Today's object of desire is the HotLine Combi, one of the first cel phones.

The only manual PDF I can find is in Hungarian (maddeningly, the last page of the scan shows that it switches to English) but you can see that half of the briefcase was a big-ass battery.

The gag there is that our battery technology hasn't really improved since, we're just better at using less power, and have way more cell towers now.

@TobyFee that dude is living the HIGH LIFE ™️
@heurism All of the official promo photography involves dudes in fedoras and wide-lapel suits. All to say this is the phone to get if you're always on the go and you loved that movie "Chinatown"