Pager emoji meaning

The pager emoji shows a small, old-fashioned device that was used to receive messages before cell phones were common. It represents communication, quick alerts, or a sense of nostalgia for technology from the 1990s. People often use this emoji when discussing outdated gadgets or to humorously refer to being urgently contacted, just like how pagers were once used in emergencies or by professionals to stay reachable. This emoji reminds us of a time before instant messaging and serves as a fun nod to how technology has evolved.

The pager emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026