The DynaTAC 8000X was ten inches tall, with a two inch flexible aerial, and weighted around 800 grams. Its red LED screen displayed the number called and SMS wasn’t included.
It cost $3,995, with a $50 per month service call and calls cost 40 cents a minute at peak hours and 24 cents a minute at off-peak times.
Despite the high price 12,000 subscribers within a year and today over a billion people use mobile phones.
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