While it seems the cost of owning and operating a mobile phone only seems to go up, when we take a look back at where mobile phones were 30 years ago and where we are today, we are getting a pretty good deal all in all. The Motorola DynaTAC introduced 30 years ago cost almost $4,000 and offered an amazing 1 hour of talk time, while it stored 30 phone numbers and weighed only 2 pounds. The iPhone 4S by contrast offers 8 hours of talk time and weighs just under 5 ounces. Oh yea, it also sports front and back auto focus cameras, a digital compass, GPS capability, a 960 x 640 retina display, 16-64 Gb of storage, 1080P HD video recording, worldwide internet capability, text and picture messaging, accelerometer, 3-axis gyro and a few hundred more features unheard of 30 years ago. Here is an infographic from the folks at savings.com showing a visual history of mobile phones. Just imagine what all they might do in another 30 years….
