Martin Cooper, inventor of the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x 94-year-old ‘Father of the cellphone’ uses this smartphone

[{"selector":"#anim-3ae871fd-0e46-4671-a796-da7ecf2e3581","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-526f7885-297f-45af-98e7-427f73743b47","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Martin Cooper, inventor of the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x 94-year-old ‘Father of the cellphone’ uses this smartphone but concerned with People’s Phone Obsession

[{"selector":"#anim-6df78279-07aa-4637-bd77-e006fb655133","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b6ed2469-f09f-4404-9bf9-ececdb6f91fa","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Martin Cooper, the father of the cellphone, spoke recently about his latest smartphone.

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