phone timeline

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  • first phone

    first phone
    The first phone was invented in 1876 in March. Alexander graham Bell had accidentally plucked a reed and that's when they realized that sound could transfer over wires.
  • telephone line

    telephone line
    in 1877 the first construction started on the first telephone line. it went to Boston to Somerville, Massachusetts.
  • telephone book

    telephone book
    It was a page long had 50 names and no numbers. The page was divided into four sections: residential, professional, essential services, and miscellaneous.
  • expansion of telephone lines

    By the end of 1880 there were 49,000 telephones in the united states. The following year telephone service between Boston and Providence, Rhode Island, had been established.
  • rotary dialing

    rotary dialing
    An associate of Stowgers' invented the rotary dial. Replacing the buttons.
  • pay phones

    pay phones
    The first was coin operated telephone patented by William Gary of, Hartford Connecticut. But they were first installed in 1905 by this time there was 2.2 million phones.
  • mobile phone

    The earliest mobile phones were radio controlled units designed for cars. they had extremely limited range.
  • touch tone phones

    AT&T had experimented with using tone rather than pulse since 1940. This had not started till 1963.
  • 911

    before 1968 they had no way to call first responders. The Federal Communications Commission and AT&T soon announced they would use 911 since its easy to remember
  • cordless phones

    cordless phones
    the first cordless phones were introduced in 1970. In 1986 the frequency range was 47 to 49 MHz.
  • cell phone

    Motorola introduced the first hand-held cellular phone in 1973. Research on what would become the cellular phone network used today began in 1947 at Bell Labs.
  • caller id

    multiple people created devices for identifying where incoming calls were coming from. This started late 1960s. They made it available in 1984 (https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-the-telephone-alexander-graham-bell-1991380)
  • iphone 12

    the iphone 12 will have four cameras. the price is estimated to be around $800. https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-12/
  • virtual reality

    The technology lets iPhone users place virtual objects in the actual world. You can use it to plan a to build 3D models on your coffee table also play games and much more.https://www.cultofmac.com/488696/future-of-the-iphone/
  • better iphone materials

    it is likely to to adopt more robust materials that don't get damaged as easily. An idea they have is sapphire crystal displays. https://www.cultofmac.com/488696/future-of-the-iphone/