First Mobile Phone
Call
In the annals of technological advancements, the invention of the
mobile phone
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Martin Cooper
, an electrical engineer at
Motorola
, etched his name in history on
April 3, 1973
, when he made the world’s
first mobile phone call
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Cooper dialed the number of his rival,
Joel Engel
, who worked at
Bell Laboratories
, Motorola’s competitor.
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Cooper’s vision was clear: he wanted to create a fully portable device that offered the freedom of anytime, anywhere telephony
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The
DynaTAC
, an 11-inch tall, brick-like device weighing a hefty 2.5 pounds. It cost the equivalent of $1 million in today’s money.
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The Birth of a New Era
:
Cooper’s words resonate: “People want to talk to other people - not a house, or an office, or a car
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It is that freedom we sought to vividly demonstrate in 1973.”
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Despite being the underdog against AT&T, Motorola’s David took on Goliath. The mobile revolution had begun, and the rest is history.
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