On This Day September 21

The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X was the first portable cellular phone to be commercially released. It received approval from the U.S. FCC on September 21, 1983. It was priced at $3,995 in 1984. The DynaTAC 8000X took roughly 10 hours to fully charge and it offered 30 minutes of talk time. It also offered an LED display for dialing or recall of one of 30 phone numbers.

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