On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper stood on a sidewalk on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan with a device the size of a brick and made the first public call from a cell phone to one of the men he’d been ...

NEW YORK CITY -- On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper stood on a sidewalk on sixth avenue in Manhattan with a device the size of a brick and made the first public call from a cell phone to one of the ...

He made the first cellphone call 50 years ago in Manhattan using a prototype of that “brick” phone. Joan Mateu Parra / AP Share BARCELONA, Spain — Holding the bulky “brick” cellphone he ...

Concerns about the impact of social media are driving demand for old-school Nokia brick-like handsets, now known as feature phones. If Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab and Samsung don’t find a way ...