Evolution Of Phones

By will britt

  • Mobile Telephone Sytem

    Bell System introduced the first commercial mobile telephone service, called the Mobile Telephone System (MTS)

  • Ericsson’s Mobile System A (MTA)

    Ericsson’s Mobile System A (MTA) was the first partly automatic mobile system for automobiles

  • Mobile Telephone Service (IMTS)

    newer pre-cellular Improved Mobile Telephone Service (IMTS)

  • DynaTAC

    DynaTAC (DYNamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage) portable phone, former Motorola Vice President Martin Cooper made the first private, practical mobile phone call in a non-vehicle setting

  • DynaTAC prototype

    the impressive size of the DynaTAC prototype

  • Motorola’s DynaTAC cellular phone

    10 years later after the prototype, Motorola’s DynaTAC cellular phone was made available to the public, weighing under 2 pounds, but costing nearly $4,000 (almost $9,000 today)

  • Mobira Talkman

    Mobira Talkman brought longer talk time at cheaper costs.

  • Motorola’s MicroTAC

    the first flip phone design. The hardware was place in a hinged section of the phone, reducing the phone’s size when not in use. It was truly the world’s first pocket phone.

  • Motorola International 3200

    The Motorola International 3200 became the first hand-sized digital mobile phone that used 2G digitally encrypted technology

  • IBM Simon

    Perhaps the world’s first smartphone, IBM Simon was a mobile phone, pager, fax machine and PDA, all rolled into one.It included a calendar, address book, clock, calculator, notepad, email, gamers and a touchscreen

  • Motorola’s Bag Phone (2900)

    Motorola’s Bag Phone (2900) was the car phone to have due to its long talk time, great battery life and superior signal range

  • Motorola StarTAC

    Motorola unveiled the first clamshell mobile phone with StarTAC. It improved the folding feature by collapsing in half, which is why it’s called “clamshell” because it resembles a clam opening and closing shut

  • Nokia 9000 Communicator

    the Nokia 9000 Communicator was what really brought on the smartphone era. It was the first cell phone that could also be called a mini-computer

  • Nokia 8810

    Nokia 8810 was the first cell phone without an external antenna whip or stub-antenna, possibly paving the way for iPhones and DROIDs

  • Nokia 3210

    One of the most popular mobile phones in history was the Nokia 3210, with over 160 million sold. It was one of the first to allow picture messages

  • RIM’s BlackBerry 5810

    it was the first to incorporate a mobile phone into their popular brand of data-only devices