Small Talk
June, 1996
The first portable cellular phones looked like bricks and were nearly as heavy. But it would be hard to talk on anything smaller than the four models pictured here. Each is roughly the size of a deck of playing cards, weighs less than seven ounces and is loaded with great features. Motorola's Startac, for example, uses exclusive fraud-fighting technology, and two ultraslim batteries increase talk time from the standard 90 minutes to four hours. If your contact list is long, the Sony and Panasoni...