The first ever cellular phone was the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x. It cost $10,295 in today’s dollars and had to charge for 10 hours just to make a 30 minute call. Without the DynaTAC, would we all have cellphones today? I dive into the history and impact of this piece of iconic tech and explores how its release led to our current cell phone obsessed culture. YouTube creators Austin Evans and Sara Dietschy join me to test out some other pieces of retro tech, like a pager and a lipstick cellphone.
0:00 Dynatac
1:02 Unboxing a Dynatac
3:11 Talking Dynatacs
7:46 Initial Reaction
9:31 Dope or Nope
14:25 The Pager
16:26 Texting with Sara Dietschy
21:29 Lasting Tech Legacy
0:00 Dynatac
1:02 Unboxing a Dynatac
3:11 Talking Dynatacs
7:46 Initial Reaction
9:31 Dope or Nope
14:25 The Pager
16:26 Texting with Sara Dietschy
21:29 Lasting Tech Legacy
I love that the mood went down when they found the answer for 187
Pagers are still used in the medical field and other first responders
drug cartel members knew the pager, 1g phones than average consumers
I suddenly realize – I still have some VHS to return.
I wonder if in 40 years kids will be looking back at our current smartphones wondering how we got by.
Hi Marques. Great vid. Do you know the approx value today of the Dynatac 8000x?
Thx.
I guess it’s good that this generation doesn’t know what 187 means lol
"we have a 187 on a undercover cop" – Dr Dre
I LOVE this series! I wasn't even really aware of these until I stumbled across one while watching your other videos. Great stuff!
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Before the cellphone, at least you always knew where your phone is.
Dang I used to have a pager. And I remember using the I miss you page to my gf lol.
When Marques said I'm too young to have seen Saved by the Bell I thought I'm too old to have watched it, LoL! another forgotten I guess you could call it tech would be back in the '70s and '80s say you needed to set your clocks in your house how would you find out what time it was. Easy! you used to be able to call "Tme"! I haven't called time, obviously, in over 30 years. crazy enough I still remember the number for here in Philadelphia. Back when we called Time There wasn't yet a requirement to add the area code in front of the number if it was a local call. I'm guessing now you'd have to add 215 of front of it but times number used to be TI6-1212. Yes! that is the letter "T" and the letter "I"! The first two characters of a phone number usually started with letters to make it easier to remember. In fact my very first phone number I can ever remember having as a child at home started with CU9! OMG! I just tried calling "Time" at 215-846-1212 And it's somebody saying "testing 1 2 3 4 5, testing 1 2 3 4 5" and then it hangs up! WTF is that??
That compact looking phone is insane! Crazy how many different designs there used to be for phones. Now everything looks the same, although some designs of the past weren't great in practical use I certainly miss the alure of the originality back then.
The GTA Vice City Phone LMAO
707 = LOL
187 😂