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The first commercially available handheld mobile phone was the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, released in 1983. It offered 30 minutes of talk-time, six hours of standby, and could store 30 phone numbers.
Prior to commercial availability, the first handheld mobile phone was demonstrated by Martin Cooper of Motorola in New York City on April 3, 1973, using a prototype handset weighing around 2 kilograms (4.4 lbs).
Timeline
1971: Readycall, a mobile phone service, was introduced in London by Burndept.
1973: Martin Cooper demonstrates the first handheld mobile phone prototype.
1979: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) launched the world’s first cellular network in Japan.
1983: Motorola releases the DynaTAC 8000X, the first commercially available handheld mobile phone.
Note that while there were earlier experiments and prototypes, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X marks the beginning of commercial availability of mobile phones to the general public.
George Orwell was one year off.
Published at
2024-09-15 15:52:58Event JSON
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