First Mobile Phone in World: In today’s time, every person will be seen having his own smartphone. People like to buy phones with bezel less design, fingerprint scanner and high megapixel camera. Even companies are launching smartphones with the latest design from time to time. Today we are going to tell you about the world’s first phone, about which very few people know.
Do you know which was the world’s first mobile phone, how much did it cost, what were the features in it, what was its battery life? Actually, the name of the world’s first phone was Motorola DynaTAC 8000x. This phone was launched by Motorola 48 years ago i.e. in 1973. On April 3, 1973, Motorola gave the world the first phone. During that time there was no option of launch event or virtual event. During this time Motorola DynaTAC 8000x was a prototype which was brought forward by Dr. Martin Cooper. This phone was introduced to talk wirelessly.
There was no display on the phone
There was no display in this phone. The buttons of the phone were very big and the look of the phone was also not good. No machine was used to access the phone. It was made completely by hand. It took 10 years for this phone to reach the market commercially.
The first sale came in March 1983
According to media reports, Motorola had invested 100 million dollars to make this phone. The first cell of this phone was made available on 6 March 1983.
How were the features?
Talking about features, this phone did not have many features. The battery life of the DynaTAC 8000X was approximately one hour of talk time. It took about 10 hours to charge it. The phone was kept in a briefcase. After talking for some time, it was switched off so that its battery was saved. Nothing could be stored in the phone except contacts.
How much was the price?
The price of this phone was 3995 dollars, which means that as of today it would have been a phone worth 10,000 dollars. To use the phone, we had to pay a rent of about $50 per month. This phone was a radio phone which worked with the help of signals.
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