Today is the 40th anniversary of the cell phone

[Bay_Kat]

Can you remember a world without smartphones? Oh my, how times have changed.

Wednesday marked the 40th anniversary of the first phone call ever made from a cell phone.

On April 3, 1973 in New York City, Motorola employee Martin Cooper made the first call on a commercial cell phone.


Read more: 40th Anniversary Of First Mobile Phone Call Highlights Technology's Rapid Development | Fox News Latino

The first cell phone cost $3,500. Wow how things have changed.

 

[Hank]

I still use a beeper.

 

[DEEKAYPEE8569]

Can you remember a world without smartphones? Oh my, how times have changed.

Wednesday marked the 40th anniversary of the first phone call ever made from a cell phone.

On April 3, 1973 in New York City, Motorola employee Martin Cooper made the first call on a commercial cell phone.


Read more: 40th Anniversary Of First Mobile Phone Call Highlights Technology's Rapid Development | Fox News Latino

The first cell phone cost $3,500. Wow how things have changed.

I was channel surfin' Sunday after the race and on TV Land or one of those channels, there just happened to be a scene where one of the characters was using a "bag phone."
Cool story?

 

[kwillia]

And in celebration, Mikey too his cellphone swimming...

 

[sockgirl77]

Wow. I did not realize that they were around in 1973. I thought that the first cell phones were introduced in the early 90s. I cannot imagine talking on a phone that weighed 2.5 pounds.

 

[SoMDGirl42]

Wow. I did not realize that they were around in 1973. I thought that the first cell phones were introduced in the early 90s. I cannot imagine talking on a phone that weighed 2.5 pounds.

My bag phone was AT LEAST 2.5 pounds