Motorola
8900X-2

The Motorola 8900X-2, which was released in 1989, was built on Motorola’s iconic DynaTAC design language but with a slightly slimmer design. It was the European version of the Ultra Classic2 which was released in the US market. It was popular in the UK market and supported the first-generation ETACS analogue network. It featured a standard 12-key keypad, which was extended by nine function keys being labelled with symbols rather than three-letter codes, as was the case on the Motorola 8500X. These included buttons to delete the last number entered, initiate and terminate calls, volume adjustment, access to secondary features, power on-and-off, and address book memory storage and recall. In addition, a lock key (indicated by a key symbol) was used to lock the keypad. The address book could only store 20 telephone numbers and associated names but did include a speed redial capability. The phone had a talk time of approximately one hour and a standby time of approximately 13 hours.