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Evolution of mobile phones

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  • First mobile phone

    First mobile phone
    The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X was released in 1983 and it was the first mobile phone. It was invented by Dr. Martin Cooper and weighed 1.75 lb! It was a simple phone with no screen and just a few buttons.

  • First touchscreen phone

    First touchscreen phone
    The IBM Simon was the first touchscreen phone available in 1994 (made in 1992) and was considered the first smartphone. Since then, touchscreen phones started getting popular.

  • Color screen

    Color screen
    Siemens S10 was one of the phones with a colored screen. It could only display four colors though: red, green, white, and blue.

  • First phone with a camera

    First phone with a camera
    The J-SH04 was the first phone with a camera. It was only available in Japan, though.

  • First phone with a fingerprint scanner

    First phone with a fingerprint scanner
    The first phone with a fingerprint scanner was Pantech GI100, which was launched in 2004. It weighed 82 grams

  • First iphone released

    First iphone released
    The iPhone (1st generation) was a product of Apple and was released in June 2007. It was first announced in January 2007.

  • Waterproof Phones

    Waterproof Phones
    Xperia Z (from Sony) was the first waterproof phone.