Although Chris was very disappointed, his professionalism still made him have to keep a smile and not let his foul words come out, but he was sure that after Hugo left, he would definitely have to complain to his colleagues: he has earned so much recently, and he is still stingy with such a small amount of money to equip himself with a pager!

"Forget the pager, I want to look at my phone." Hugo's next words immediately sent Chris back to heaven from hell, "Uh, or what are you going to call it, mobile phone?" Portable phone? Anyway, I want to see the bricks. Hugo's suspicious gaze moved back and forth between Joseph and Chris, trying to make his statement clearer.

"Of course, of course." Chris repeatedly, "Please follow me in this direction. Chris stretched out his right hand to make an inviting gesture, and several other clerks in the store who had no customers immediately looked at Chris with envy, and began to regret that he didn't greet him in the first place, which was really a mistake!

"I just went to see 'Yihai Xiongfeng' last week, and my wife Marianne and I liked it very much, it was really 'fine'." Chris's smile returned to his face, compared to a pager, they may not be able to sell a mobile phone for two or three months, and now they can sell a mobile phone, which is not only very 'pumping', but also plays a crucial role in their promotion within the company. Chris suddenly felt that this year's Christmas might have a good memory.

"Really? That would be great. Hugo also looked back with a smile, although there was still a shallow dark circle under his eyes, but Hugo's smile was always warm like the sun, which made people involuntarily lightened.

Joseph looked at Hugo like this, and could only breathe a long sigh of relief, and his tangled eyebrows were completely relaxed, since he decided to buy bricks, then buy them! In the past year, Hugo has really worked hard, and it's time to treat himself.

Walking to the glass counter, the picture displayed in front of Hugo this time is spectacular, a row of mobile phones from large to small neatly arranged in front of the eyes, the leftmost mobile phone looks the size of a small arm, and the smallest mobile phone on the far right is about the size of a palm.

&icro。 tac。 Ultra-lite) was just developed this year," Chris began, pointing to the phone on the far right, "and it's also the smallest and lightest mobile phone in the world." ”

Joseph looked at the mobile phone pointed by Chris, quite surprised, he remembered that the current mobile phone has always been the big ones on the left-hand side, compared to the four mobile phones on the far right are already very small, no wonder Hugo planned to buy such a mobile phone in the first place, because it is still more convenient to carry. I just don't know how the communication quality is, because the previous big brick call effect has not been ideal, which is also an important reason why people prefer to choose a landline.

Hugo looked at the TAC on the right, but it was not unusual for him to see more smaller and lighter phones, but Hugo was more interested in the bricks on the left, "Hey, can you show me that one?" ”

Chris didn't know what Hugo was up to, but he took out the big brick on the left and handed it to Hugo. Hugo took it, and found that it was much heavier than he imagined, "How heavy is this?" ”

"Two pounds." Chris introduced, Hugo's eyes suddenly widened, two pounds, it is almost a kilogram, which is much heavier than bricks, no wonder others say that mobile phones can be used as heavy weapons in the past. Imagine that with carrying a large body of almost a kilogram on the body, where is this convenient, it is simply physical exercise.

"This is a 1G phone, one hour of use, ten hours of charging. The original price was $2,995, but we're doing the event right now, and it's only $1,795. Chris quickly introduced that he watched Hugo play with his phone as if he were weighing a weapon, as if he had seen a funny toy, which made Chris feel inexplicably happy.

"Wow, an hour." Hugo lamented that in 2014, they had countless complaints about the time they spent using smartphones, but imagine that when the mobile phone first came out, it could only be used for one hour after ten hours of charging, so the smartphone has come a long way. "Is the TAC you just talking about a 2G phone?" Satisfied with his curiosity, Hugo set his sights on a new, more practical and reliable phone.

"Yes, the phone has a new version of the battery, which takes less time to charge and lasts longer." Chris immediately and actively started to make an introduction, Joseph interrupted him and asked "how long can it be used", Chris hesitated, "There is no exact time yet, but three hours should be no problem." In addition to that, the ringtone of this phone has also been updated and the screen has been upgraded......"

"Can I send a text message?" Hugo interrupted Chris's words, 2G mobile phones will be the main force in the mobile phone market in the future, and then wait until the advent of smart phones, in fact, 2G mobile phones have a very complete range of functions, including SMS, MMS, wireless positioning, etc.

