The cellphone celebrates its 40th birthday
By Mike Anderson
April 3rd, 2013 @ 10:26pm
Mobile phones first became available to the public in the
early 1980s and cost nearly $400 up front, with a contract on top of that—
hardly a bargain today. Still, these gigantic mobile phones were the hottest
technology.
"It' s
crazy to see how far it' s
come," said Blake Thomason, of CellPhone Repair in Midvale.
Thomason and his team have seen their share of
technological advances.
"I mean, you' re
going from big screens to thin, from these bulky flip phones," said Kyle
Chamberlain from CellPhone Repair.
But even those are a far cry from the infamous brick
phones.
In 1973 inventor Martin Cooper, working for Motorola,
made the first public mobile phone call in a press conference. This technology
so common now, it' s just about
killed the payphone. Though if you look hard enough, you can still find a
working one.
Whether you were one of those lucky and privileged brick
owners, or later, everyone remembers their first.
"I' ll
never forget it. It was the Nokia 5120," Thomason said. "It was a
little gray brick phone, it had the antenna on it. Haha. Oh man, that thing was
so awesome back in the day. You could play snake on it."
And thanks to the touchscreens of today, the guys at
Cellphone Repair say technology has changed dramatically and quickly, leaving
them to wonder what they are going to come up with next.
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