First Mobile Phone User in America ~The first mobile phone call in America was made on April 3, 1973, by Martin Cooper, an engineer at Motorola. He is credited with making the world’s first public mobile phone call using a prototype of the Motorola DynaTAC. Cooper made the call to his rival at Bell Labs, Dr. Joel Engel, while standing on a street in New York City.
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Here are some interesting details:
– The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, the first commercially available mobile phone, was released in 1983. It weighed around 2.5 pounds (1.1 kg) and cost almost $4,000!
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– The phone had a 30-minute battery life for talking, and it took 10 hours to charge fully.
– Early mobile phones were primarily used by businesspeople and were considered a status symbol.
This event marked the beginning of the mobile phone revolution in the U.S. and set the stage for the mobile technology we use today!
First Mobile Phone User in America
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