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jul 1, 1983 - Motorola's $4,000 phone in 1983

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Motorola released the DynaTAC which was still bulky and heavy and cost approximately $4,000 But it wasn’t until 1989 that phones began to shrink in size with the Motorola MicroTac, a flip phone small enough to fit inside a shirt pocket.

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jul 1, 1983
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~ 43 years ago

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