Cell phones have evolved immensely since 1983, both in design and function...
From the Motorola DynaTAC, that power symbol that Michael Douglas wielded so forcefully in the movie “Wall Street”, to the iPhone 3G, which can take a picture, play a video, or run one of the thousands applications available from the Apple Store.
There are thousands of models of cell phones that have hit the streets between 1983 and now.
1983
Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
Analog Motorola DynaTAC 8000X Advanced Mobile Phone System mobile phone as of 1983.
1989
Motorola MicroTAC 9800X
The first truly portable phone. Up until its release, most cellular phones were installed as car phones due to the inability to fit them into a jacket pocket...
1992
Motorola International 3200
The first digital hand-size mobile telephone.
Nokia 1011
This was the first mass-produced GSM phone. It was produced until 1994.
1993
BellSouth/IBM Simon Personal Communicator
The IBM Simon was the first PDA/Phone combo.