What cell phones were like in 1989

We've come a long way. 😊

Haha, those compact giants! Who even needed a gym when your daily arm workout was just lifting your phone? And let's not forget, those Nokia's from 2000s are probably still holding a charge somewhere! 😂

That's almost $12,000 in today's dollars.

I wouldn’t know but can only imagine!

Motorola developed the first portable cell phone in 1973. The hand-held device was shaped like a brick and weighed around 2.4 pounds. It was called the DynaTAC 8000X. The device only operated for a maximum of 30 minutes talk time, and that was with a huge 10 hours of charging! The very first call that was made was by Martin Cooper, who was an executive at Motorola. He called Dr. Joel Engel, an engineer at their rival business, Bell Labs.

Never lost them tho

Nature knowledge: Did you know geese have teeth on their tongues? Nature is truly so spectacular ! The “teeth” you see in the photo above aren’t the same as the things you and I carry around in our gums. Unlike lizards and mammals, somewhere during their evolution birds lost the ability to produce enamel. Enamel is the tough white stuff that coats our teeth and which makes them so hard. So those goose teeth won’t be as hard as your own but they would still come in handy cutting through things like grass. They would also let the goose get a better grip on slippery things like snails. What this photo shows is a row of sharp points, or serrations, inside the beak. Scientists have a word to describe those serrated birds’ “teeth”. They call them tomia.

📞 Do you remember those old “brick” cell phones from the 1980s, often referred to as suitcase phones due to their size and weight? One of the most iconic models was the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X. Launched in 1983, it was the first commercially available handheld cellular phone. With a price tag of nearly $4,000 (equivalent to over $10,000 today when adjusted for inflation), it was a luxury item! Despite its heft and 10-hour charge time, it only offered 30 minutes of talk time. Yet, in the world of mobile tech, it was revolutionary and even made a famous appearance in the movie “Wall Street,” where Gordon Gekko proclaimed, “Money never sleeps, pal!” while using one. #RetroTech #BrickPhoneBling 🧱📱

I want to go back to 1989 and stay there.

That's a cellphone? I thought it was a landline.