From the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X costing nearly $4,000 in 1983, smartphone prices generally ranged from $500 to $1,000 over the past decade, with some flagships now regularly exceeding $1,000. While raw prices have increased, adjusting for inflation shows that early mobile phones were relatively more expensive, with the IBM Simon (1994) costing $2,431 in today's dollars.