Cell Phone Timeline

Mobria Senator

Sep 9, 1982

First phone weighed 22 pounds, it was the first “car phone”

Motorola DynaTac 8000x

Sep 9, 1984

First cell phone commercially hit the market at 3,995 and weighed just under 2 pounds

Mobira Cityman

Sep 9, 1987

First handheld phones and weighed 28 ounces with the battery

Motorola MicroTac

Sep 9, 1989

Manufactyures as an analog cellphone, and was an example of a flip phone.

Nokia 1011

Sep 9, 1992

First digital phone (best selling phone ever)

Bellsouth/IBM Simon Personal Communicator

Sep 9, 1993

First phone with a touch screen and has smartphone features such as a calculator and address book. It also has games and can receive email. Its cost was about 900 dollars

Ericsson R380

Sep 9, 2000

First phone that was marketed as a smart phone

Blackberry 5810

Sep 9, 2002

This cellphone is equipped with an organizer and a keyboard for your thumbs. A wired headset was mandatory.

Motorola Razr

Jan 9, 2004

This phone was more of a fashion design. The phone sold more than 110 million units of them

Apple Iphone

Sep 9, 2007

Apple was the phone everyone wanted. The price was just $499, it had access to the internet, texting, organizing apps and more!