Dynatac Cellular Telephone
Dynatac Cellular Telephone
- Description
- Motorola produced the DynaTAC cell phone in 1984 after more than a decade of work in cellular research and technology. The Motorola DynaTAC (an abbreviation of Dynamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage) was the first commercially available portable handheld cell phone. The phone was a 9-inches tall, weighed 2.5 pounds, had 30 minutes of battery life, and sold for $4,000. The Federal Communications Commission divided the country into market areas and licensed cellular service to two companies per market, one affiliated with a wired telephone company and one non-wired franchise. Cellular One was the company formed by the American Radio Telephone Service and Motorola to offer cell service in the Washington D.C. area, the company that sold and provided service for this DynaTAC phone.
- date made
- ca 1990
- maker
- Motorola Inc.
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 19.6 cm x 4.2 cm x 7.5 cm; 7 11/16 in x 1 5/8 in x 2 15/16 in
- ID Number
- 2003.0095.046
- catalog number
- 2003.0095.046
- accession number
- 2003.0095
- Credit Line
- from Daniel Henderson
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- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Communications
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
