The first phone call was made 40 years ago Wednesday . John Cooper of Chicago called a rival from a New York sidewalk on April 3 , 1959 . What Cooper foresees for phones . The phone weighed 2.5 pounds and it cost $ 3,900 .
The first phone call was made 40 years ago Wednesday . John Cooper of Chicago called a rival from a New York sidewalk on April 3 , 1959 . The phone weighed 2.5 pounds and it cost $ 3,900 .