car phone
Vehicle-mounted telephone device
A car phone is a mobile telephone designed for use in an automobile, typically mounted to the dashboard or center console and powered by the vehicle's electrical system.
Car phones were status symbols in the 1980s and early 1990s before handheld cellular phones made them obsolete.
The term now sounds dated, occasionally used nostalgically or to describe any phone call made while driving.
No longer in use
- vintageQuality from past eras
- 1980sFourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
- 1990sFinal twentieth-century decade
- brickFired clay building unit
Motorola · analog · yuppie · status symbol · executive · luxury · novelty · cordless
Contact by phone
- dialGraduated circular indicator
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- handsfreeOperated without manual contact
- speakerphoneHands-free audio device
signal · conversation · transmit · connect · voice · talk · message · operator
Senior organizational leader
- corporateOf or relating to companies
- salesRevenue from goods moved
- commuteRegular work travel
- dealershipLicensed retail seller
fleet · professional · networking · management · clients · on-the-go · productivity · scheduling
obsolete
No longer in use
- vintageQuality from past eras
- 1980sFourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
- 1990sFinal twentieth-century decade
brick · Motorola · analog · yuppie · status symbol · executive · luxury · novelty · cordless · portable
call
Contact by phone
- dialGraduated circular indicator
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- handsfreeOperated without manual contact
speakerphone · signal · conversation · transmit · connect · voice · talk · message · operator · dispatch
executive
Senior organizational leader
dealership · fleet · professional · networking · management · clients · on-the-go · productivity · scheduling · availability
- phonescellphone, smartphone, speakerphone, softphone
- 90s TechWindows 95, Windows 98, dial-up, Netscape, AOL
- obsolete techfloppy disk, VHS, dial-up modem, cassette tape, floppy disks
- retro electronics8-track, 8-track player, answering machine, Atari, Betamax
- telephonestelephone, payphone, telephone booth, handset, landline
- midcentury technologytransistor radio, color TV, tape recorder, record player, hi-fi
car phonemobile phone
Portable wireless telephone
cell phone · smartphone · portable phone · flip phone · candy bar phone
car phonesmartphone
Handheld connected computer
iPhone · mobile device · landline · rotary phone · telegraph
car phonelandline
Stationary wired telephone
home phone · desk phone · rotary phone · wall phone · corded phone