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    Radio Telephone: Pay Phones

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    Mobile phones allow wireless communication over long distances by connecting to nearby cell sites in the main phone network. As the mobile phone moves between cells, the call is seamlessly handed off to the new cell without the user noticing, so calls can continue uninterrupted. Mobile phones have become very affordable in recent years with monthly plans starting around $30-$40, and smartphones now provide additional computer-like functionality, replacing pay phones as the dominant personal communication device except in dense urban areas.

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    Radio Telephone: Pay Phones

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    Mobile phones allow wireless communication over long distances by connecting to nearby cell sites in the main phone network. As the mobile phone moves between cells, the call is seamlessly handed off to the new cell without the user noticing, so calls can continue uninterrupted. Mobile phones have become very affordable in recent years with monthly plans starting around $30-$40, and smartphones now provide additional computer-like functionality, replacing pay phones as the dominant personal communication device except in dense urban areas.

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    Mobile phones allow wireless communication over long distances by connecting to nearby cell sites in the main phone network. As the mobile phone moves between cells, the call is seamlessly handed off to the new cell without the user noticing, so calls can continue uninterrupted. Mobile phones have become very affordable in recent years with monthly plans starting around $30-$40, and smartphones now provide additional computer-like functionality, replacing pay phones as the dominant personal communication device except in dense urban areas.

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    Radio Telephone: Pay Phones

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    Mobile phones allow wireless communication over long distances by connecting to nearby cell sites in the main phone network. As the mobile phone moves between cells, the call is seamlessly handed off to the new cell without the user noticing, so calls can continue uninterrupted. Mobile phones have become very affordable in recent years with monthly plans starting around $30-$40, and smartphones now provide additional computer-like functionality, replacing pay phones as the dominant personal communication device except in dense urban areas.

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    A mobile phone (also known as a wireless phone, cell phone, or cellular telephone ) is a little portable radio telephone.

    The mobile phone can be used to communicate over long distances without wires. It works by communicating with a nearby base station (also called a "cell site") which connects it to the main phone network. As the mobile phone moves around, if the mobile phone gets too far away from the cell it is connected to, that cell sends a message to another cell to tell the new cell to take over the call. This is called a "hand off," and the call continues with the new cell the phone is connected to. The hand-off is done so well and carefully that the user will usually never even know that the call was transferred to another cell. As mobile phones became more popular, they began to cost less money, and more people could afford them. Monthly plans became available for rates as low as US$30 or US$40 a month. Cell phones have become so cheap to own that they have mostly replaced pay phones and phone booths except for urban areaswith many people. Many mobile phones are "smartphones". As well as making voice calls, they can be used as computers.

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