7 Oldest Cell Phones In The World

Motorola DynaTAC 8000X (1983)

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Motorola MicroTAC 9800X (1989)

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Motorola International 3200 (1992)

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Motorola StarTAC (1996)

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Hagenuk MT-2000 (1994)

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IBM Simon (1994)

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Nokia 1011 (1992)

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