General Information

Serial #

S6648A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Black finely pebble-textured synthetic casing and antennae cover; clear synthetic display screen; gold tone metal fittings visible; raised black synthetic keypad buttons; goldtone, yellow, white, red, black and green text and graphics.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

12.5 cm

Width

5.8 cm

Height

1.3 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telephony

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Motorola

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

The StarTAC was among the first mobile phones to gain widespread consumer adoption, selling 60 million worldwide. [Ref. 1]

Function

To send and receive voice and data signals via a digital cellular radio network.

Technical

In January 1996 when it was unveiled, the StarTAC was the smallest cell phone available and was introduced at the price of $1000.00 [Ref. 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"MOTOROLA", logo and "StarTAC' appears on casing front, and on both upper and lower sections of open phone. All controls, keypad buttons, etc. labelled. Motorola logo stamped into casing back. "MOTOROLA INC./ FCC ID: IHDT5VC1 EE 3/ CANADA: 109 182 238A; TYPE: VGKA/ 832/2312 CHANNEL OPERATION/ MODEL: S6648A/ MSN: 572GXV3L09 102/ [barcode]" and "SWF0333A *251R/ [barcode]/ FCBE3ADC" printed on white adhesive-backed labels inside battery compartment.

Missing

None.

Finish

Black finely pebble-textured synthetic casing and antennae cover; clear synthetic display screen; gold tone metal fittings visible; raised black synthetic keypad buttons; goldtone, yellow, white, red, black and green text and graphics.

Decoration

Stylized "M" forms Motorola logo.