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“I think he was grinding his teeth.” 50 years ago, the first mobile phone call was made.

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On April 3, 1973, Marty Cooper, who was standing on the corner of Sixth Avenue in New York, pulled out a phone book from his pocket. Then he dialed a number on a large device and brought it to his ear, while passers-by watched him closely.

Marty Cooper, a Motorola engineer, called a colleague at rival Bell Laboratories to tell him triumphantly that he was calling from “a personal pocket portable cell phone.” “I think he was grinding his teeth,” the 94-year-old says with a laugh.

According to him, Bell Laboratories instead focused on the development of a car phone: “Can you believe it? We’ve been locked in our homes and offices with this copper wire for over 100 years, and now they were going to trap us in our cars.”

The commercial version of the Motorola Dynatac 8000X phone was released 11 years after the first bell, in 1984. Ben Wood, who runs the Mobile Phone Museum, said the price would be around $11,700 today. The phone weighed 790 g – several times more than modern smartphones.

I think he was grinding his teeth 50 years ago

The device allowed you to dial a number and make a call. There was no messaging, no camera. Thirty minutes of talk time, 10 hours of battery charging, about 12 hours of standby time and a 15cm antenna on top.

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Marty Cooper believes that smartphones still have room to develop: “I think that today’s smartphone is not optimal. It’s really not a very good phone in many ways. Just think about it. You take a flat piece of plastic and glass and apply it to the crook of your head, you hold your hand in an awkward position. When you want to do all the amazing things that a smartphone can do, you first need to get an app.”

He believes that in the future, smartphones will monitor our health, maximize our productivity, and greatly improve our lives.

“We are still at the very beginning of the mobile phone revolution,” he says.

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They are giving up the iPhone. Motorola reveals 20% of Razr foldable smartphone buyers are ex-iPhone owners

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Motorola isn’t even close to being the market leader in foldable smartphones, but its Razr models have proven to be a big draw for iPhone owners.

They are giving up the iPhone. Motorola reveals 20% of Razr foldable smartphone buyers are ex-iPhone owners

In an interview with CNet, Allison Yi, head of Motorola’s North American product division, said that of all Motorola’s products, the foldable Razr is the most popular among iPhone owners.

This is definitely the family we have the most iPhone users moving to.

It turns out that 20% of Razr buyers are former owners of Apple smartphones. They are probably attracted by the fresh form factor in which the iPhone is not presented and probably will not be presented for a long time. At the same time, we must remember that we are talking about North America, where, in addition to the Razr, only the Samsung Flip is in this form factor.

Motorola recently unveiled its new foldable smartphones, including the revolutionary cheap (in China) Moto Razr 40, but in the US, only the older Razr Plus (called the Moto Razr 40 Ultra in China) will sell for $1,000.

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Still cheaper than any other similar smartphone, but not so revolutionary. Motorola Razr and Razr Plus will be more expensive in the global market than in China

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Still cheaper than any other similar smartphone but not so

Motorola yesterday introduced foldable smartphones Moto Razr 40 and Moto Razr 40 Ultra, which turned out to be cheaper than all competitors, and the younger model even offers a revolutionary price for this segment at $560. However, these are Chinese prices, and in the global market everything is different, since new items are significantly more expensive there.

Still cheaper than any other similar smartphone, but not so revolutionary. Motorola Razr and Razr Plus will be more expensive in the global market than in China

To start with, the Moto Razr 40 is called the Razr in the global market, and the Moto Razr 40 Ultra is called the Razr Plus.

In the US, apparently, only the latter will be sold at a price of $1,000. In Europe, they will already ask for 1200 euros for it. The base model Razr will be available in select countries in Europe, Latin America, and Asia, but pricing has not yet been announced. It is expected that it will be around 700-800 euros. It’s still cheaper than other similar smartphones, but not as revolutionary as $560.

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Ahead of the announcement of iOS 17, Apple said that iOS 16 is installed on 81% of all active iPhones

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Ahead of the announcement of iOS 17 Apple said that

Shortly before the announcement of iOS 17 at WWDC 2023, Apple published statistics regarding the prevalence of iOS 16.

Ahead of the announcement of iOS 17, Apple said that iOS 16 is installed on 81% of all active iPhones

At the moment, the current version of the operating system is installed on 81% of all active iPhones on the market. Another 13% are working with iOS 15 and only 6% are on older versions.

If we talk about smartphones no older than four years, then the distribution looks like this: 90%, 8% and 2%, respectively.

In the case of tablets, iPadOS 16 is installed on 71% of all active iPads. Another 20% remain on iPadOS 15, while older versions are installed on 9% of devices.

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