Yeah that was why all my friends had them. Their parents paid for them.
My parents and grandparents all had them, and idk why but I didn't want one.
I used to memorize a lot of phone numbers.
For a few years my parents had these phones I think called Nextel, and they had something called push to talk. It was like a long range walkie-talkie.
They were popular with tradesmen on large job sites.
I always wondered why they went away.