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By Shawn Li
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n the eyes of many people today, today’s refrigerators, colour TVs, washing machines, and cars are nothing more than ordinary; few remember that which appeared in recent years was unimaginable 30 years ago. Back in the 1980s, the daily necessities of today that we take for granted were then rare and luxurious goods.
The Brick-like “Dageda” Mobile Phone In the mid 1980s, Guangdong Province opened the nation’s first mobile communication network, ushering in the era of mobile phones in China. There were a mere 700 early adopters, most of them using the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X with its brick-like appearance. 14
