Reminds me of my $2900 car phone, plus installation, plus first month activation and fees:
about a $3200 deal out the freakin door, circa 1983, in metro NY area. The monthly nut/deal
was $75 plus tax and fees before I picked the handset off the cradle.

A "cell phone" then was called a portable phone and looked like a bad Star Trek prop,
with it's own "suitcase", lol!