The title of the “father of the cell phone” is often attributed to Martin Cooper. In 1973, Cooper, an engineer at Motorola, made the first handheld mobile phone call. He used a Motorola DynaTAC, a device weighing around 2.2 pounds, with a 10-inch antenna. Cooper’s groundbreaking call was made to Joel Engel, his rival at Bell Labs, and marked a pivotal moment in the development of mobile communication technology. This achievement laid the foundation for the widespread use of cell phones in the years that followed.
