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15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About The First Mobile Phone

Communication is so easy nowadays, technology has come a long way from sending messages with smoke signals to now sending a text, WhatsApp message, or video call just using a mobile phone. This astonishing gadget is not only used for communication but you can use it to access social media, banking, saving memorable moments, and many other fun things like a photo or video editing. Alexander Graham Bell invented the first phone and was granted a patent on his new product in 1876. The IBM Simon was the first of its kind in 1992, this phone is the version of the iPhone today. Steve Jobs invented the first iPhone that blew away any competitor trying to recreate the iPhone.

Today billions of people own a mobile phone smartphone to be precise, we work, shop, communicate and learn via our mobile phones. Motorola a telecommunication company founded in 1928 made history when it created the first cell phone DynaTAC 8000X. Nokia Mobira released its first cell phone the Mobira Cityman 900, but it was expensive. Touchscreen smartphones have now become widely available and this was the beginning of 2007, smartphones have been in the works for over four decades before the release of the iPhone. Eric Johnson of the Royal Radar Establishment RRE created the first finger-controlled touchscreen. The smartphone industry started booming in late 2010 Apple iPhone invented the A1203, with this invention brought about iMac and the iPod.

1. Motorola DynaTAC 8000X the first mobile phone

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Dr. Martin Cooper made the first mobile phone the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X it was approved by the FCC in the United States. The phone was portable and could easily be carried it could store thirty numbers, it took ten hours to recharge. The Motorola weighed about two pounds, it was different from the existing car phone system, Martin Cooper was fascinated by the Star trek series in 1960 where Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock used a hand-held communication device. The first mobile phone quickly became a must-have accessory for wealth financiers and entrepreneurs. The phone cost $10,000 in today’s dollar prices, it offered thirty minutes of talk time and a LED display for dialing. In addition to the typical 12-key telephone keypad, it had nine additional special keys.

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2. Dr. Martin cooper Invented the first phone

Dr. Martin Cooper, the inventor of the cell phone by Rico Shen/

Cell phones are easily an indispensable part of modern society, used by nearly every generation from grade school kids to grandparents. Certain businesses rely on them to keep the doors of communication open between clients, staff, and management. In the 1970s, American engineer Marty Cooper had no idea that his invention would change the course of history forever. Martin Cooper helped invent one of the most consequential and successful products in history the cell phone. The early phones were too big and expensive to suit most consumers, Cooper wanted people to have the freedom to talk on the phone away from their cars. Cooper publicly demonstrated in April of 1973, the company’s first commercial cellular phone, the DynaTAC, went on sale ten years later.

3. Motorola Company that made the first phone

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In 1928 Paul V Galvin and his brother, Joseph, incorporated Motorola’s founding company. The company has been involved in military communications during the 1940s, and the Nasa Apollo Moon mission. The company is the world’s number two maker of mobile phones trailing after Nokia Corporation, with a market share of about 17 percent, and is number one worldwide in two-way radios. Nearly 60 percent of Motorola’s sales are generated outside the United States. Motorola has gained recognition over the years for its emphasis on quality, for which it garnered the first annual Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 1988. The company is known for inventing the first mobile phone the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x

4. Features of the first phone

The DynaTAC 8000X was 10 inches long and weighed 2.5 pounds, the phone was a 9-inches tall, weighed 2.5 pounds, had 30 minutes of battery life, and sold for $4,000. In the communications world, the Motorola brand brings to mind innovation. Years of experience engineering portable two-way radio systems led to Motorola’s vision of personal, portable communications. The phone was very large by today’s standards, even looking rather comical when compared to some of today’s phones. The very first commercial handheld cellphone, the phone could only store thirty numbers at a time. Thirty-eight years after the brick, as the 8000X was known, there has been a growth of mobile phones to cell phones. People today prefer to communicate on their phones through text messages or an ever-expanding universe of internet-based apps.

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5. The World’s best-selling phone Nokia 1100 among the first cell phones in history

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Since the invention of hand-held phones, mobile phones this device has conquered the world. The biggest best-selling phone Nokia 1100 had the most basic functions not only could you make phone calls or send messages, but it also had a flashlight and one could compose their own ringtone. The Nokia 1100 was very affordable and that ultimately turned the mobile phone into a mass product. Surprisingly, 1100 were very popular in poorer, underdeveloped nations. In the six years of its production, it managed to sell around 255 million times all over the world, making it still the best-selling mobile phone in history. Today over seven billion phones have been sold all over the world, and the phone also games with games that made it easy for one to enjoy.

