February 13, 2010 at 18:18Nokia 720 (NMT-450)
The indestructible "nuclear suitcase".
The legend of the "dashing nineties."
Almost the same "suitcase with a pipe", only trunking communication devices and RusAltai blocks are more authentic than it.
Previously, there was a cool guy in the car, thanks to his careful handling, the device is in very good condition. It’s hard to find props better for films about nuclear missiles, spies and satellite communications with the president.
Under the cut some photos and a story about this phone.
An analog mobile phone, more precisely, "a portable subscriber radio station of the NMT-450 standard ." It was used in the network of the MCC operator (Moscow Cellular Communication) , which was widely known in the advertising of the Federal Network SOTEL.
There are no SIM cards, the number is hard-coded on the network. SMS is not supported. At all. Voice mail by means of the operator worked "with a bang." “Phonebook” is a memory for several speed dial numbers without searching and familiar navigation.
Excellent reception quality was provided by a 7W transmitter (compare with the power of GSM devices, which rarely reaches one watt). Confident work at the maximum distance from the base station and unrivaled battery life from on-board batteries - a NiMH battery with a capacity of 1700mAh and weighing more than 500 grams, squeezed up to 7 days. This unit is designed to provide communication in any circumstances, and he always succeeded.
Charging is connected directly to the battery, but it can also be connected to the telephone - it has an external power input for connecting to the vehicle’s on-board network or other source.
A wired telephone line adapter allowed this device to emulate a telephone exchange and make calls through it even with a modem, even with a fax, or with a regular wired telephone. A distant woodland, a stump, on it is a regular telephone with a handset, the wire from which goes to the line connector on the hidden Nokia 720. We pick up the phone. After a second, such a familiar beep is heard. You can dial a number.
They say that now there are no existing networks of this standard - the analog protocol NMT-450 has quietly died even in the regions of Russia. There is already neither that range, nor that autonomy, nor that power. No more to find that secret, riddle, prestige that this device bestowed upon its owner. Quality was a legend. Real Made In Finland.
The past has irrevocably gone, but this unit will live. He saw not so. This is one of those devices with which cellular communication began as a phenomenon. One of the best devices. It is not his misfortune that that standard is no longer supported, and all the successors did not inherit its best qualities. They will still remain in value.
UPD
Who can tell me if the NMT-450 networks are preserved in which region?
They asked this question on netmonitor'e, it seems that the guys went there supposedly to catch somewhere, but did not see a report on that trip.
UPD2.
The curb weight with the battery is 1500 grams. The bottom of the apparatus is a ribbed metal radiator.
Year of release - 1996.
The legend of the "dashing nineties."
Almost the same "suitcase with a pipe", only trunking communication devices and RusAltai blocks are more authentic than it.
Previously, there was a cool guy in the car, thanks to his careful handling, the device is in very good condition. It’s hard to find props better for films about nuclear missiles, spies and satellite communications with the president.
Under the cut some photos and a story about this phone.
An analog mobile phone, more precisely, "a portable subscriber radio station of the NMT-450 standard ." It was used in the network of the MCC operator (Moscow Cellular Communication) , which was widely known in the advertising of the Federal Network SOTEL.
There are no SIM cards, the number is hard-coded on the network. SMS is not supported. At all. Voice mail by means of the operator worked "with a bang." “Phonebook” is a memory for several speed dial numbers without searching and familiar navigation.
Excellent reception quality was provided by a 7W transmitter (compare with the power of GSM devices, which rarely reaches one watt). Confident work at the maximum distance from the base station and unrivaled battery life from on-board batteries - a NiMH battery with a capacity of 1700mAh and weighing more than 500 grams, squeezed up to 7 days. This unit is designed to provide communication in any circumstances, and he always succeeded.
Charging is connected directly to the battery, but it can also be connected to the telephone - it has an external power input for connecting to the vehicle’s on-board network or other source.
A wired telephone line adapter allowed this device to emulate a telephone exchange and make calls through it even with a modem, even with a fax, or with a regular wired telephone. A distant woodland, a stump, on it is a regular telephone with a handset, the wire from which goes to the line connector on the hidden Nokia 720. We pick up the phone. After a second, such a familiar beep is heard. You can dial a number.
They say that now there are no existing networks of this standard - the analog protocol NMT-450 has quietly died even in the regions of Russia. There is already neither that range, nor that autonomy, nor that power. No more to find that secret, riddle, prestige that this device bestowed upon its owner. Quality was a legend. Real Made In Finland.
The past has irrevocably gone, but this unit will live. He saw not so. This is one of those devices with which cellular communication began as a phenomenon. One of the best devices. It is not his misfortune that that standard is no longer supported, and all the successors did not inherit its best qualities. They will still remain in value.
UPD
Who can tell me if the NMT-450 networks are preserved in which region?
They asked this question on netmonitor'e, it seems that the guys went there supposedly to catch somewhere, but did not see a report on that trip.
UPD2.
The curb weight with the battery is 1500 grams. The bottom of the apparatus is a ribbed metal radiator.
Year of release - 1996.
