Evolution of The Mobile Cell Phones

By Erikwilson283

  • Radio Common Carrier

    Radio Common Carrier
    This was more of a radio than a phone but it was still mobile and you could call others with it.

  • Brick Phone

    Brick Phone
    This was a much more sleek design than the (RCC) but it still was a lot more complicated and bulkier than we are used to nowadays.

  • The Clamshell

    The Clamshell
    This was a standard 12-button keypad, plus a menu of options including a calculator, hands-free operation, keypad tones, and much, much more.

  • The Candy Bar

    The Candy Bar
    This phone was really what set-up the design of many phones to come but it received it's name because it was almost exactly the size of a bar of candy.

  • The Satellite Phone

    The Satellite Phone
    This introduced the first around the world calling because it connected to earth-bound satellites instead of a special network.

  • Nokia 6000 Series

    Nokia 6000 Series
    This is the big phone that everybody needed or had in the early 2000's.

  • Razr

    Razr
    Flip phone. Sleek looking. More stylized. same functions of any other phone.

  • T-Mobile Sidekick and Blackberry

    T-Mobile Sidekick and Blackberry
    This texting-based phone pretty much changed the muscles in our thumbs. This was pretty much the most popular phone of all time before the next big breakthrough.

  • The Most Famous Phone Ever Created "Apple's iPhone"

    This revolutionized the touch screen phones. These phones had apps which allowed the user to download games and different useful applications. After this, the rest is history.Phones are getting bigger and thinner with more apps.