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What year (One Year) was the first handheld mobile phone manufactured? (Closest answer wins!)
Prior to 1973, mobile telephony was limited to phones installed in cars and other vehicles. Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone. On 3 April 1973 when Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive, made the first mobile telephone call from handheld subscriber equipment, placing a call to Dr. Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs. The prototype offered a talk time of just 30 minutes and took 10 hours to re-charge. *500*