Talk:Motorola DynaTAC/Archives/2015

DynATAC?

The article states “DynaTAC was an abbreviation of Dynamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage.” Would that make it the DynATAC? Felicity4711 (talk) 05:37, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

• Motorola themselves refer to the technology as "DynaTAC," as evidenced here: http://www.motorola.com/us/Corporate-Motorola-History-Timely-Achievement.html -- My assumption is that it was stylized this way to be more pronounceable, to have a better sound when spoken. G90025 (talk) 13:30, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

Dynatac = TACS, the name for the technology Total Access Communications System with Dyna..dynamic as a prefix. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.243.167.3 (talk) 13:22, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Brick?

The 8000 was never called a brick. There were transportable units that had batteries the size of a brick. The term 'brick' has been retrospectively applied to the 8000 which is nothing like a brick!. I worked in Cellular from November 1985 and had my first car phone in February 1986; it was a Motorola 6000. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.243.167.168 (talk) 21:35, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

RE: "The DynaTac 8000X, due to its resemblance in size and weight to a standard clay-fired brick, was nicknamed the brick phone by users".....nonsense. It looks nothing like a brick and is smaller and lighter than a brick. If anything was called a brick it was one of the 10 watt transportables. This 'brick' thing is totally out of control and needs to be stopped as its stupid. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.243.167.3 (talk) 18:36, 11 March 2015 (UTC)