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Phone Timeline

By j.ke

  • The First Telephone Call

    The First Telephone Call
    On March 7, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant Thomas Watson created the first telephone. A few days after that, Alexander G. Bell made the first-ever telephone call to Watson, allegedly saying this now-famous phrase, “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.”

  • Candlestick Phone

    Candlestick Phone
    Alexander Graham Bell was set out to improved the original phone he created. The original telephone where very bulky and mall mounted. With the introduction of the candlestick telephone they able to be set on tables and desk.

  • Rotary Telephone

    Rotary Telephone
    Nicknamed the Frankfut "Bauhaus". It was known as the first version of the rotary telephone. Many people like this phone because it was easier to use and dial.

  • Phones for cars

    Phones for cars
    The first car telephones connected to the Public Switched Telephone Network in the United States were put into service in 1946, as a response to the growing mobility of the American population.

  • First Mobile Phone

    First Mobile Phone
    The first mobile phone, known as the AEG Telecar CD, is created

  • First Flip Phone

    First Flip Phone
    By the late 1980s, the Motorola MicroTAC9800X, was created the first flip phone.

  • The first "smart" phone

    The first "smart" phone
    In the 1990s the first phone with touch screen compatibility was created call the IBM Simon.

  • Cell Phones with cameras

    Cell Phones with cameras
    In the early 2000s, the first phones with built-in cameras became publicly available, including the Nokia 7650 and the Sanyo SPC-5300. The Nokia phone had "a large 176x208 pixel colour display," according to a media release at the time.

  • First Blackberry

    First Blackberry
    The Blackberry 5810 is created, inspiring the telephone industry and introducing the world to the BlackBerry Brand.

  • first iPhone

    first iPhone
    The first iPhone is created by Steve Jobs and Apple. The iPhone allowed for your phone to be an iPod, a telephone, and was able to have games known as "apps."

  • First Android

    First Android
    The T-Mobile G1 is created, becoming the first phone to use Google's Android operating system

  • 5G networks

    5G networks
    The UK & US begin to deploy 5G network, initial indications point to real-world data transfer speeds 10 times faster than 4G.