To everything theirs always a beginning, have you ever wondered how phones came to existence? Or what the first phone on Earth ever looked like? You aren't far from it any more.
Just like the Early computers weren't designed for customers in mind,so was the design of mobile phones.This was because you’d need a couple of thousand pounds to get hold of one, and even as at this costly price the performance wasn’t great. Back then, mobile phones were designed with intension of businessmen-types that drove big Jags and flew Concord, and not for the Middle class citizens.
First - Cooper
Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, was the first man to create a mobile phone on April 3, 1973,this occured when he called a rival telecommunications company and informed them he was speaking via a mobile phone. The phone weighed a staggering 1.1kg and measured in at 228.6x127x44.4mm. This prototype device as at then offered it's users exactly 30 minutes of talk-time although this device took around 10 hours to charge, it was more than a breakthrough to the world.
Second - Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
Ten years after the development of the first phone, Motorola released its first commercial mobile phone, known as the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X. This amazing phone offered over 30 minutes of talk-time, with six hours standby, and this trending device could store 30 phone numbers, I know this got you smiling but it also cost £2639 ($3995).
Third – MOTOROLA MICROTAC 9800X
The Motorola MicroTAC had a pretty long shelf life; it was first introduced in 1989, but then went through a few changes that moved it from an analogue phone to a GDM-compatible handset in 1994.It was eventually succeeded by Motorola’s StarTAC in 1996, which was one of the first “true” mobile-capable phones ever released.
Fourth – MOTOROLA INTERNATIONAL 3200
The Motorola International 3200 was the world’s first digital mobile phone. Like the StarTAC, it was GSM compatible. However, it was never certified, so it could be be officially linked to a mobile network.
The phone itself, which is still available in some places, as a collectors item, will actually work on 900MHz network. You’ll just have to track one down, and that will probably be pretty tricky (and kinda expensive too!).
