Motorola DynaTAC 8000X (1983)

This early "portable" phone measured more than a foot long, weighed close to 2 pounds, and cost a whopping $3995. But with Motorola's DynaTAC 8000X--aka The Brick--you could for the first time walk and talk without that dratted cord. Generally considered the first mobile phone, the DynaTAC 8000X had enough juice for an hour of talk time and enough memory to hold 30 numbers. And the device's Formica-style enclosure was the envy of anything that Ma Bell had to offer. Photo courtesy of Motorola.