The History Of Mobile Phones

History: Mobile Phones Design 1983-2009 on Mobile News and Mobile Info. As I was installing software, and setting up my new Galaxy Note II, I was remembering my first cellular phone that I could actually carry around. It was a Motorola DynaTac, and it was a marvel in 1985. Then, in 1989, the Motorola MicroTac was the first flip phone. These behemoths, by today's standards, did nothing but make and receive phone calls, and they didn't do that very well. I still remember having to carry them in my briefcase, and go outside to get a signal. Do you remember your first phone?