General Information

Serial #

472DQSH754H

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

high impact polycarbonate plastic, plastic digital black screen, black rubber antenna, brass and silver metal connectors and metal screws.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

34.0 cm

Width

4.0 cm

Height

8.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Motorola

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

This cellular phone is part of a small collection of early mobile phone equipment donated to the Museum in 2008. The March 2012 Info Telecom newsletter featuring an article written by the donor, briefly describes his connection with the objects: "Louis Houbart is a wireless technology consultant who has worked in the field for the past 32 years. He has been a professional trainer since 1988 and has developed and given many courses and workshops on the subject. Louis is a member of the Community of Telecommunications Consultants." This phone has become synonymous with early cellular phones. The exceedingly similar and slightly earlier DynaTAC 800X has been used in many films and television series and has become an iconic symbol of the 1980's. It is often colloquially and affectionately referred to as the "brick phone."

Function

To make and receive phone calls via cellular network.

Technical

The Dynamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage (DynaTAC) series was a line of pioneering mobile/cellular phones that was manufactured between 1983 and 1994. The very similar and slightly earlier model, the DynaTAC 800X, become the first commercially available cellular phone after it received FCC approval in 1983. For twenty years, Motorola continued to dominate the industry, leading the way in the technology and design of cellular phones. Motorola became widely known for the DynaTAC and MicroTAC series and achieved particular success with 2003's vastly popular Razr. Business began to decline, however, in a highly competitive mobile market, and in the fall of 2011, Motorola was acquired by Google Inc.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Mfr's: antenna: "[logo] MOTOROLA". front of the telephone:"[logo] Bell Cellular/ by Motorola". bottom of the telephone:"DOC TYPE:LFKA.NO. 109 182 0251/ M S2292A/ S 472DQSH754H". labels inside the back of the phone: " CUSTOMER/ SERVICE:/ 1-800-/4661-4575/ SLF1690A/8228E2F8/390/ FOR PROBLEMS REFER TO "BEFORE CALLING FOR SERVICE" IN YOUR USER'S INSTRUCTIONS/ FOR COMPLETE OPERATING PROCEDURES/ REFER TO YOUR USER'S INSTRUCTIONS"/ [mini user instruction guide]. back of the telephone: [logo]

Missing

Radiotelephone battery charger adapter is missing.

Finish

Polycarbonate plastic, rubber antenna, plastic lens and metal alloy frame parts.

Decoration

Push buttons in white with black numbering and in lower case beside each number starting at the two we have the first three letters of the alphabet and so forth. The bottom push buttons have written on them Rcl, Clr, Sto, Lock, End Pwr, Vol and the one red button with Snd. The casing is light and dark grey with a black plastic digital display screen, brass and silver connectors, 4 metal screws and on the top of the phone five holes and the black rubber antenna on the top.