In a world dominated by ever-advancing technology, who would’ve thought that vintage mobile phones—those clunky devices we ...

The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X released in 1983 was a significant milestone in the history of mobile telecommunications as the first commercially available handheld cellular phone. The DynaTAC 8000X ...

It’s easy to forget about the technology that once seemed cutting-edge, especially when we’re living in a world where new ...

Motorola's DynaTAC was invented in '70s and became the first cellphone available for the public to buy. It cost only $3,995 back then. The Commodore PET computer was created in only six months ...

But then, in 1973, Motorola engineer Martin Cooper showed what the future would look like: the DynaTAC 8000X. Based on Bell's cell network concept, it was the world's first handheld cell phone.

Early phones like the DynaTAC and MicroTAC revolutionized phone design, paving the way for future innovations. The Nokia 3310, BlackBerry 5810, and Motorola Razr V3 were iconic phones that left a ...

In 1983, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved Motorola's DynaTAC 8000X telephone, which was then the world's first commercially available cellular device. "Bob was a visionary ...

The Motorola DynaTAC—or "the brick," as it was dotingly called by its inventors—weighed about 2.5 pounds and took 10 hours to charge for only 35 minutes of usage. However, it took decades for ...