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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 the terror group Hezbollah, Hezbollah is a known terror group that is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group. 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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