📟 Pager Emoji

A
, as worn on the waist to alert a person to a phone call or short text message. Popular in the 1980–90s before
, though still used by some medical and emergency personnel. Very occasionally used to represent alerts, digital communication, or nostalgia for old technology.

Depicted as a black device with operating buttons and a green screen displaying various numbers across platforms, including:

• Apple: 555-3215 (555 is commonly used for fake numbers in the US)
• Google: 1998 (the year Google was founded;
   showed 8888, the 
  IP address)
• Microsoft: [indecipherable]
• Samsung: 954-5684 (unknown origin; 
   showed SUNMOON)
• WhatsApp: 867-5309 (an allusion to the 1980s hit song 
  )
• Twitter: 40404 (Twitter's discontinued
  )
• Facebook: 543-4800 (Facebook Inc 
  ; 
   showed 02 04 20 04, referring to the company's launch date)