Equivalent cost in today’s US dollars for the 1983 launch of Motorola’s DynaTAC

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Before you start moaning about how expensive the 3G iPhone is (US$600+), keep in mind the early commercial mobile devices cost a small fortune and offered just 30 mins of talk time after 10 hours of charging. It had no fancy touch-screen, no GPS, no highspeed data, no mp3 player nor clever accelerometer. (source: RetroBrick)