 Did you know that April 3, 1973 is the date most commonly associated with the invention of the cell phone? This was also the date of the first publicly recorded cell phone call in history. It was 10 years later that the first commercial cell phone was released, and it was the Motorola Dynatac 8000X. It saw commercial release in the United States in 1983. Stay in the know. Subscribe to Bern to Learn.