File 001 · Category Openers
Record 033 · Electronics · 1983
83.33.EMotorola DynaTAC 8000X
Motorola
“The brick that made 'a phone in your hand' a product, not a car part.”
The first handheld mobile phone you could buy.
Cooper's 1973 demo became a $3,995, 2-pound commercial phone. 30-minute talk time. Status object of the 1980s.
Filed notes
- Handheld cellular (not bag phone)
- AMPS analog network product
Units. Tens of thousands in early years; category later billions
SIC
3663
Radio & TV Communications Equipment
NAICS
334220
Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
