Telephone, Motorola

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Title

Telephone, Motorola

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Awarua Communications Museum

Collection

Awarua Communications Museum

Description

This mobile phone, the Motorola DynaTAC, was launched in 1984 and was the world's first commercial handheld cell phone. Due to its shape, it quickly earned the nickname 'the brick'. At its launch it sold for $4,000 american dollars ( the equivalent of $10,000 New Zealand dollars in 2018). The battery took about ten hours to charge which would give it a use time of about 30 minutes. Although extremely unwieldy by modern standards, at the time it was considered revolutionary. Up until this time...

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Image

Date created

1984-1990

Creator

Motorola Inc.

URL

https://ehive.com/collections/8060/objects/961931

Related subjects

Communication (including Diaries and Letters) / Communication

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