The Very First Cell Phone Commercial – 1989

What would we do without our cell phones in today’s world? Remember how exciting answering machines, caller ID and cordless phones were? Back then, if you weren’t home you weren’t expected to answer the phone. If you weren’t home, you were free to call friends and family back at your convenience.

As you’ll find in this video, the first cell phones were monstrous. As technology has progressed, our cell phone is used less to make calls and more to text, email, browse and play games. Checkout the 1989 Centel Cell Phone Video below. It’s pretty interesting, yet wildly entertaining.