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Mobira Senator
Finnish company Mobira Oy, a precursor to Nokia, introduced its first car phone, the Mobira Senator NMT-450. It weighed about 22 pounds. -
Motorola DynaTac 8000x
The first cellphone to be offered commercially hit the market priced at $3,995 (9,237 in 2012 dollars) and weighed just under 2 pounds. -
Mobira Cityman
One of the world's first handheld phones, the Cityman weighed 28 ounces with the battery. -
Motorola MircroTac
Initially manufactured as an analog cellphone, the MicroTac was an early example of a flip phone, in which the mouthpiece folded over the keypad. -
Nokia 1011
The first digital handheld phone. The Nokia 1011 would become the company's best-selling phone ever. -
BellSouth/IBM Simon Personal Communicator
First phone with a touch screen and smart phone features (pager, calculator, address book, send/receice faxes, games and email) Cost about $900. -
Ericsson R380
The first device marketed as a smart phone. -
Blackberry 5810
Made by Research in Motion, the 5810 was a cellphone with organizer functions and a keyboard for thumbs; a wired headset was mandatory. -
Motorola Razr
Was part phone, part fashion accessory. In the Razr's first four years, Motorola sold more than 110 million units. -
Apple iPhone
Apple iPhone Hundreds of people lined up outside Apple stores to buy the first iPhone, priced at $49 (4GB) and $599 (8GB).
