

Johnny and Luis each have a unique theme for their phones as Johnny's phone assumes a more hardy appearance with a black plastic/leather phonecase and has a unique "Lost MC" theme featuring The Lost Motorcycle Club's patch, while Luis Fernando Lopez' phone appears to be more high-end than Niko and Johnny's phones and is round, similar to Johnny's, and has a glowing blue keypad and a unique "Club" theme.Īs an exclusive feature in The Ballad of Gay Tony, the player can replay any of his accomplished missions via his phone in order to be able to get a better score on them. In The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, the player's phones are practically identical to Niko's second phone but with cosmetic changes. Access to is initially unavailable in GTA IV until the second model of the phone is acquired. Themes and advanced ringtones of the phone can be purchased via a website on the in-game internet.

In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Carl Johnson has a phone which he uses to make and receive calls. The phone's design is based on early commercial mobile phones from the 1980s. In GTA Vice City, Tommy Vercetti retrieves a phone from Leo Teal during " Back Alley Brawl", allowing him to receive calls from in-game characters about missions or other topics. Players may also have the option to skip an in-between-mission phonecall.
During a verbal exchange on the phone, the player's mobility is reduced while the player holds the phone, being incapable of jumping, sprinting, or holding and shooting a weapon until the call ends. A drop in the player's relationship with a girlfriend). Since GTA Vice City, players can choose to answer a ringing mobile phone failing to answer a call will usually lead to the phone repeatedly ringing between a period of silence until the player answers it, or after the effects of not answering the phone is activated (i.e. The mobile phone's role remains unchanged as it is often used between missions and important events, but primarily complements face-to-face interactions between characters. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City marked a return of the mobile phone after being absent in Grand Theft Auto 2 and Grand Theft Auto III. The mobile phone/walkie-talkie in GTA London, which relays message the same way as in GTA 1.
