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A DynaTAC 8000X; the first commercially available mobile phone from 1983. Electrical engineer Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first publicized handheld mobile phone call on a prototype DynaTAC model on April 3, 1973. This is a reenactment in 2007. The DynaTAC is a series of cellular telephones manufactured by Motorola from 1983 to 1994.
The StarTAC is a series of mobile phones released by Motorola starting in 1996. It is the successor of the MicroTAC, a semi- clamshell design first launched in 1989. [ 2] Whereas the MicroTAC's flip folded down from below the keypad, the StarTAC folded up from above the display. The StarTAC was among the first mobile phones to gain widespread ...
Motorola introduced the Bag Phone line in 1988. [ 1] These phones offered more durability and higher power output (up to 3 watts) than more conventional cell phones of the time, such as Motorola's own DynaTAC and MicroTAC handheld phones, making them popular for truckers, boaters, and people in rural areas.
Martin Cooper (born December 26, 1928) is an American engineer. He is a pioneer in the wireless communications industry, especially in radio spectrum management, with eleven patents in the field. [ 2][ 3] On April 3, 1973, he placed the first public call from a handheld portable cell phone while working at Motorola, from a Manhattan sidewalk to ...
Advanced Mobile Phone System. Motorola DynaTAC 8000X TACS mobile phone. Advanced Mobile Phone System ( AMPS) was an analog mobile phone system standard originally developed by Bell Labs and later modified in a cooperative effort between Bell Labs and Motorola. It was officially introduced in the Americas on October 13, 1983, [ 1][ 2][ 3] and ...
The Motorola MicroTAC is a cellular phone first manufactured as an analog version in 1989. GSM-compatible and TDMA/Dual-Mode versions were introduced in 1994. The MicroTAC introduced a new "flip" design, where the "mouthpiece" folded over the keypad, although on later production the "mouthpiece" was actually located in the base of the phone, along with the ringer.
On 6 March 1983, the DynaTAC 8000X mobile phone launched on the first US 1G network by Ameritech. It cost $100M to develop, and took over a decade to reach the market. [43] The phone had a talk time of just thirty minutes and took ten hours to charge.
In 1982, the first year F-Series became America’s bestselling vehicle, the line predated the first commercially available mobile phone for consumers, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, which went on ...