jan 1, 1984 - Cell phones become commercially available
Description:
"Motorola introduces the DynaTac 8000X, the first commercial cellular telephone. Weighing in at about 2 lb., the DynaTac is aptly nicknamed "the brick." Its price, $3,995, puts it well beyond the mainstream market, but by 2005, there will be 2.14 billion cell phone subscribers worldwide." 1Source:
1. Axelrod A. 1001 Events That Made America. Washington, DC: National Geographic; 2006.
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1984
Now
~ 40 years ago
