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At this time the phone was seperated into 2 parts. The mouthpiece, which formed a candlestick and the reciever that the caller would hold up to their ear.
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The rotary phone was dialed by rotating the dial to the number you wanted and then release. This receiver and mouthpiece were one piece for this phone.
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In 1963 AT&T introduced touch tone which in turn allowed phone to have a dial pad instead of the rotary dial.
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Answering machines grew in popularity in the 1960s. They began by recording messages on cassette tapes, then moved to mini tapes, and many people use their cell phone voicemail.
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The first mobile phone call was made on April 3, 1973. And mobile calls are made more times today than we can count.
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The portable or hand-held telephone grew in popularity in the early 1980s. Although now most people rely fully on cell phones.
