Cell Phone Evolution

First Cell Phone

1983

Motorola Dynatac 8000x https://mashable.com/2014/03/13/first-cellphone-on-sale/#nSZAVMDVUsqf

First Smartphone

1994

IBM Simon Personal Communicator

Flip Phone

1996

Motorola Startac

T9 Texting

1999

Nokia 3210

First Bluetooth Headset

2000

Here is the first real implementation of a Bluetooth™ app. A wireless connection between the phone unit and the headset, eliminating tangled wires. Without knowing the real details yet - we wonder, whether one can take the incoming phone call by just pressing a button on the headset... Motorola will start shipping a similar solution to be synchronized with the release of the movie Mission Impossible II.

Business Cell

2003

Blackberry Rim 850

Sleek Design

2004

Motorola Razr V3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-jT-cbuZbs

First iPhone

2007

Apple iPhone 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnrJzXM7a6o

First Android Phone

2008

T-mobile G1 https://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/t-mobile-g1-review/

First Galaxy

2010

Samsung Galaxy S https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiiG1XOdp5E

First Large Screen Phone

2011

Galaxy Note https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es7orfYUc3w

Smartwatches

2013

https://www.techradar.com/news/wearables/before-iwatch-the-timely-history-of-the-smartwatch-1176685

Bezel-less Screens

2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J49hiExRUmQ

Augmented Reality

2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOZWPGESVcs

Return of the Dumbphone

2018

Nokia 3310 https://www.techradar.com/news/the-beloved-nokia-3310-is-back-with-4g-lte-and-android