Last week I bought a new cellphone, a Motorola KRZR K1m from Verizon. It's my fifth cell phone; my first was a Motorola AC715 I bought in August of 1992. The AC715 was a later version of the original Motorola DynaTAC. It was a true Zack Morris phone, literally as big a brick. The KRZR set me back $200 after the $50 rebate. The AC715 cost me $220 after a $150 subsidy from Ameritech Mobile. Pretty amazing how far we've come in 14 years. The AC715 was 800 MHz analog only, had one ring tone, and no camera. (The display was color, if you count the fact that the digits were red and it had a green blinking "in service" LED dot, yellow "ROAM" LED, and red "No Service" LED.) The KRZR has a 1.3 MP camera, shoots video, plays mp3s, and does all the standard stuff like 800/1900 MHz, text messaging, etc. Plus it's sexy; I don't think you could ever say that about the AC715.
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