dual touchscreens, big as possible.
You know there is something wrong with your car when at least 3 of your wheels detatch from your car. 🙂
What ever happened to Monica’s car anyway?
She learned how to poit. Why pay for a car, insurance, gas, deal with traffic and the time it takes to drive, when you can just blink your eyes and be there.