http://mashable.com/2013/04/03/anniversary-of-cellphone/


Today's mobile movement is all about efficiency and multitasking. But with the first cellphone in 1973, you could place a phone call and get a workout at the same time. After all, the phone weighed 2.5 pounds.

The cellphone turned 40 on Wednesday, April 3. Its creator, Martin Cooper, 84, placed the first mobile phone call on the streets of New York City — he phoned his rival, Joel Engel, head of research at Bell Labs. You can imagine how cheeky that exchange was.

Alas, the call couldn't last too long — the Motorola Dynatac's battery life only squeezed out 20 minutes of talk time.

The 40 years since that first historical phone call have fostered enormous mobile accomplishment. Not to mention, better value. Some of the first cellphones came with heavy price tags ($3,995, or $8,700 by today's standards). And that barbell of a brick phone has since shrunk to a few handheld ounces — the iPhone 5 weighs 3.95 ounces, about the weight of two eggs.

What was your first cellphone? Where do you think mobile technology is heading? Share your memories and insight in the comments below.

My first mobile phone was Mitsubishi Trium, God bless its soul

Nice infographic there.

Whoa! Never knew the cell phone was this old. Didn't debut in naija till the early 90s.
My first phone was a motorola c200 (got stolen few months later )

Who can ever forget those days when a minute call is so expensive,
I keep myself happy by dialing the customer care and listening to her voice!

dominique: Whoa! Never knew the cell phone was this old. Didn't debut in naija till the early 90s.
My first phone was a motorola c200 (got stolen few months later )

C200!
Lol, the first phone i bought for my mama

Yeah, i remember! my first smart phone was SENDO X?
Anyone remember that phone? love it to bits

MINE WAS SAGEM MY X1......LIKE 8 YRS AGO.........LOL

Nokia 1100

Ok noted

Mine was a Nokia1100,it was d bomb then.

Mine was Samsung R220 (Blue Light)
With antenna....lol

My first phone in my life!!!! Yea!!!!!!!

i remember when i buy my first phone, nokia-iPhone 1 the first day i pack inside BANANA ISLAND. That is in 1998 when GSM came out first.

opestein: MINE WAS SAGEM MY X1......LIKE 8 YRS AGO.........LOL

LMAO, where on earth is Sagem? I don't think they still make phones.

mine waz the nokia 2230 or sometim like dat. would never the hunmingbird ringtone

I Bought Stolen Nokia 8310 In 2004 At Sabo For 8K! That Was My First Baby!!
I Later Sold It To Ma Guy.. I Think 900 Naira! And He Didnt Even Balance Me!

The Only Site I Was Able To Browse Thru Then Was wanawap.com.. Dunno If Dat Still Exist!

I Remember Wen Sagem Was Trending!! All Sagem Comes Wit P.orn Movie.. At Least 5mins P.orn Movie!!

One, it is being called 'Mobile phone' (British English) here in Nigeria, 'Cellphone' is American usage.

My first mobile phone was Sagem tri-band. At the time, if I got as much as a beep (flash), my heart would race faster than a speeding car, thinking that the President had just tried my line or the girl I wooed who didn't even know I had a phone. Sometimes, I'd call random numbers just to hear the voices of people miles away

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Na from this thread we go know the age of some people here!

Okija_juju: Thanks to Obasanjo & the PDP for bringing Mobile Phones to Nigeria..


Myy first phone was a Sagem 920.. Plus Line of 27,000 Naira.

Why do pple kip takin obj for bringin mobile fones...it wuld hav stil com to naija weda he was d one in power or not

sagem

Okija_juju: Thanks to Obasanjo & the PDP for bringing Mobile Phones to Nigeria..


Myy first phone was a Sagem 920.. Plus Line of 27,000 Naira.

LOL!! MTN Raped Nigerians !!
Their Sim Casing Was Like That Of A CD!

I remember my dad had a big heavy cell phone in the early 90s. They used to call it naught-nine-naught (090)

DonHummer:
Why do pple kip takin obj for bringin mobile fones...it wuld hav stil com to naija weda he was d one in power or not

Why Is It So Hard For Yhu To Admit That He Was The Angel?? Yeah Sure It 'ld Stil Com To Nigeria.. Buh OBJ Was The Man God Used!!

Okija_juju: Thanks to Obasanjo & the PDP for bringing Mobile Phones to Nigeria..


Myy first phone was a Sagem 920.. Plus Line of 27,000 Naira.

I bought my 1st line for 14k in 2003.

Can u imagine todays date 04/04/2013 and the post.........well i hope am not in a different world.




somebody pls confirm before.........................

Quaritch: Yeah, i remember! my first smart phone was SENDO X?
Anyone remember that phone? love it to bits

I luv d fone die, it has d same functions wit Nokia

I taught the first mobile phone was made by nokia?
Anyway my first mobile phone samsung C100,early 2007,back then coloured screen users were kings,