Title
Motorola DynaTac 8000M brick cellular phone
Year/Period
1980s
Region
USA, Singapore
Object Type
Dimension
Object size: 33.2 x 4.2 x 8.4 cm
Accession No.
2016-00403
Collection of
Made in USA, this Motorola cellular phone is one of the early cellular phones and has the typical 12-key telephone keypad and nine additional special keys, namely Rcl (recall), Clr (clear), Snd (send), Sto (store), Fcn (function), End, Pwr (power), Lock and Vol (volume). Limited information was shown on its LED display. The battery allowed for a call of up to 60 minutes, after which it was necessary to charge the phone up to 10 hours with a separate charger.
