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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