6. Evolution of mobile phones to smartphones

In today’s world society has been obsessed with technology, but the mobile phone has made a great impact on the world today. More people have access to phones than even public toilets, before the mobile phone evolution the mobile was used for texting and calling. Today one can use their mobile phone to literally do anything from paying for their meals to tracking their sleeping patterns. Smartphones have come a long way; the first smartphone was designed by IBM in 1993 and sold by Bell South the Simon Personal Communicator was the first touchscreen mobile phone it had the ability to send and receive both emails and faxes. In 2000 the smartphone was connected to a 3G network, the WIFI.

7. The evolution of mobile features from the first mobile phone

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Sometimes we take for granted the features that come with our mobile phones today, note today’s smartphone can do anything you want it to do. Over the years the mobile phone has changed not only its productivity but also its physical features. The first handheld mobile phone the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X invented by the famous Martin Cooper was shaped like a brick and weighed 2.4 pounds, the large device could only work for 30 minutes and could be charged for ten hours. Through the decade mobile phones have become lighter and easier to carry around, and today you can use the mobile phone to do everything and anything it can fit well in a jeans pocket.

8.DynaTAC cellular telephone

DynaTAC is a series of cellular telephones manufactured by Motorola, Inc. from 1984 to 1994. The DynaTAC became an iconic phone and was seen in many television series, the Motorola DynaTAC phones are acknowledged as being the first widely available mobile phones on the market. The phone remained in production for a long while considering the pace at which technology was moving forward and it was still being manufactured over ten years later in 1994 when second-generation phone networks were being established.

9. The Federal Communication Commission FCC

The Motorola DynaTAC 8000x was launched in 1983 after it gained approval from the US FCC on 21 September that year. The Federal Communications Commission FCC is in charge of the development, enforcement, and implementation of regulations that Congress set forth in the Communications Act of 1934 and the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Any electronic device that gets an FCC certificate means the product has been tested and complies with the FCC standards. This certificate does not prove the safety and durability of the product but it regulates the limits of ionizing.

10. How long was the battery life of the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X

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The Demand for mobile phones has been so high that their price plunged considerably, making these astonishing gadgets much more affordable. Almost anyone can now own the once expensive mobile phone, not only one but several different models. When purchasing a mobile phone, you want a phone with proper weight and size, something to fit in your hands and comfortable in the ears when having a conversation. The phone had a lightweight battery and charger, it had a ten-hour charge and only thirty-minute talk time. The DynaTac’s design features a revolutionary rubber whip antenna for perfect reception.

11. The cost of the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x

Mobile phones are affordable today and anyone can purchase one, everyone in the world today owns a mobile phone. The DynaTAC took a decade to reach the public, mostly because cell towers and other infrastructure had to be put in place first, although it did shed a half-pound in the process. t was priced at $3,995 and offered a half-hour of talk per batter charge. It also had a catchy nickname the brick.

12.Sonim XP3300 Force

Sonim XP3300 Force mobile phone achieved a Guinness World Record for being the World’s toughest mobile phone. The device survived a fall of 25.59 meters onto concrete in the Netherlands. If today you tried to throw your phone on concrete you will be crying it would break into pieces. The record attempt was organized by the mobile phone manufacturer to show off the durability of its latest rugged handset. The phone Sonim’s XP3300 force helped maximize workforce efficiency, minimize downtime and enhance safety in industries such as transportation, logistics, and utilities. The objective of manufacturing the device was to help companies with mobile workforce reduce operating costs, increase productivity, improve customer satisfaction and ensure employee safety, the handset has a professional GPS to find locations faster.

13. First Phone with a GPS

The Global positioning system is a positioning, navigating, and timing service based on a constellation of satellites which is owned by the U.S. It was only reserved for the military only, but now the GPS is available to everyone, due to its widespread use it is now incorporated in our daily lives. In 1999 the Benefon Esc was developed as the first mobile phone with GPS available to the commercial sector. This came with a weight of 5.29 ounces and a size of 5.08 inches. The phone was primarily sold in Europe yet was a trailblazer for future GPS-enabled phones. Now all smartphones have GPS to show the location and help one navigate and find their way, used by Uber drivers and fast-food deliveries.

14. The term cell phone

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The device you carry every day to communicate was referred to as a mobile phone, cell phone, or cellular phone. Cell phones derive their names from the concept of cellular networks. In the olden days, network towers were installed on the ground to provide connection to the subscribers. The ground was divided into smaller units called cells and each of which had its network towers installed. The count of these towers was based on the phone users in that particular area. This is how the term cell phone was coined and the gadget and device were named cell phones a device to communicate.

15. The invention of the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X

Dr. Martin Cooper invented the first phone call over a cellular network in 1973, but it took an entire decade before the DynaTAC 8000x was sold as the first commercial handheld cellular phone in 1983. Since then, the mobile industry has been through many technological shifts and transformations, there have been four generations of mobile devices and each generation had its own share of breakthrough devices. The Motorola StarTac was the smallest and lightest phone at the time of its release, weighing in at just 88 grams.

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