Who was going to tell us that we would say goodbye to traditional communication systems to welcome telephone calls, although if you think that they are a novelty of the 21st century you are wrong, because in the last century, specifically the April 3, 1973the first call made from a mobile.
Martin Cooper made the first phone call to engineer Joel Engel of AT&T Bell Laboratories from New York. In a interview with ACN since Mobile World Congress 2023, Cooper stated that he remembers the moment “very well”, adding that “I didn’t know it would be a historic moment because I was with a very unreliable phone.
Despite the fact that old mobiles looked like bricks, over time they have evolved on an aesthetic and technical level to become part of normality, taking into account that many people cannot live without it. To analyze this impact, in 20Bits We interviewed Paola Gutiérrez (Director of Marketing and Communication at Motorola Iberia and The Nordics) to find out How has our way of communicating changed? with the mobiles andinvestigate its evolution.
The smartphone changed our way of communicating
Years ago we stopped writing letters by hand to send emails through the computerand who was going to tell us that a small device was going to accompany us in our day to day to talk with friends or family, take pictures, write emails or make video calls.
Until the arrival of the mobile, the traditional communication channels depended on the person being in an exact location to contact them, however, the smartphone broke all barriers to contact an individual from anywhere.
“He Motorola DynaTAC was a turning point in the way we communicate, as it put a whole new way of connecting with the world in people’s hands. Although initially it was a technology more limited to the business environment, its benefits were progressively conquering all aspects of our lives. Gutierrez emphasizes.
The evolution of mobiles since the first call in 1973
Paola Gutiérrez explains that “for Motorolathe development of mobile telephony was not a bet, but a natural movement in its constant purpose to advance technology and help people connect and communicate. In 1973 we were able to make the first call from a mobile phone and ten years later we managed to bring this phone to the market, laying the foundations for a new way of communicating that hhas transformed the way of understanding the world«.
The first call was made with the DynaTAC 8000 telephone, and currently, “has little to do with compact smartphones to which we are accustomed. Since the release of said deviceMotorola’s work has been aimed at improving technology and products, creating increasingly compact, powerful and autonomous phonesGutierrez says.
Motorola is not the only manufacturer that wanted to improve its mobile services over the years, because Samsung, Apple, Xiaomi, Redmi or Nokia (among others) reinvent their devices to offer the latest features that today’s consumer demands, such as long-lasting autonomies, high-megapixel cameras, durability, new operating systems and plenty of storage space.
These are the new advances that will be incorporated into the phones
By changing the way we communicate, mobile phones are also ‘forced’ to improve their built-in technology. Some of the news on phones Android are the earthquake alert systems, the function of highlighting messages, the suggestions of emojis or voice navigation; while iOSthe updates are related to the famous dynamic island, the personalized lock screen, the mirror mode, the internal search engines or the editing of messages.
Gutiérrez understands that smartphones have become “much more than a simple communication tool” because “they are a entertainment, information, productivity and creation center of content”.
On the other hand, and with a view to the future, the Director of Marketing and Communication is committed to the integration of Ready For, “a service that takes the power of phones to the next level, allowing them to be connected to PCs and all kinds of screens to take the work and entertainment experience further”. However, from Motorola they are “exploring formats so that the devices are manageable, roll up screens that allow a reduced size and new wearables easy to to connect with the screens around thanks to technology 5G«.
Taken 20 Minutes