The Motorola Dyna-Tac, introduced in 1983, was the first commercially available handheld mobile phone. It was primarily used for making voice calls, allowing users to communicate wirelessly while on the go. The device was notable for its bulky design and high price, but it marked a significant advancement in telecommunications, paving the way for the mobile phone industry as we know it today.
Motorola DynaTAC was created in 1983.
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the first phone was invented in 1983 by the Motorola company. it was called the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X.
Martin Cooper invented the Motorola DynaTAC in 1973, and he made the first public call using the device on April 3 of that year. The DynaTAC 8000X, the first commercially available mobile phone, was later released in 1983. This groundbreaking invention marked the beginning of the mobile telecommunications era.
According to the Retro Brick web site, a vintage phone retailer [see article at http://www.retrobrick.com/moto8000.html], the original Motorola DynaTAC 8000Xwas "13 x 1.75 x 3.5 inches in dimension." A blog site called "Cool (Old) Gadgets" [http://pastgadgets.blogspot.com/2007/07/motorola-dynatac-8000x-aka-brick.html] claims that these dimensions do not include the antenna!
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The very first cell phone is called DynaTAC 8000X. This was commercially available on March 6, 1983 and was built by Martin Cooper of Motorola.
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FIRST LANDLINE TELEPHONE COST:When landline phones came out, they were owned by the telephone company and leased to the users. Some say the rent was $20.00 to $40.00 per month, though that could not be verified and the equivant today is a whopping $470.00 to $942.00.FIRST CELL PHONE COST:Designed by Rudy Krolopp, the Motorola DynaTac 8000X was the world's first cell phone. It cost $3,995 in 1984. The Motorola DynaTac 8000X took more than 10 years and over $100 million to develop. It weighed 2 pounds, earning the nick name 'The Brick'. The DynaTac 8000X only had a 1/2 hour talk-time per charge.The first cell phone call actually took place 10 years earlier. On April 03 1973 Martin Cooper, general manager of Motorola's Communications Systems Division, place a phone call to AT&T's Bell Labs from the streets of New York City on a development model of the DynaTac 8000X.
The timeline of mobile phones began in 1973 with Martin Cooper's first handheld mobile call using a Motorola DynaTAC. The first commercially available mobile phone, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, was launched in 1983. The 1990s saw the introduction of digital networks and SMS functionality, while the early 2000s marked the rise of smartphones with the launch of devices like the BlackBerry and Palm Treo. The iPhone in 2007 revolutionized the market, leading to the modern era of mobile computing and app ecosystems.