Mobile biography
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The development of the phones in our pockets happens at such a pace, keeping up to speed on their history can be tricky.
Events such as the Mobile World Congress - where the most remarkable advances in technology are on display, from phones we can wrap around our wrist to transparent laptop screens - show just how big a deal the industry is. Compared to other popular products, such as TVs and bicycles, mobile phones and smartphones are still so young; their story only began in the final part of the 20th Century. But it’s definitely a history worth calling up, as BBC Bitesize discovers.
When was the first mobile phone invented?
The first call made from a mobile phone happened on 3 April 1973 in New York City. It was made by the engineer Marty Cooper, who worked at the telecommunications firm Motorola and the call was to a rival at his company’s competitor, Bell Laboratories.
The prototype device Cooper called from was very different from the slim handsets we slip into our pockets and bags without a second thought today. Eleven years later, it finally went on public sale under the name Motorola Dynatac 8000X. In 1984, the Dynatac, known as a cell phone rather than a mobile, would cost you $3,995 - that’s approximately $11,700 or £9,500 today. At the time, the av
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Mobile phones have become such a part of people’s daily lives it’s difficult to comprehend society without them. The history of the mobile phone as we know it today is not lengthy. The groundwork may have been laid with mobile radios and radio-telephones, but the story of the modern mobile really starts in the early 1970s.
April 3 1973 – the first mobile phone call
The first ever mobile telephone call was made on 3rd April 1973 on a Motorola DynaTAC8000X. The call was made by Martin Cooper of Motorola; the recipient was Dr Joel S. Engel of Bell Laboratories. The DynaTAC8000X became the first commercially available mobile phone. It didn’t go on sale, however, until 1983 and carried a price tag of $4,000.
1979 – the first mobile cell network
It was Japan where the world’s first cellular phone network was launched. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone were responsible.
1982 – Europe joins the network
Before the Motorola DynaTAC8000X went on sale representatives from eleven European countries gathered to discuss the technical and political ramifications of establishing a digital cellular network. Thankfully they agreed to co-operate!
1985 – the first UK mobile call
Perhaps fittingly, English comedian Ernie Wise made the first public phone call on a mobile. He did it dressed in
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Mobile phone
Portable madden to trade mark telephone calls using a radio link
For the pristine mobile cellular phone, see Smartphone.
"Cell Phone" beam "Handphone" convey here. Edgy the films, see Cell Phone (film) and Handphone (film).
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