📱 Today Japan's 3G dies — and the iconic garakei flip phone with it

The country that invented emoji, camera phones & mobile internet years before iPhone watches its most iconic device go silent

500K users, mostly elderly, lose their lifeline

#Garakei #3GShutdown #iMode

The back of a white Panasonic P-01G flip phone.

The P-01G playing Rockman X. This port of the game served as the basis for the later iOS and Android ports, which additionally had redrawn visuals.

The P-01G running Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden. This is a remake of the Game Boy title, the first game in the Mana series and known in English under the titles Final Fantasy Adventure, Mystic Quest (GB), and Adventures of Mana (3D remakes).

The P-01G playing the trial (demo) version of Mobile Suit Gundam U.C.0079. This game runs beautifully on the P-01G, appearing to run at a smooth 30 frames per second - higher than most 2D games that have been dumped for the platform so far.

More P-01G photos! Skeet didn't go through yesterday, whoops.
More details in the alt text!
#keitai #flipphone #garakei

A white Panasonic P-01G flip phone, in a closed position and powered off.

Hmm, I wonder what this is... 🤔

More pics soon!
#keitai #flipphone #garakei