As you play with your tall and shiny new iPhone 5, you might find it challenging to remember a time when cell phones didn't slip right into your back pocket. A time when mobile phone technology required lugging around a portable power pack that came outfitted with a shoulder strap in case your arm grew tired.
Before AT&T, Sprint and Verizon had retail outlets on every block, RadioShack was the place to pick up a cell phone. Be it a brick or a clunky car variety, the Shack had all your cell phone needs covered.
We power packed our way through the YouTube depths to dig up a collection of vintage RadioShack cell phone commercials that will have you feeling pangs of technology nostalgia.