In pictures: The history of mobile phones

Take a stroll down memory lane and see the evolution of the mobile phone, from its humble beginnings with the Motorola DynaTAC in 1983 to the Apple iPhone 3GS in 2009!

Soviet fame: Nokia Mobira Cityman 900 (1987)


In 1987, Nokia launched the Mobira Cityman 900 — the first handheld mobile phone for NMT (Nordic Mobile Telephony) networks. The Mobira Cityman 900 became an iconic device when Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was photographed using a Cityman to make a call from Helsinki to Moscow. The Mobira Cityman 900 weighed 800 grams and had a whopping price tag of 4560Euros or AUS$7724 (in today’s currency). And in Moscow it would have been worth 202482 Russian rubles!

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