soldering AAA batteries

[Bear2Biker]

If I remember correctly it's "The future's bright, the future's Orange!". so it was the future that was orange, we did have a senior manager at work that looked orange at that time as he used that tanning dye, we used to call him "tangerine" behind his back

 

[SUNRAY]

That is similar to my recollection, I remember buying an early Nokia, in around '93, on Orange. The weird Orange TV ads, just mentioned 'The world being Orange', with no explanation of just what was orange

It all sounds right, I did a job which included a company phone for most of 1994- a digital Moto, 1995/6 was with the company above with digital Moto flip and 2 analogues.

 

[SUNRAY]

If I remember correctly it's "The future's bright, the future's Orange!". so it was the future that was orange, we did have a senior manager at work that looked orange at that time as he used that tanning dye, we used to call him "tangerine" behind his back

That is similar to my recollection, I remember buying an early Nokia, in around '93, on Orange. The weird Orange TV ads, just mentioned 'The world being Orange', with no explanation of just what was orange

You are both correct and there was a selection of other things being Orange in their campaign's.

 

[muckington]

When I find the right phone for sale on ebay, with knackered battery, I will post back

thanks!

 

[muckington]

You are both correct and there was a selection of other things being Orange in their campaign's.

The future is bright for them but not for me or you i can assure you of that!

 

[morqthana]

I have soldered wires onto 1.5v AA batteries before and It has not harmed them, do it quickly though and prepare the surface well before soldering, a quick 1 second dab of solder will do no harm, if you are hopeless at soldering and will be arsing about for 10 minutes, then all that heat might damage the battery

I thought phones had lithium type batteries on them ? "NEVER INTERFERE WITH ONE OF THOSE BATTERIES"

I've never known any mobile phone have batteries anywhere near the format of AAAs.

Cordless home phones yes, but not GSM.

 

[morqthana]

The OP was talking about "mobile phones", not cordless landline ones.

Yes, and I'm not convinced he's right.

 

[morqthana]

(although I'm far from convinced that the very old ones would work with today's GSM network, even if they could be 'powered up'!)

and

List of wireless network technologies - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

1G was shut down around 2001.

3G (in the UK) was due to be completely gone by early this year.

2G is still alive and well.

 

[JohnW2]

Yes, and I'm not convinced he's right.

Nor am I (convinced) but, as we've both said, it is what he wrote.

 

[muckington]

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and

List of wireless network technologies - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

1G was shut down around 2001.

3G (in the UK) was due to be completely gone by early this year.

2G is still alive and well.

So is it the frequancy that determains what G it is

 

[ericmark]

You are both correct and there was a selection of other things being Orange in their campaign's.

Was that not a car

an advertising campaign for Outspan? Or was it the reliant bond bug,

any colour you want as long as it is tangerine.