I've never spent more then 75 quid on a phone ...
Yeah, I have.
For a Motorola brick - with pull up aerial and flip out mouthpiece.
100 squid. 17 odd squid a month contract for 15 mins airtime. In 1995.
Battery life on standby of about 9 hours. At least some things don't change that much.
A good inch thick, but you could *just* stuff about half of it into your shirt pocket. And it didn't bend.