📟️ Pager emoji
A pager or beeper, a small communication device used before smartphones for receiving short text messages and numeric pages. Features a small screen with green backlight and multiple function buttons for navigation and messaging.
This device was popular in the 1980s and 1990s among professionals like doctors, emergency responders, and business executives who needed to stay connected. Pagers were commonly worn on belts or carried in pockets for instant notification access.
Now considered obsolete technology, replaced by 📱 Mobile phone and smartphones. Related to other legacy communication devices like 📠 Fax machine and early ☎️ Telephone systems.
Could also be called Beeper, pager device or message pager emoji.
Other meanings
Retro technology, vintage communication, emergency notification systems, 90s nostalgia
Example Usage
Doctors used to carry pagers 📟 for emergency calls
More details
A legacy wireless device that receives text messages. ➡️ One-way pagers can only receive messages, while ↔️ two-way pagers can acknowledge receipt and send messages.
Like the 📠 Fax machine, pagers have been largely replaced by modern 📱 mobile phones.
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Visual description
A small rectangular black device with a dark screen displaying green text and several small control buttons below the screen.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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