But then, in 1973, Motorola engineer Martin Cooper showed what the future would look like: the DynaTAC 8000X. Based on Bell's cell network concept, it was the world's first handheld cell phone.

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Imagination. Physics. Technology. In 1973, Martin Cooper invented the mobile phone with all three of these things. At the time, he said: “I want everyone to enjoy freedom and feel safe every day.” ...

Cooper was part of a team at Motorola in the 1960s tasked with building a handheld, portable phone. In 1973, while working in New York City, he placed the first-ever cell phone call.

These days Martin ... Cooper made the first public call from a handheld portable telephone on a New York City street on April 3, 1973, using a prototype that his team at electronics company ...