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Cell Phone Timeline

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  • First Cell Phone

    First Cell Phone
    Motorola released the first cell phone for consumers to have in 1983, it was named the Motorola DynaTAC.
  • MicroTAC

    Motorola then released the microTAC, which was the idea behind the first flip phone.
  • First mobile phone

    The IBM and Bellsouth came out with the first mobile phone, to show the PDA (internet) capabilities.
  • StarTAC

    StarTAC
    Motorola upgraded from the MicroTAC to the StarTAC, which was a flip phone that operated on networks.
  • The "Candybar" phone

    Nokia released the first “candybar” phone, because it was lightweight and had rechargeable batteries.
  • The first bluetooth phone

    Ericsson introduced the first bluetooth phone, it allowed the customers to wirelessly connect their phones to their computers.
  • Blackberry

    Research in Motion upgraded the blackberry PDAs to blackberry smartphones.
  • Only 14-mm thick?!

    Style was finally put into perspective, and Motorola created a phone only 14-mm thick.
  • Touch screen phone

    The apple iphone 1.0 cell industry made a multi touch screen and complete operating system.
  • Androids

    Androids
    Android phones have the full touch screen interaction like how the iphone's appear.
  • Apple becomes top vendor

    Apple becomes the top smartphone vendor, selling 18.6 million iphones in the first quarter of the year.
  • Fingerprint Identitiy

    Fingerprint identity is one of the most advanced technologies and people are feeling more secure because of it.
  • Augmented reality

    Augmented reality is something that is going to be used to be able to see these products in your own space to check if you really want to buy it.
  • Flexible smartphones

    Flexible smartphones
    Flexible smartphones are a product that allows you to fold your phone so you can fit it in your pocket.
  • Long lasting battery

    Long lasting battery
    Long lasting battery could eventually get to the point of week lasting battery, but for now by 2020 we could expect a 25% improvement in battery life.