Forbes

The First Cell Phone Call, 53 Years Later

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Bajarin covers the tech industry’s impact on PC and CE markets. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...

In 1983, engineers squeezed a wireless conversation through a commercial cell network, and mobile phones started becoming real

Mobile communication transitioned from an engineering dream to public reality in 1983. The first US commercial cellular ...
Times Union

SF’s first cellular phones arrived in 1984, costing just $30 per hour

For reasons hard to pinpoint, 1980s articles in The San Francisco Chronicle archives often feel more dated than stories that were published decades earlier. Columnists defended the aesthetic of Pier ...
AOL

Samsung's First Cell Phone Is Older Than You Probably Think

A close-up of the Samsung logo on the back of a mobile device. - BINK0NTAN/Shutterstock Samsung has come a long way from its humble beginnings as a grocery trading store all the way back in 1938. In ...
The Atlantic

You Never Forget Your First Cell Phone

On April 3, 1973 Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first ever call on the first ever truly portable telephone. But it wasn't until ten years later, in 1983, that Motorola sold its cellular phones ...
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Samsung's first cell phone is older than you probably think

Samsung has come a long way from its humble beginnings as a grocery trading store all the way back in 1938. In addition to being a household name in the appliance world, the brand has become ...