The Motorola DynaTAC (Dynamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage) 8000X, the first commercial cellphone launched for commercial use in 1983. However, it was in development for nearly a decade before that.

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When he formulated the idea for the DynaTAC, Motorola's prototype for the first cellular phone, John F. Mitchell, who died on June 11 at 81, boasted that his creation would be useful to a "widely ...

The Motorola DynaTAC (Dynamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage) 8000X, the first commercial cellphone launched for commercial use in 1983. However, it was in development for nearly a decade before that.