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Pager

Pager Emoji

Objects

A small, handheld electronic device featuring a digital screen that displays a string of numbers. The device is shown with a clip on the back and physical buttons for navigating messages.

Usage Context

Used to signal nostalgia for 90s technology, reference urgent notifications, or joke about being 'off the grid.' It is often paired with the ☎️ or 📱 to highlight the evolution of mobile communication.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010, the pager emoji commemorates the era when pocket-sized beepers were the primary method for staying reachable before the mass adoption of cellular phones.

Details

Glyph
📟
Unicode
U+1F4DF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f4df:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Google
Category Objects
Subcategory phone
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
pagerbbcalloldschool90sbeeperbleepercommunicationtechnologyretronotificationmessage

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

Apache 2.0SIL OFL 1.1Noto Repository

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