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Famous firsts
Mobile phone call
The first call made from a portable mobile phone was made by Martin Cooper to Joel Engel from a New York pavement on 3 April 1973.
He said: "Joel, this is Marty. I'm calling you from a cellphone, a real, handheld, portable cellphone."
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