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![RTCSTEM on Twitter: "The first mobile phone call was made #onthisday in 1973 by Martin Cooper using a prototype of what would become the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X. #didyouknow the phone weighed 2.5lb? # RTCSTEM on Twitter: "The first mobile phone call was made #onthisday in 1973 by Martin Cooper using a prototype of what would become the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X. #didyouknow the phone weighed 2.5lb? #](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EyCaSJCWUAAJ9Nc.jpg)
RTCSTEM on Twitter: "The first mobile phone call was made #onthisday in 1973 by Martin Cooper using a prototype of what would become the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X. #didyouknow the phone weighed 2.5lb? #
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