Timeline of the Mobile Phone

  • SCR-300 Radio Transmitter

    SCR-300 Radio Transmitter
    The SCR-300 Radio Transmitter was developed for the U.S. Military by Motorola. It was designed as a portable FM radio and weight from 32 to 38 pounds.
  • SCR-536

    SCR-536
    Motorola introduced the first handie talkie' for the U.S. named the SCR-536. There as 130,000 units manufactured and used during the war. Weighed only 5 pounds.
  • MTS (Mobile Telephone System)

    MTS (Mobile Telephone System)
    Bell System introduced the first mobile telephone commercial service, called the Mobile Telephone System (MTS). It was large weighing at 80 pounds.
  • Ericsson's Mobile System A (MTA)

    Ericsson's Mobile System A (MTA)
    Ericsson's Mobile System A (MTA) was the first automatic mobile system for automobiles. It was introduced in Sweden and weighing at 88 pounds.
  • Improved Mobile Telephone Service (IMTS)

    Improved Mobile Telephone Service (IMTS)
    Bell's newer pre-cellular Impoved Mobile Telephone Service (IMTS), it was made lighter, more advanced mobile car phones with added push buttons. Weighing at 40 pounds.
  • Motorola DynaTAC

    Motorola DynaTAC
    The invention of the DynaTAC was the first portable phone, former Motorola Vice President Martin Cooper made the first practical phone call in a non vehicle setting
  • Nokia's Mobira Senator

    Nokia's Mobira Senator
    First fully automatic international cellular service
  • Mobira Talkman

    Mobira Talkman
    Compared to the previous model the DynaTAC, the Mobira Talkman can hold hours of talk time whereas the DynaTAC could only hold 60 minutes
  • Motorola's MicroTAC

    Motorola's MicroTAC
    The introduction of the first flip phone design. It was the first pocket phone to be invented.
  • Motorola International 3200

    Motorola International 3200
    The first hand-sized digital mobile phone that utilised 2G digitally encrypted technology.
  • IBM Simon

    IBM Simon
    The world's first smartphone it was a mobile phone, pager, fax machine and PDA. It had similar functions as we see in today's mobile phone, such as a calendar, address book, clock, calculator, notepad, email, games and a touchscreen with QWERTY keyboard.
  • Motorola Clamshell StarTAC Mobile Phone

    Motorola Clamshell StarTAC Mobile Phone
    This model is an improvement of the previous StarTAC with its collapse in half, which is why it's called clamshell because of its clam like feature.
  • Nokia 9000 Communicator

    Nokia 9000 Communicator
    The revolutionary smartphone era was introduced with the first cell phone that was also called the mini-computer. It could open longways revealing an LCD screen with QWERTY keyboard.
  • Nokia's 7110

    Nokia's 7110
    The first cell phone to have the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) - this allowed users to gain access to the web. The introduction to the revolution of mobile internet.
  • Kyocera's Visual Phone VP-201

    Kyocera's Visual Phone VP-201
    Japan manufactured the first ever phone to incorporate a built-in camera.
  • Sharp J-SH04 (J-Phone)

    Sharp J-SH04 (J-Phone)
    Released by J-Mobile in Japan, the phone introduced the 0.1 megapixel resolution. This phone was the start of the MMS (Multi-Media-Message) function.
  • Sanyo 5300

    Sanyo 5300
    Sprint developed the first camera phone sold in North America.
  • Microsoft's Pocket PC Phone Edition - HP Jornada 928

    Microsoft's Pocket PC Phone Edition - HP Jornada 928
    This phone was had Wireless Digital Assistant, combined with the best of the PDA with integrated wireless voice and data capabilities.
  • Motorola RAZR

    Motorola RAZR
    The next popular camera phone which was the first classified 'fashion' phone. Made 50 million by mid 2006
  • Treo 700w

    Treo 700w
    First Palm smartphone to operate outside of the Palm OS. It was powered by Windows Mobile.
  • Apple Iphone

    Apple Iphone
    Steve Jobs introduced the Apple Iphone that revolutionised the touchscreen smartphone industry. It wasn't the first smartphone but it was the first to accurately get the user interface right. Later adapting 3G technology.
  • HTC EVO 4G

    HTC EVO 4G
    Sprint devloped the first cellular phone to meet 4G standards, running on the WiMAX network. Powered by Android 2.1 and had the largest touch screen displays with 9MP camera, HD Video Capture, HDMI output, Mobile Hotspot and HTC Sense.