Summary

  • The Motorola DynaTAC is the most famous early mobile phone as it was large, expensive, and looked like something from a sci-fi film when it was released in the 1980s
  • Motorola then focused on miniaturization and released the MicroTAC in 1989, which had a “semi-flip” design and sold for between 3,500 at that time
  • The Nokia 3310, known as “the brick”, was tough and had a long standby time of up to 260 hours, as well as the game Snake II
  • The Nokia 9000 Communicator was the first phone that acted like a pocket computer in the 1990s, and the series continued to evolve with later models having colour screens, multimedia capabilities, and larger screens and was eventually replaced by the E90 Communicator in 2007
  • The Motorola Razr V3 was thin and stylish and sold for over $500 on contract when it was released in 2004, and was the best-selling flip phone ever with 130 million units sold

By Oluwademilade Afolabi

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