Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Who invented the mobile phone?

  1. Adrian Girzone

  2. Joel Engel

  3. Martin Cooper

  4. William Kelly
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Martin Cooper, a Motorola engineer, is widely credited with inventating the first handheld mobile phone. On April 3, 1973, he made the first public call on a prototype mobile phone while standing on a New York City sidewalk, calling his rival at Bell Labs. This demonstrated the feasibility of portable cellular communication and led to the first commercial mobile phone, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, released in 1983.

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