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How the cellphone started

In summer 1984 Motorola introduced the DynaTAC 8000X which was the world’s first commercial handheld cellphone, If you had one you were beyond cool. Here is a picture of the device from Motorola’s archives.  With 30 minutes of talk time, 10 hours to recharge, eight hours of standby time, LED display, memory to store 30 numbers, it [...]