I remember just a few years back when all my friends who were better off were screwing around with their Motorola Razr (the first generation), I finally picked up a Samsung clamshell handset for myself after months of chores, good behavior, and begging on the streets. Well, I was six years old when the first Razr came out in 2005, but let's just say I was pretty precocious as a technophile.
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Back then, clamshell phones were the top of the line.