Q1264871
Sign in to savethumb|Electrical engineer Martin Cooper (inventor)|Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first publicized handheld mobile phone call on a prototype DynaTAC model on April 3, 1973. This is a reenactment in 2007.
Key facts
- Mobile phone.name
- DynaTAC
- Mobile phone.image
- DynaTAC8000X.jpg
- Mobile phone.caption
- A DynaTAC 8000X, the first commercially available handheld mobile phone from 1984
- Mobile phone.manufacturer
- Motorola
- Mobile phone.networks
- Advanced Mobile Phone System or GSM on Ameritech
- Mobile phone.available
- April 1984 (wide availability)
- Mobile phone.successor
- MicroTAC
- Mobile phone.form
- Brick
- Mobile phone.size
- Height
- Mobile phone.charging
- 10 Hours
- Mobile phone.display
- LED or vacuum fluorescent display
- Mobile phone.input
- Push-button
- Mobile phone.made_in
- USA
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Publications
- Description
- Variants{{anchor|Motorola Tough Talker}}
- Legacy
- Portability
- Accessories
- See also
- Notes
- References
thumb|Electrical engineer Martin Cooper (inventor)|Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first publicized handheld mobile phone call on a prototype DynaTAC model on April 3, 1973. This is a reenactment in 2007.
The DynaTAC is a series of cellular telephones manufactured by Motorola from 1983 to 1994. Unveiled on March 6, 1983, the DynaTAC was the first commercially available handheld cellular phone. A full charge took roughly 10 hours, and it offered 30 minutes of talk time. It also offered a LED display for dialing or recall of one of 30 phone numbers. It was priced at US$3,995 in 1984, its commercial release year, equivalent to $ in .
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