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Gold Apollo AR924
ManufacturerGold Apollo
TypePager
Form factorTaco
Dimensions73 mm × 50 mm × 27 mm (2.9 in × 2.0 in × 1.1 in)
Weight133 g (4.7 oz)
BatteryRemovable
Li-ion battery
DisplayHigh resolution LCD display
164 x 64 px, 64 ppi, 4 lines
SoundMonophonic ringtones
Data inputs4 buttons

Gold Apollo AR924 is a compact one-way pager produced by Gold Apollo, a Taiwanese company based in New Taipei City.

This PC programmable and hand programmable pager is equipped with 4 buttons with two-way scrolling, a 4 lines LCD screen, and a removable lithium battery, rechargeable via a USB-C connector, and lasting up to 85 days with 2.5 hours of charging. AR924 allows the user to store up to 30 messages with a maximum length of 100 characters; its data transfer rate is 512/1200/2400 bps for POCSAG.

AR924 hit the headlines because it was used in an attack conducted on Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group Hezbollah. During the attack, 5,000 pagers exploded almost simultaneously across Lebanon and parts of Syria, around 3:30 pm local time, killing a dozen people and wounding at least 4,000.

References

  1. ^ "Rugged Pager AR924". Gold Apollo. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  2. "Hezbollah official: Exploded pagers were a new brand, replaced cellphones at Nasrallah's order". The Times of Israel. 17 September 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  3. "Exploding Hezbollah devices reportedly issued in recent days". i24NEWS. 2024-09-17. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  4. ^ Newman, Lily Hay. "The Mystery of Hezbollah's Deadly Exploding Pagers". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
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