Motorola International 3200

Motorola International 3200
Motorola International 3200
Motorola International 3200
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Motorola International 3200
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Motorola International 3200

Year: 1992

Standard: GSM 900
Factory Code: SLF1770A, SLF1770B, S3210A
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The Motorola International 3200 was the first digital hand-size mobile telephone introduced in 1992, along with the more compact 5200, 7200 and 7500 "flip phones" introduced in 1994. It was preceded by the International 1000, which was the first GSM portable phone.

The International 3200 was designed to supplant phones using the original analog cell technology developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s and first commercially available in 1983. Because of the 3200's GSM technology, existing units will still operate on any current 900 MHz GSM networks operating to this day.

Like other mobile phones that preceded it, the 3200's shape (and size) resembled an elongated brick, with the numeric buttons on the narrow side, along with the earphone and microphone. In Germany, it was called knochen, due to the resemblance in shape between it and a bone. Designed to work solely in the GSM 900 MHz band, the flexible "rubber duck" antenna was two-thirds as long as the phone's case. The phone contained 21 buttons — the standard number pad, plus nine others:

MR (Recall)
a/c (Alpha/Clear)
Call (Send)
M+ (Store)
Fcn (Function)
End (End)
Pwr (Power)
Menu (Menu/SMS)
Vol (Volume)

It was severely limited in what information it could show due to the small dot matrix LCD. The handset couldn't receive or send SMS messages. The International 3300 was an improved version, which could receive SMS.

Equipped with a 750mAh battery which required 5 hours to charge, the phone lasted 8 hours in Stand-by or 30 minutes (continuous, weak signal) to 1 hour (short calls, good signal) of talk time. A 1500mAh battery was also offered as an option, requiring 10 hours to charge, with 16 hour of stand-by time or up to 2 hours of talk time.

Motorola also worked with Bosch to introduce the "Bosch Cartel S" phone. It was an identical copy of the Motorola International 3200, but with some cosmetic changes: it had white buttons and a Bosch battery, no charger plug, and no Motorola sign on its aerial.

Motorola also manufactured other models of mobile telephones in the same "brick" style as the International 3200, such as the Motorola Ultra Classic, the DynaTAC 8000x/8500x/8800x, and the "California" phone.
Source: Wikipedia


by: spectreman
2015. Apr 14. 08:24
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by: spectreman
2015. Apr 14. 08:29
This is a cool phone, just recently was given one.
So who still uses their 3200 ?
Can still use mine fine, have re-packed a battery pack for it too.
I was also given a very nice dual slot battery charger for it, an Intellicharge charger.
Funny it does not even do SMS !

by: Thomas
2015. Apr 14. 09:23
Hi Chris,

If you would like to have SMS with your brick phone you have to use the International 3300. :P

I like these phones too but the SIM card I use is too small for the International 3200...

Cheers
Thomas

by: Meshari
2015. Sep 26. 03:07
I still use it from time to time, I've got a couple in storage, even got a micro antenna made by an austrian company.

The 3300 is a bit better, true the accessories are not compatible but the remove of LED and the gain of an extra watt and the slimmer :lol: profile adds to it.

This uses a mini simcard which is easily optinable nowadays, easier than a simcard size anyway. still functions and calls and recieve calls like a true phone.

by: Tailor
2015. Sep 30. 14:24
I have used my 3300 a few times. Once to embarrass my kids, took it to a restaurant and left it on the table!
The other time I walked to the shop and chatted to a friend just for the sake of using it, felt good :)

I was prepared for the lack of SMS on the 3200 but the 3300 can only receive and not send, I wasn't expecting that, as well as neither having CLI. That's a pain, especially when you miss a call.

by: NokiaTAC
2019. Oct 30. 03:56
I’d be using one of these if I lived in Europe! This or a 3300. Shame they don’t work in the US. Would still love to have one for my collection though.

These are so much better than the junk they make today. They also fit in your hand better and look way cooler!


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