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History of Mobile Phones
Alexander Graham Bell invented telephone and 1878
he made the first phone call.
Motorola introduced some of its first cell phones
during the 1980s.
Those phones were completely different from the
devices we have today since from no side they were
cost effective and handy.
The first Smartphone was developed by IBM & BellSouth
which came out to in public in 1993.
These Smartphones are advancing at a very fast pace
and are not restricted to just internet browsing or playing
games.
Now you can do every possible thing with these modern
handheld devices.
The first call was made from a
mobile phone was made 40 years
ago!
Mobile phones have come a long
way from an enormous $3,995
heavy brick to present devices.
40 Years!
1973 – The first cell phone
The first mobile phone
developed by Motorola in 1973.
It was Martin Cooper who
placed the first call at AT&T
Bells Labs from the streets of
New York.
1984 – Nokia Mobira Talkman
The Phone weighed under 5
kgs and is world’s one of the
first transportable phones.
A car and a charger was
needed to charge it.
Once this model was launched,
its sales created a stir in the
market.
1989 – Motorola MicroTac
Motorola Microtac was the smallest
and lightest available phone at that
time.
It was released as the “MicroTac
Pocket Cellular Telephone”.
It was designed keeping in mind to
fit it in a shirt pocket.
1992 – Motorola International 3200
First digital-sized mobile phone from Motorola introduced in 1992.
This was the first handset that gave the world an idea of “Flip
Phones”.
The International 3200 was crafted to enable mobile phones
to use the original analog cell technology.
Like its predecessors, 3200’s shape and size was similar to a
long brick with numeric buttons on the narrow side, along
with the earphone and microphone.
In Germany, it was called knochen, due to the resemblance in
shape between it and a bone.
Motorola introduced a very powerful line of mobile phones
in 1992.
These phones put out 3 watts of power (as opposed to 0.6
watts that today's cell phones output) which made them
popular for truckers, boaters, and people in rural areas.
Because of their durability, many of these phones are still
in working order today.
Before the StarTAC came along, cell phones were bricks.
Motorola wowed the industry with this 3.1 ounce wonder.
The handset is best remembered today as being the first
clamshell phone—a form factor that set the design
precedent for years to come.
The StarTAC handset helped drive
mainstream cell phone adoption, selling
around 60 million units over the course of
its long life.
The phone also gets points for introducing
the vibrating ring.
•Nokia’s first high-end
phone was released
in 1996
•What made it different
was the ‘slider’ form
factor.
•It was made to protect
the keypad when kept
in pocket and could
downslide when in use.
1996 – Nokia 9000 Communicator
The very first product of the
communicator series from Nokia.
A brand name in the series of
business optimized mobile
phones.
On the outside, it appears just like
a normal phone & open in
clamshell to access the QWERTY
keyboard.
EVERYONE had these!
Nokia 5110 was the first phone to feature the game snake.
It had a face plate which allowed users to customize their
mobile phone.
Now mobile phones were not limited to just
communication, they were more about fashion now.
Nokia had jumped on a trend that started in the mobile phone accessories market.
People were buying new covers for old phones.
Though this wasn’t Nokia’s first attempt for a business phone, but this time they decided it was more of fashion.
The Guardian fashion editor loved it and it won the 'Off the Cuff' (Fashion) Accessory of the Year Award 1998.
1999 – Nokia 8210
The lightest and smallest available Nokia phone at that time.
Its selling point was based on the customization and design, with
removable X-press on covers.
On the lower side of the phone you can find an infra-red port for
wireless communication.
The phone uses SMS (Short Message Service) with predictive
text input, with support for major European languages.
You can find six different colors in the X-Press on
covers for your mobile.
This phone had the feature of speed dial in which the
user can assign name to each key on keypad.
2002 – RIM BlackBerry 5810
There was a time in the not-so-
distant past when BlackBerry's’
weren't actually phones.
Mobile professionals who are
addicted to e-mail access via their
RIM BlackBerry devices can get a
new fix with the company’s 5810.
They were data-only devices, used by professionals, like
lawyers, who needed constant access to their e-mail.
The reputation of the BlackBerry began to change in 2002,
however, when Research In Motion released the BlackBerry
5810.
This was the first BlackBerry to feature a built-in phone.
Alas, the device lacked a speaker and a microphone, so
you had to use a headset to make calls.
2002 – Sanyo SCP - 5300
In 2002 the first flip-phones
were introduced, including the
Sanyo SCP-5300, which featured
a low-quality camera as well.
When Sanyo introduced the
color-screen SCP-5000 a couple
of years ago, consumers got a
glimpse of what cell phones
might be able to do in the
future.
Features which made this phone stand out of
the crowd are :
Vibrant color display
Built-in camera with flash
Compatible with Sprint PCS Business Connection
software
Comes with extended battery; solid call quality.
2002 – T-Mobile SideKick
The Danger Hiptop, also re-
branded as the T-Mobile Sidekick,
Mobiflip and Sharp Jump is a
GPRS/EDGE/UMTS Smartphone
produced by Danger Incorporated.
It featured a 240x160-pixel, 4-bit monochrome display and
was touted as a BlackBerry for the masses.
The handheld provided real-time e-mail and instant
messaging but lacked a speakerphone.
The Hiptop 2, 3, Sidekick iD, Sidekick 2008 and Sidekick LX
(2009) are all manufactured by Sharp Corporation in Japan.
One of the thinnest clamshell phones in the world!
Half an inch thin and made of anodized aluminum, the
Motorola flip phone looks and feels absolutely amazing.
There's no dispute: The Razr (pronounced "razor") is
the coolest-looking phone. Period.
Flip it open, and you're confronted by a vast screen that's bright enough!
2007 – Apple iPhone
This phone completely changed
the definition of a Smartphone.
iPhone is a line of smartphones
designed by Apple Inc.
This phone runs on Apple’s iOS
mobile operating system.
Apple created the device during a secretive and unprecedented
collaboration with AT&T, formerly Cingular Wireless.
The development cost of the collaboration was estimated to have
been $150 million over a thirty-month period.
This phone was immediately listed amongst the best inventions of
2007.
As termed by a press release “The Original iPhone” has been
discontinued when its successor iPhone 3G was released.