20/04/2023
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The first mobile phone was invented in 1973 by Martin Cooper, who was an engineer working for Motorola at the time. This device was the size of a brick, weighing over 2 pounds, and was dubbed the "DynaTAC" (short for Dynamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage).
The DynaTAC was the first truly portable cellular phone, and it had a range of just a few miles. It was primarily designed for use by business executives, and it cost a whopping $3,995 (equivalent to more than $10,000 today).
The device had a battery life of just 20 minutes of talk time, and it took over 10 hours to charge. Despite these limitations, the DynaTAC was a groundbreaking invention, and it paved the way for the development of modern-day mobile phones.
The first mobile phone call was made on April 3, 1973, by Martin Cooper himself. He called a rival engineer at Bell Labs, and famously said, "I'm ringing you just to see if my call sounds good at your end."
Over the next few decades, mobile phones became smaller, more affordable, and more widely available. In 1983, the first commercial cellular network was launched in the United States, and by the late 1990s, mobile phones had become a ubiquitous technology around the world.
Today, mobile phones are incredibly advanced devices that can perform a wide range of functions beyond just making phone calls. They have become an integral part of our daily lives, and it's hard to imagine a world without them. But it all started with that first, clunky, brick-like mobile phone invented by Martin Cooper over 50 years ago.
