Radiotelephone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- mobile/handheld/cellular/analog/TDMA digital
- DATE
- 1994
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2013.0118.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Motorola Inc.
- MODEL
- Micro Digital
- LOCATION
- Libertyville, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 931GUC0113H
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 9
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Plastic casing; metal contacts
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.2 cm
- Width
- 6.1 cm
- Height
- 2.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Motorola
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Libertyville
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
This device was purchased by the donor at a moving sale in Danford, Quebec, in August 2012. - Function
-
To make and receive calls via a cellular network. - Technical
-
This cellular phone belongs to Motorola's Micro TAC family of phones. Motorola's ealiest cellular phones, the Dyna TAC series, were succeeded by the Micro TAC line in the late 1980s. While the early models introduced in 1989 were analogue, the TDMA and GSM models were produced starting in 1994. Motorola released the short-lived Micro DIGITAL model in 1994. It operated on the Analog and TDMA networks and was similar in appearance to the Alpha model. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Proper front, above screen: "[LOGO] MOTOROLA"/ Proper left of screen: "IU/ NS/ Rm"/ On the flip cover: "[LOGO] MOTOROLA/ Digital Cellular/ Digital Cellular/ Personal Communicator"/ On inside of flip cover: "[LOGO] MOTOROLA/ Digital Cellular/ Personal Communicator"/ On back: sticker: "MOTOROLA INC. MADE IN USA/ DOC TYPE: TZKA/ DOC/MDC: 109 281 100C/ MODEL: F09THD8413EG/ SN: 931GUC0113H"/ Barcode sticker: "82E1F55B/ SUF1325J 034F2"/ Sticker with instructions for key entry functions
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Medium grey with black accents
- Decoration
- N/A
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