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The Oringinal Phone
OringinalPhoneOn March 10, 1876 Abraham Graham Bell spoke into his device and said to his assistant, “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.” -
Candlestick
CandlestickPopular from the 1890s to the 1930s, the candlestick phone was separated into two pieces. -
Answering Machine
Answering MachineThe answering machine transformed phone behavior, allowing callers to leave a message if no one was on the other end -
Push Button
PushButtonIn 1963, AT&T introduced Touch-Tone, which allowed phones to use a keypad to dial numbers and make phone calls. -
Portable Phones
Portable PhonePortable, or cordless, phones were the phone equivalent of the TV remote -
Motorola StarTAC
MotorolaThe Motorola StarTAC was the first successful flip phone, and in many ways, the first successful consumer cell phone. -
Sanyo SCP–5300
SanyoReleased in 2003, the Sanyo SCP–5300 was one of the first phones to include a camera. -
iPhone and Android
IPhone and AndroidWhen the iPhone was introduced in 2007, Apple brought the smartphone to the masses. -
Palm Treo
Palm TreoWith the Treo, Palm expanded its popular PDA line to become one of the first smartphones. -
IPhone 6+
6+It’s 1920 x 1080, with a ppi of 401 - that’s over two million pixels. By comparison, the iPhone 6 resolution is 1334 x 750 at 326ppi and the iPhone 5s is 1136 x 640 at 326ppi.