In 1985 the transportable Vodafone VT1 cost £1,650, which is equivalent to £4,632 (R81,800) today based on inflation. Mobile phones started to get smaller and offer far better battery life as ...

It wasn’t until 1985 that a cell phone was able to fit in a pocket, and that first device wasn’t just revolutionary because of its size. It made a number of technological advancements that ...

we thought it would be fun to go back to the early days of cellphones. They were just coming onto the market in 1985.

January 1 will mark 40 years since the UK’s first mobile phone call. Michael Harrison made the call to his father in 1985, which would signify the start of a mobile phone revolution. Since then, ...

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