A History and Overview Today, mobile phones are a ubiquitous part of our lives, but their history dates back to the late 1970s. The first commercially available mobile phone was released in 1979 by the company Motorola, and it was called the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X. The phone was large and heavy, and it required a separate carrying case, but it laid the foundation for the modern mobile phones we know today. Over the next few decades, mobile phones would become smaller, lighter, and more powerf...