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Dermutt100 t1_iu8ex4r wrote

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Americans were way behind in mobile phone adoption. every little kid in Britain had a Nokia style cellphone, even in the 90's when they were still a rarity among adults in the USA.

And due to a failure of American capitalism (or a success if you are one of the providers) Americans still pay 1990's prices to use them. Americans are still completely ripped off by their providers, they pay a fortune for calls and data compared to Europeans.

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SandboxEight t1_iu8slbo wrote

You must not live in Germany lol. At the time I left (5 years ago) it was way worse than the US

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Neveragainthanks t1_iuagrnt wrote

The 3310, which I’m guessing you’re referring to wasn’t released until 2000. It was the very late 90s when we started get phones. I didn’t have one when I left school in 98, I did get one in my second year of 6th form though

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