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When did cell phones first come out

I watch saved by the bell every Sunday and zach Morris has a cellphone in some episode. I know the show was made in the early 90s so today i looked up when was cellphone first invented you would be surprised

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SW-User

For public use, 1983, but 1973 the first cellular call was made

Mountainlady16 · 22-25, F

@SW-User yep i was surprised my mom says she remembers her dad having one on a vacation in 95 or 96 when he was on call in case his work needed him

SW-User

@Mountainlady16 they were huge lol!

VeronicaPrincess · 61-69

They were available in the 80's, but didn't really take off until the 90's, when the phones started getting a lot smaller, and the cellular coverage started getting a lot bigger.

IndridCold · 46-50, M

I had a bag phone in the mid 90's that I'd carry with me in my truck. There weren't many cell towers around in the rural areas back then.

smileylovesgaming · 31-35, F

My mom had a cell phone in the late 90s. Once I found a brick cell phone in my grandparents attic. Not sure who's it was.

jackson55 · M

My first cell phone was a Motorola that was called the brick.

SW-User

@jackson55 same! It was blue hahaa

jackson55 · M

@SW-User Mine was white and took a bunch of AA batteries.

Poppies · 61-69, F

The first cellphones were humongous!

Mountainlady16 · 22-25, F

@Poppies i know Zach's looks like something off a ww2 movie

Poppies · 61-69, F

@Mountainlady16 😄

vetguy1991 · 51-55, M

I think it was in the late 80s

Mountainlady16 · 22-25, F

@vetguy1991 earlier than that

Smokey · 46-50, M

The 70's

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