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In April 1973, a man named Martin Cooper changed the way we communicated for the rest of his days and for many years to come. He had a dream that would improve the way we conversed with each other over distances. At the time, the closest thing to “cellular technology” was a car phone produced by the AT&A company, but Martin and his determined Motorola group wanted to reach higher levels and deeper depths for communication, and so came the birth of the first mobile phone. process. Cooper wanted to overcome the limits of simple “car conversation”. After numerous tedious hours of production, spanning several months of building, critiquing and finalizing, the first mobile phone was born. The first mobile device was the size of a concrete block and weighed the equivalent of its value: a stack of Davis 2 money. Little did Cooper and his Motorola team know that their innovative idea would become one of the most beloved inventions in the world . The invention of the cell phone changed this once simple, cell phone-free world into a society with Heaven-sent progress. From that moment on (Anjarwalla) Martin Cooper and the Motorola team caused a turning point in the world of communications. Cell phone sales were at their peak. Cooper and his team came up with technology so innovative that its popularity was instantaneous. A device with the ability only to converse is what the first mobile phone was, but as time passed and technology flourished, what was once a simple talking device transformed into a tiny computer. Gradually, a myriad of unique features have been integrated into the mobile phone increasing its value making it more worthy and superior to the first mobile phone. These features include browser access...... middle of paper......rey. “We Never Talk Again: The Problem with Texting.” Technology of the time. Np, Aug. 16, 2012. Web. Nov. 4, 2013. .Lee, Michelle. Telephone interview. November 2, 2013.Davis 10Sadat Nurullah, Abu. “The Cell Phone as an Agent of Social Change.” Academia.edu. University of Alberta, n.d. Web. November 4, 2013. “Social Change.” © Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.. Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.. 4 ​​November 2013. .. The evolution of mobile phone design between 1983 and 2009. Np, 22 May 2009. Web. 4 November 2013. .Washington, Sam. Telephone interview. November 4 2013.