The Dawn of the Cell Phone 1985

The dawn of the cell phone in 1985 marked a revolutionary shift in communication technology, laying the groundwork for the mobile-driven world we live in today.

[joedirt]

I had a cell phone in 1989. It was a brief case phone. Best working phone to date. It was 6 times powerful than modern phones. I had it for 7 years.

[bernhard]

My plow truck i boughtabout 6yrs ago from an old fella, who used it for his driveway and his farm, still has the "wireless" phone mounted on the floor in the middle😅😅 i kept it there and cleaned it up just to blow peoples minds when they see the inside of my plow truck😅😅 my grandmother laughed when she went for a ride with me the one morning to plow a her friends driveway😅😅

[BigStackKelly]

I remember when my dad had one in his truck. He came home and I called the landline in the house on it. My mom freaked out asking where we were.😂😂

[lindas.]

I remember a guy in my office had one in his car in the mid 80’s. He took a group of us for a ride in DC to show it off. We were so impressed.

[gilbertcouto]

My family was impressed and showed off our TV that could make phone calls

[sleu]

Well I'm 70 years old and still run a small business. But in 1985 I was the head of engineering for a telecommunications company in Burbank California and at that point I was driving a 1985 Corvette with a cell phone in it boy do I miss Ronald Reagan

[Parrain]

I remember reading about them in a tech magazine while sitting in a waiting room to see an ophthalmologist in the late eighties. Little did I know

[Cht]

I remember those cell phones…back in the days

[jarodchronister]

6K in 85 was like 17K today. I remember when these came out, I was a teen and we didn’t have much use for a phone back then.

[anitablades]

I had one of those big box phones, I had a telegram company and had to be able to set appointments on the go. It cost around $350. a month. What crushed my business was when they sent women into the military. So, Birthday Parties were Grandma's job. They didn't hire big bunny rabbits to come to the grandkids' birthday party!

[GenX_Yaya]

My mom was a realtor and she had one of those back in the late 80s. My ex-in-laws had a car phone. I thought it was so fancy. 😆

[__-pljg]

1985 from the top of a mountain - "Dude, you're never going to believe where i'm calling you from!"

2024 in the shower - "Dude, they now have waterproof bluetooth earbuds!"

[thelonewrangler]

My mother had one of those giant carphones when i was a teenager and it cost over $5 a minute to use

[WoodworkDesigns-bxkn]

I bought my first portable cell in the early 80’s. It was a large pack with the phone and battery. You’d put the antenna on your windshield with a suction cup. I paid about $2500 at the time. The cost to use it every minute was horrible. I had two nine hundred dollar bills in two months and that was it for me! The phone carrier shut down my phone as I couldn’t afford to pay the bills. I went back to using a pager!

[wishesandrainbows]

From horse and buggy to hadron collider in 200 years.

[Bubbachuck]

1985 my dad had a car phone, I was 15 was mind blowing

[mf]

I remember growing up my dad had a bag phone in his caddie!

[edwardaambrosanojr]

I had each of them!
Yes, including that “Bag Phone”!

[oconnorsean]

I loved my old phone, I like the new ones better!

[michaelsaintz]

I had a corded cell phone with a portable battery pack in 1995 and the carrier was cellular one.