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There's a good chance you're reading this on your phone right now. And that phone of yours has some humble origins that go all the way back to 1983...
This is the history of the Motorola Dynatac 8000x: the world's very first commercial cell phone. It's a story that begins in the 1970s and is followed by a massive uphill battle that lasted a decade and cost more than $100 million. But in 1983, the Dynatac 8000x finally hit the market.
The giant brick of a phone slowly caught on, and also became a part of pop culture; from Wall Street to Bayside, the mobile revolution was truly underway...
Bonus 1980s content: Patreon.com/80s
By Jamie Logie | 1980s Pop Culture & Nostalgia4.8
353353 ratings
There's a good chance you're reading this on your phone right now. And that phone of yours has some humble origins that go all the way back to 1983...
This is the history of the Motorola Dynatac 8000x: the world's very first commercial cell phone. It's a story that begins in the 1970s and is followed by a massive uphill battle that lasted a decade and cost more than $100 million. But in 1983, the Dynatac 8000x finally hit the market.
The giant brick of a phone slowly caught on, and also became a part of pop culture; from Wall Street to Bayside, the mobile revolution was truly underway...
Bonus 1980s content: Patreon.com/80s

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