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Motorola MicroTAC (1989)

The first flip phone, where the whole interface lives in an embodied open/close gesture plus a manual antenna ritual

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Motorola MicroTAC (1989) archival photograph

Overview

Deep dive

Media

Motorola MicroTAC 650e flip phone, open
Motorola MicroTAC 650e flip phone, open — the folding mouthpiece over the keypad is the whole open/close interface. Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
Motorola MicroTAC 650e with box, manual, and charger
Motorola MicroTAC 650e with box, manual, and overnight charger. Wikimedia Commons, CC0.

Sources

  1. Motorola MicroTAC 650e flip phone (photograph, Wikimedia Commons)
  2. Motorola MicroTAC 650e with box and manual (photograph, Wikimedia Commons)
  3. Motorola MicroTAC (Wikipedia)