The history of the mobile phone began with a bold move that felt more like a movie scene than a corporate milestone.
The Historical Moment:
- 📅 On April 3, 1973, Motorola engineer Martin Cooper made the first-ever public cell phone call
- 📞 He chose to call Joel Engel, his direct rival at Bell Labs (AT&T), to announce his victory
- 🗣️ Cooper's words were: "Joel, I'm calling you from a real cellular phone. A portable, handheld, real cellular phone."
The Device:
- 🏗️ The phone used was a prototype of the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
- ⚖️ It weighed about 1.1kg (nearly 4 times a modern smartphone) and was 23cm long
- 🔋 It required 10 hours to charge for only 30 minutes of talk time
This call officially started the wireless revolution that changed the way humans communicate forever.