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While restlessly waiting for our iPhone 5s, we decided that it was an appropriate time to pay tribute to cell phones past.
The year before Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1985, when the beloved iPhone wasn’t but a twinkle in his eye, Motorola released the first cell phone ever. “The brick” — technically known as the DynaTAC 8000X — weighed 2 pounds and cost $3,995.
If you think that’s insane, you should just check out its ads.
In honor of the sleek, lightweight, and nimble iPhone 5, here is a hilarious collection of 11 of the clunkiest vintage cell phones ever created.