Phone Timeline

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  • First ever cell phone was introduced

    Former Motorola employee Dr. Martin Cooper introduced to the world the first cell phone on April 3, 1974, while standing near the New York Hilton hotel.

  • Motorola released the first mobile phone

    In 1983, Motorola released the first mobile phone. It contained very few features. And a battery with only one hour of talk time. Which cost $50.00 per month.

  • First ever flip phone came out

    First ever flip phone came out
    Six years after the first mobile phone came out, Motorola introduced a brand new kind of flip design where the mouthpiece folded over the keypad. In addition, it weighed under 1 pound.

  • First PDA phone

    First PDA phone
    In 1993, IBM and BellSouth came together to release the first mobile phone to have internet. It could send and receive voice calls, it could also be used as an address book, calculator, pager and fax machine. Plus, it offered the first-ever touchscreen.

  • First Clamshell flip phone

    First Clamshell flip phone
    Motorola released an upgrade known as the StarTAC. The StarTAC became the first-ever true flip phone.

  • First Candybar phone

    First Candybar phone
    Nokia came out with the first-ever candybar phone, the Nokia 6160. Weighed 6 ounces and had 3.3-hours of talk time. Nokia became the best-selling device of the 90s.

  • Precursor to the BlackBerry Smartphone

    Precursor to the BlackBerry Smartphone
    The first BlackBerry cellular device appeared in the late 90s as a two-way pager. It featured a full keyboard, plus, it offered an 8-line display, a calendar and an organizer.

  • First Bluetooth Phone

    First Bluetooth Phone
    The Ericsson T36 introduced Bluetooth technology. Which allowed people to wirelessly connect their phones to their computers.

  • First BlackBerry Smartphone

    First BlackBerry Smartphone
    Research in Motion (RIM) finally released the BlackBerry 5810. The BlackBerry allowed users to send emails, organize their data and prepare memos.

  • First Camera Phone

    Users of this phone could snap photos on the go and then later upload them to their PC using a bundled software suite.

  • First Ultra-Thin Phone

    Phones tended to be big and bulky. The RAZR changed this with its its ridiculously thin frame of aircraft-grade aluminum. Other major features included, a chemically-etched keypad and blue backlighting.

  • Apple iPhone

    When Apple entered the cell phone industry, everything changed. Apple put in a new keyboard that had a multi-touch touchscreen keyboard. It was as if they took a computer operating system and squished it into a phone.

  • Holographic displays

    As far back as March 2014, people started spreading rumors about the unreleased iPhone 6 containing holographic functions that let you to beam virtual displays that you could actually interact with.

  • Flexible frames

    For a long time now, phone companies have talked of creating a smartphone that is so tough that it can actually be folded in two by the user.

  • Eco-friendly smartphones

    People are always looking to make their products more environmentally friendly. Researchers are looking into biodegradable materials and cleaner energy charging for the new phones.