Motorola StarTAC Flip Phone in 2019
Channel: Nelson Ogden
Date: 2019-12-07

-- Jan 2023 Update: Had to switch to a 4G phone. Got a used LG Exalt LTE. --

-- April 2021 Update: I'm still using my StarTAC! -- 

Motorola StarTAC flip phones were Motorola's first modern-style flip phone and their first digital mobile phone. In this video, I show two of the later-model StarTAC flip phones in use.

Verizon announced that they are shutting down their 2G network (that this phone uses) on December 31, 2022 (this sunset date keeps getting postponed). All non-VoLTE (Voice over LTE) phones like mine will cease to function at that time. So while I'm still using my old StarTAC, I know I'm on borrowed time. Carriers will no longer activate 2G or 3G phones like this one.

See https://www.verizon.com/about/news/3g-cdma-network-shut-date-set-december-31-2022

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