"Uh, sorry, can you say that again?" Chris clearly didn't understand Hugo's words and said with a smile.

"Text messages, I mean." Hugo repeated. However, this is a simple and basic function for Hugo, but it is a difficult task to listen to the ears of Joseph and Chris, and Chris 'shows' an apologetic smile, "Sorry, not at the moment." ”

Joseph glanced at Hugo directly, "Don't ask too much. ”

Hugo said that he was very helpless, he took the tac mobile phone in his hand, almost half the size of a palm, purely in terms of volume, it is already very rare and small, but it is still a little heavier than expected, "How heavy?" ”

"5.9 ounces, this is the lightest style in the world at the moment." Chris's answer was full of confidence.

Five .9 ounces, almost one hundred and sixty-seven grams, this weight can be said to be very rare, not to mention compared with those bricks, even compared with many lightweight mobile phones in the 21st century, it is not inferior, although in terms of function can only make and receive calls, but there is nothing to be picky about.

"Wouldn't the quality of the answer be bad?" Joseph hesitated and asked, "Martin Cooper (Marty.) Cooper said that the distance between the ear and the mouth is very important, but now that this design has become smaller, ignoring this distance, won't the call quality be affected? ”

Martin Cooper, inventor of the modern mobile phone. The TAC in Hugo's hand is designed with a closed lid, and the keyboard can be seen by opening the square lid at the bottom of the screen, while the microphone is at the top of the square lid, which is also a way to reduce the size of the phone while keeping the distance between the ear and the mouth as much as possible.

"Rest assured, our phones are well tested before they hit the market. This phone has received many improvements in call quality compared to the previous one, and it is our latest and best style so far. Chris explained sincerely, trying to make his words more convincing.

But for Hugo, it didn't have much effect. When it comes to call quality, he naturally doesn't expect the current mobile phone to be compared with the twenty-first century, in fact, Hugo doesn't have too many requirements for the efficacy of the mobile phone, and this tac in his hand is smaller and lighter than imagined, which is already a huge gain. It seems that 1992 was much more "developed" than expected.

"How much does this phone cost? And what about telecommunications companies? Hugo asked with some uncertainty what the relationship between mobile phones and communication companies was now, and whether mobile phones used SIM cards or signed agreements with communication companies like landlines, Hugo did not know.

"All you have to do is buy a phone, and we'll provide you with a copy of Ameritech. scieific), after paying a certain basic fee every month, it will be billed according to the airtime, and we have a list of charges. "This phone is a new model that we just launched this year, so the price will be relatively high, $3,495." ”

$3,495 to buy a brick, this price is indeed a breath of gasp, no wonder it is said that mobile phones are a must-have product for the rich, and there is no way to increase the popularity rate at all. But Hugo also knows that in the next few years, mobile phones will develop rapidly and prices will fall rapidly, making them as affordable as possible for the middle class.

Although the price was relatively high, Hugo decided to buy it anyway. Earning money is meant to 'spend' money, and becoming a miser will never be able to enjoy the joy of life. What's more, life will indeed be much easier with mobile phones, but this cannot be exchanged for money, if it were not for the fact that the Internet has not developed at all now - the first friendly interface to connect to the Internet was only developed at the University of Minnesota (MIY) in 1991, and there is still a long way to go before it is universally available - otherwise Hugo would have been eager to buy a computer.

"Okay, give me two bricks." Hugo said dryly, and the smile on Chris's face immediately bloomed, while Joseph, who was standing next to him, exclaimed, "Are you crazy? ”

These two bricks are going to go to seven thousand dollars, which is really a huge expense for Joseph, and he is not mentally prepared enough at all, "Why did you buy two?" It's a 'wave' fee! ”

"I'll have a piece of you, otherwise I'll buy it, who will I contact?" Hugo took it for granted and said, "Oh, by the way, you should buy one for Carl, Alex, and Charlize." "In addition to making life easier, the meaning of mobile phone storage is to make the contact between friends simpler, usually friends mainly rely on fixed telephone contact, answering machine is more frequent contact object, but mobile phones can omit this step. Therefore, if Hugo alone has a mobile phone and no one can contact him, then the importance of mobile phones has been lost.

"Chris, please give me five bricks." Hugo's words made the smile on Chris's face even brighter, this is not a blockbuster, I was worried that there was no business today, but as soon as it opened, it was five new TAC, which for Chris, life can be said to be about to usher in "earth-shaking" changes.