the first truly hand portable mobile phone, conceived in 1973 when the first phone call was made on a prototype of this, launched eventually in 1984, and that device cost about $4,000 at the time, which would be about £9,500 today. £9,000? and it s pretty heavy again. what s the battery life like, dare i ask? the battery life on that was about 30 minutes. it would take about ten hours to charge. had a standby of around a similar time as well. wow. marty cooper, the pioneer of the mobile phone, isn t a fan of current designs. i think today s phone is suboptimal. it s really not a very good phone in many respects. just think about it, if you take a piece of plastic and glass and put it, that s flat and you put it against the curved head, you hold your hand an uncomfortable position. so what does marty think about the future of phones? we are still at the very beginning of the cell phone revolution.
about $4,000 at the time, which would be about £9,500 today. £9,000? and it s pretty heavy again. what s the battery life like, dare i ask? the battery life on that was about 30 minutes. it would take about ten hours to charge. had a standby of around a similar time as well. wow. marty cooper, the pioneer of the mobile phone, isn t a fan of current designs. i think today s phone is suboptimal. it s really not a very good phone in many respects. just think about it, if you take a piece of plastic and glass and put it, that s flat and you put it against the curved head, you hold your hand in an uncomfortable position. so what does marty think about the future of phones? we are still at the very beginning of the cell phone revolution. we are going to eliminate poverty because we are becoming more productive because of the cell phone, and ijust mentioned, we re going to eliminate disease.
what s the battery life like, dare i ask? the battery life on that was about 30 minutes. it would take about ten hours to charge. had a standby of around a similar time as well. wow. so what does marty think about the future of phones? we are still at the very beginning of the cell phone revolution. we are going to eliminate poverty because we are becoming more productive because of the cell phone, and ijust mentioned, we re going to eliminate disease. our educational system is going to be revolutionised. i think all of these things are potentials of the cell phone. not doing it by itself, but it will be an essential part of this great future. zoe kleinman, bbc news. let s see what s happening with the weather. the latest forecast from elizabeth, and nice blue skies? yes. elizabeth, and nice blue skies? yes,