History of Phones

Electrical Speed Machine

Sep 23, 1876

Invented by Alexander Grahm Bell. By 1878, Bell set up the first electric telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut. After Bell's death in 1922, his telephone creation was able to transmit video images.

Payphone

Oct 2, 1889

This was the first coin-operated phone created by William Gray from Hartford, Connecticut. The phone was first installed and used at a bank in Hartford.

Western electric well phone

Oct 2, 1907

Back board was an arched top with the line terminals attached called a cathedral top. The reciever was commonly called the "pony" reciever. These type of phones had a 'red bar' magneto.

Crosley Old Fashioned Candlestick

Oct 2, 1920

Often reffered to as a desk stand , an upright or a stick phone. These phones consisted of a mouthpiece (transmitter) mounted ontop of a stand and the earpiece reciever that the user held during each call. The reciever rested on the side of the stand when not in use.

Motorola DynaTAC

Sep 21, 1984

The first cell phone created by motorola. These were huge in size weighing about 2 pounds. Unlike all portable phones today, this phone however was not convinent for costomers to carry around with them.

Blackberry Smartphone

Oct 4, 2003

This phone was not only used for calling, but also for text messaging and emailing and web browsing.The intended purpose of the blackberry was to be able to have mobile email since email was popular then.

First generation iphone

Jun 29, 2007

Marked andesigned by apple inc. The iphone has many different items that can be used such as wifi, video and camera, playing music, games and so much more!