History Of Mobile Phones

  • First Cellphone Motorola DynaTAC

    First Cellphone Motorola DynaTAC
    The phone Martin Cooper designed for Motorola weighed 2.5 pounds and had a battery life of 20 minutes.
  • Motorola DynaTAC 8000X

    Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
    The Motorola DynaTAC was used by Gordon Gecko in the 1987 film Wall Street and was nicknamed 'The Brick,' for obvious reasons. Given its huge price tag (roughly $9,400 in 2013 money), it is not surprising that only Gecko could afford it, being a Wall Street Master of the Universe.
  • The Nokla Mobira Talkman

    The Nokla Mobira Talkman
    The lunchbox-sized Mokia Mobira Talkman might have been a nightmare to carry around, but it had longer battery life then the sturdy 'Brick.'
  • The Motorola StarTAC

    The Motorola StarTAC
    The first flip phone, the Motorola StarTAC, which can be seen in Clueless, was becoming commonplace in the mid-'90s. Finally phones were approaching a reasonable size.
  • The Nokia 8110

    The Nokia 8110
    The 'banana' phone, the Nokia 8110, was also Neo's phone, The Matrix (1999), and was the first example of the sliding form factor.
  • The Nokia 5110

    The Nokia 5110
    On the Mokia 5110 there were endless game playing of the game Snake. A generation was introduced to cellphones and texting with this little creation.
  • Motorola Razr

    Motorola Razr
    The Motorola Razr was best known for being ultra-thin and for having a seven-hour battery life.
  • The iPhone

    The iPhone
    Then came the game changer - the Apple iPhone reshaped the mobile phone industry.