40 YEARS OF MOBILE PHONES.

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IT WAS A LONG TIME COMING.

This photo was taken in 1922 of a prototype!!

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40 YEARS OF MOBILE PHONES.

On 3 April 1973 Martin Cooper, a Motorola engineer and executive, made the first mobile telephone call from

handheld subscriber equipment in front of

reporters.

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9in

The prototype

weighed 1.1 kg and offered a

talk time of just 30 minutes and took

10 hours

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9in

40 YEARS AGO PHONES WEIGHED MORE THAN AN

AVAERAGE BAG OF SUGAR.

The 1980’S marked the

end of public phone box

and the rise of the yuppie!

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THE EARLY YEARS

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THE EARLY YEARS

SOME IDEAS WORKED, SOME DIDN’T!

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THERE ARE NOW MORE MOBILE PHONES THAN

TOOTH BRUSHES IN THE WORLD.

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WE’VE COME A LONG WAY.

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