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The Original Phone
On 10th of March 1876, a man by the name of Alexander Graham Bell first spoke words to his assistant into a telephone device that was created, voicing “Mr Watson, come here, I want to see you.” This was the launch of the very first telephone and the birth of a new era of technology in telecommunication. Other personnel attempted to claim to be the phones first inventor, however it was Bell who received the first patent for the telephone. -
Candlestick phone.
Manufactured in the early 1890’s through to the 1920’s the candle stick phone was officially known as the upright desk stand. The candlestick phone was made from numerous materials that include iron, copper, aluminium, silk, rubber, zinc, flax, mica, nickel, shellac, gold, coal, tin and wool. These particular phones were connected to a mounted bell box on a wall. -
Rotary Phone
The Rotary phone was first introduced in 1904 and requires people to use their fingers to rotate the round dial encompassed on the front to the number that you required, then release to proceed. The Rotary phone began to make its way out in the 1960’s and 70’s as push button phones became popular. -
Push Button phones
The introduction to Touch-Tone in 1963, signified the invention of push button telephones, permitting a key pad to dial a number. How these phones worked is that each button on the telephone released a frequency which then signalled the telephone operator of which number you wanted to call. -
Motorola DynaTAC
This particular phone is called a Motorola DynaTAC. Made on April 4th 1973, a man by the name of Martin Cooper made the first cell phone call in the world. The duration of talk time was 30 minutes and the cost of this phone was quite large being $3,995 dollars. -
Portable phones.
Portable Phones first began in the 1980’s, and allowed persons to talk on their phone from anywhere in the house. These phones eliminated a base station for your phone. Portable phones abolished the act of remaining standing or sitting in the one place for the duration of a phone call. -
Motorola StarTAC
Introduced on January 3rd 1996 was the world’s first ever flip phone, The Motorola StarTAC. Selling a whopping 60 million phones, MotorolaTAC is a lightweight invention, creating the ultimate shift towards more lightweight phone models. -
Nokia 5110
Producing a range of different colours, the Nokia 5110 introduced in March 1998, was a strong and durable phone that produced a lengthy battery life. This phone included a game called ‘snake’ that was displayed on the 47 x 84 pixel screen. -
Camera phone.
Combining both a phone and a camera is what the Samsung SCH-V200 did in June 2000. This phone could store up to 20 photos, having to hook the phone up to a computer to acquire them. This was the evolution that combined both cameras and phones and to this day highlights the major dependence we place on the combination of both. -
Blackberry smartphone.
Leading the way in the 2000’s was the Blackberry phone. Officially announced in 2007, the Blackberry smartphone was a target market for business people, due to the enhanced features of advanced emailing, a familiar keyboard as well as blackberry messenger. However, like the previous smartphone, The Palm Treo, the Blackberry lacked touch screen capabilities, the phone fell rapidly due to evolving touch screen smart phones. -
Apple Iphone's
With the introduction of the Apple IPhone on June 29th, 2007, it set the bar in leading edge technological phone advancements. Consistently improving their features from the first ever smartphone, Apple provides annual updates within both the software and hardware. The latest IPhone 6 and IPhone 6 plus is much larger than previous IPhones. It includes leading edge technology and aesthetic advancements, making it an appealing and advantageous mobile device. -
Palm Treo smart phone
The Palm Treo phone became one of the very first smartphones, released on January 5, 2008. Visually, the Treo looks very similar to a blackberry. Although at first the Treo was a very appealing phone on the market at the time, they soon lost their appeal due to the introduction of touch screen smart phones. -
Android smartphone
The very first Android device was released in October 2008, it included original and innovative design components such as a key board that swings out and an element built-in on the side with suitable buttons for user convenience. This mobile device creation was developed with the intention of competing with Blackberry’s, Windows Mobile and Symbian.
