Motorola DynaTAC 8500X (1987) Motorola released at least seven revisions of the landmark DynaTAC series all the way up into the mid-1990s. This model, the 8500X from 1987, improved on the earlier ...

The DynaTAC 8000X weighed over 2 lbs. and measured nearly a foot long. Its primitive battery only ran for 30 minutes, even though it took nearly 10 hours to charge. In comparison, the iPhone 15 weighs ...

Fifty years ago today, on April 3rd, 1973 former Motorola VP and Director of R&D Martin Cooper made the first-ever public call from a handheld portable cell phone. The phone he used was a Motorola ...

John F. Mitchell demonstrates the Motorola DynaTAC Portable Radio Telephone. “We used to tell the story then that someday when you’re born you would be assigned a phone number.