AUDIOVOX MVX405 Mobile Phone

Circa 1997

Use Case:

Designed for portable, person-to-person voice communication over analog cellular networks. It offered basic telephony features such as one-touch emergency dialing, automatic call retry, a microphone mute control, and an 89-entry alphanumeric memory location phonebook. The phone had a backlit keypad and a basic LCD display. Optional accessories included car kits and extended life batteries, suggesting it was used both in and out of vehicles.

Historical Significance:

The MVX405 represents the era of early, large, analog cellular phones before smaller, lighter, and digital models (like the MOTOROLA StarTAC or QUALCOMM QCP-2700) became dominant. It was part of AUDIOVOX's successful push into the wireless market, contributing to the company's strong revenue growth during the cellular phone boom of the late 1990s. This phone is a good example of the "brick" style phones that were common before compact designs took over the market.

NOTE: Fitted case available upon request.

(H-17cm x W-6cm x D-3cm)