Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
WBAA's HD Radio channels will be off-air while a critical piece of equipment undergoes repairs. This will not impact WBAA News or WBAA Classical FM, AM 920 or the live stream of all channels. We are still awaiting repairs to this equipment. Thank you for your patience during this process.

How the first flip phone, released 30 years ago, started a tech revolution

The Motorola StarTAC — the world’s first flip phone — came out 30 years ago.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks to technology journalist Richard Baguley about why the phone was so revolutionary.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2026 WBUR

Here & Now Newsroom