World’s First Mobile Phone | Martin Cooper | On 3rd April 1973

Speaking of the advanced information technology today, mobile technology cannot be ignored. The Evolution of the mobile technology shows how human’s lives are being changed. Today, there will hardly be anyone who does not have a mobile phone. It is common for every person to have a mobile phone because humans have been able to do so. In today’s busy life, we don’t spend much time with our companions and relatives. The main reason behind this is that sometimes we do not get a holiday from the office and some of the time due to tiredness; we do not prefer to go anywhere. But in the 21st Century, science has given us a unique tool which can connect us with our friends and relatives sitting in other countries and places without being face to face. That device is our mobile phone. It provides users with various contact ways to satisfy different needs. People can select the most comfortable and appropriate way for themselves to contact loved ones.

There is almost certainly that mobile devices have already penetrated in our daily lives. If you don’t admit it, think about what is the first thing you touched in the morning? Your toothbrush, parents or something else? No, it’s your mobile phone. Not only we know the well-being of friends and relatives through mobile phones, but also do all the work related to our office. Technology has developed so much in the 21st Century that we not only make a call with the help of mobile but also connect with our friends and relatives through Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, and Gmail etc. But do you know when and where the first mobile phone was invented and who was the inventor? In this article, we are describing the inventor of the mobile phone and interesting facts about the world’s first mobile phone.

World’s First Mobile Phone

World’s first mobile phone was presented in front of the world on 3rd April 1973. It was manufactured by an American engineer Martin Cooper. This was the first mobile phone in the world which was made for the common man because earlier radio phones and wireless phones were available but mostly used by the army.

Martin Cooper called first time from his office located in Manhattan at headquarter of Bell Labs, placed in New Jersey. Martin Cooper, along with Motorola, the leading mobile company of today, built this mobile phone and later also turned into the CEO of this company. For an invention of world’s first mobile phone, Martin Cooper was awarded the Marconi Award for the extraordinary work done in the field of communication in 2013.

Mobile Phone Service Launched In Different Countries

World’s first commercial cellular phone service was started in 1979 by Japanese company NTT in Tokyo. In 1981, mobile phone services were started in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden named Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT). In 1983, the US-based telephone network, named Ameritech, was launched in Chicago, USA. In India, first non-commercially mobile phone service was launched on 15th August 1995 in Delhi.

Some Interesting Facts about First Mobile Phone

1. Today we used light and slim phones, but you would be surprised to know that the weight of the Motorola Diana TAC was 1.1 kg, which was almost ten times heavier than today’s phones. Also, this mobile was 13 cm thick and 4.45cm wide, which was compared to brick or shoes.
2. In today’s time, mobile phones take 15 to 20 minutes to charge and its back up capacity is 1 to 2 days. But the world’s first mobile phone took 10 hours to fully charge, despite that it could only last for 20 minutes.
3. The weight of the first mobile phones battery was four to five times higher than today’s mobile phones. The phone provided back up to 8 hours.
4. The first mobile handset launched by Motorola in 1983, which price was approximately 2.5 lakh rupees and the name of that mobile handset was Motorola Dyna TAC 8000x.
5. In 1979, First-Generation (1G) technology was introduced in Japan.
6. In 1991, 2G technology was started in Finland.
7. After ten years of the introduction of 2G technology, 3G technology came in 2001, which was started by Japanese company NTT DoCoMo.