Motorola Microtac 550 about 1990 Mark Mathosian Flickr

Microtac Motorola. L'histoire des téléphones vintages MOTOROLA la série MicroTAC de 1989 à The aerial, by the way, was simply ornament! It really was incredible as, at that time, mobiles were like grandiose walkie-talkies. Motorola set out to capture the top end of the market

As if the moniker 'Elite' wasn't enough, Motorola also released the MicroTAC Elite VIP the same year, which featured black casing, gold lettering and an orange LED display The Motorola MicroTAC is a cellular phone first manufactured as an analog version in 1989

The Motorola MicroTAC debuted 34 years ago today. Ushered in a new era

The aerial, by the way, was simply ornament! It really was incredible as, at that time, mobiles were like grandiose walkie-talkies. The software was the most advanced for its time, and boasted multiple applications It was also massively influential, being the world's very first flip phone

Motorola MicroTAC DPC 950 / 9800x flip phone from 1990 YouTube. In spite of a price tag of $3000, or £1765, the MicroTAC was well received. The MicroTAC single-handedly inspired the later clamshell phone design, and could just about slip into regular pockets with relative ease.

The history of electronics Telegraph India. Advances in technology brought about the revolutionary Motorola MicroTAC phone of 1989 - the first step towards smaller mobile phones The MicroTAC made headlines across the world when it landed five years after Moto's original grey brick, mostly due to the fact that it was the smallest and lightest mobile phone in the world at that time