these phones used to cost upwards of $$400.$ Air time, the number of minutes spent actually using the phone, was the big expense, often running as high as $$1,000$ per month. Car phones were such a status symbol that people purchased artificial phones and antennas in order to give others the impression that they could afford such an extravagance. Now it seems almost everyone has a wireless phone. The cost of owning a wireless phone has

dropped enough to allow this to happen

What part of mobile phone usage used to cost over $$1,000/$month$?$

Purchasing a phone

Installing the phone in your car

Using the phone

Buying the artificial phone and antenna

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