Yes. Everyone in the U.K. says mobile or mobile phone. What does this mean? Is there someone on the Q Team from Blighty? Maybe an Austin Powers Anon. Groovy baby.
Edit: In the U.K. they use the word "dialling" with 2 "L's", so maybe mobile phone is a term used in the U.S. Military. Any Army Anon's care to chime in?
Cellular or cell was the predominant term in the 80's & early 90's (in the US) - I worked in the industry for several years. Cellular One was the largest franchise. And yes, car phone was a common term in many areas. Today I see references to mobile more often than not.
Sure, in the industry maybe. Normal peoples parents called those giant monsters 'mobile phones' and only rich people or people who did well enough to have a company buy one for them, had them.
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15447348? ago
Yes. Everyone in the U.K. says mobile or mobile phone. What does this mean? Is there someone on the Q Team from Blighty? Maybe an Austin Powers Anon. Groovy baby.
Edit: In the U.K. they use the word "dialling" with 2 "L's", so maybe mobile phone is a term used in the U.S. Military. Any Army Anon's care to chime in?
15447427? ago
We called them mobile phones in the 80-early 90s in the USA. Most of them were attached to our cars (ie: car phones).
15453078? ago
Cellular or cell was the predominant term in the 80's & early 90's (in the US) - I worked in the industry for several years. Cellular One was the largest franchise. And yes, car phone was a common term in many areas. Today I see references to mobile more often than not.
15454018? ago
Sure, in the industry maybe. Normal peoples parents called those giant monsters 'mobile phones' and only rich people or people who did well enough to have a company buy one for them, had them.