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Cracking Open the classic Motorola StarTAC flip phone

by Drew McBee | 02-27-08

Tags: cracking open, geekend, off topic, motorola, startac

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This is the half that has the body armor on the back. At the edge of the board (bottom of the picture) you can see the clips that held the antennae tube, which is still lodged in the other half of the case. Also notice the steel cover on the right - it comes up later.
                                                                                                   

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Motorolacathar.gnostic@...  | 02/28/08
my first cell phonejames.koepfler@...  | 03/04/08
submergeddrew.mcbee@...  | 03/05/08
Washed mine :-(tim914  | 04/15/08
Submerged mine as wellForum Surfer  | 03/11/08
Call me a Ludditekferraro@...  | 03/06/08
RE: The full monty (Cracking Open the classic Motorola StarTAC flip phone)aickler@...  | 03/04/08
Star TACpmik@...  | 03/05/08
Still have minefabioq@...  | 04/01/08
Dunked A RAZRGreystoke  | 04/02/08
As I said...fabioq@...  | 04/02/08
Keeps on tickinglisa.rosenbaum@...  | 03/19/08
RE: The full monty (Cracking Open the classic Motorola StarTAC flip phone)markc@...  | 03/12/08
"Nifty" - the connectorpepoluan  | 03/12/08
nifty connectorblah@...  | 04/03/08
RE: The full monty (Cracking Open the classic Motorola StarTAC flip phone)john3347@...  | 03/14/08
And they complain that Smartphones are BIG!!!! LOL!scottwilkins@...  | 03/14/08
That is crap.dgurney  | 03/16/08
StarTac by Motorolabshodges3@...  | 03/21/08
RE: The full monty (Cracking Open the classic Motorola StarTAC flip phone)patwoman2@...  | 03/15/08
Users screwed by telcos, vendors, and Congress.dgurney  | 03/16/08
Wicked good phone!jimf128@...  | 03/18/08
Manufacturers getting smartrmcguire@...  | 03/31/08
Yeah, me too.JohnBeaman  | 04/14/08
best phone everimpala_sc  | 03/23/08
Reliable StarTacpmik@...  | 04/09/08
RE: The full monty (Cracking Open the classic Motorola StarTAC flip phone)i2fun@...  | 03/24/08
Not a thermal fuse...Pazman  | 03/25/08
Reed switchtonyj_stirling  | 04/03/08
That thing that you don't know what it is.nabeel_co@...  | 03/30/08
Thats a new modelinformatica@...  | 04/03/08
Sad to see mine go!herm.harrison@...  | 04/04/08
I can has AJAX?dmuth  | 04/07/08
RE: The full monty (Cracking Open the classic Motorola StarTAC flip phone)alex_maday@...  | 04/08/08
RE: The full monty (Cracking Open the classic Motorola StarTAC flip phone)inmyhouse@...  | 04/09/08
Please, Motorola, give me back my StarTACtim914  | 04/15/08
RE: The full monty (Cracking Open the classic Motorola StarTAC flip phone)computerd}}  | 04/16/08
Mini Monolithsableindian@...  | 04/17/08
RE: The full monty (Cracking Open the classic Motorola StarTAC flip phone)sableindian@...  | 04/17/08
I have one for sale. Any takers?bscott@...  | 04/22/08
Sell for charity or Recyclefonebank@...  | 05/16/08

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