Phones

Charles Grafton Page Creates Something To Help Development Of The Phone

May 2, 1840

In 1840, American Charles Grafton Page passed an electric current through a coil of wire placed between the poles of a horseshoe magnet.

Phone Is Invented

May 2, 1849

Alexander Graham Bell Creates Phone In 1849

Innocenzo Manzetti Considered The Idea Of A Telephone

May 2, 1849

Innocenzo Manzetti considered the idea of a telephone as early as 1844, and may have made one in 1864, as an enhancement to an automaton built by him in 1849.

First Mobile Phone

Apr 3, 1973

On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive, made the first mobile telephone call from handheld subscriber equipment, placing a call to Dr. Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs his rival. The prototype handheld phone used by Dr. Cooper weighed 1.1 kg and measured 23 cm long, 13 cm deep and 4.45 cm wide.

First Cellphone Tower

Apr 3, 1973

Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone. On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive, made the first mobile telephone call from handheld subscriber equipment, placing a call to Dr. Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs, his rival.

First Mobile Phone Call

Apr 4, 1973

[The First Mobile Phone Call Was Made 40 Years Ago Today. On April 3, 1973, Motorola employee Martin Cooper stood in midtown Manhattan and placed a call to the headquarters of Bell Labs in New Jersey.]

First Camera Phone

Aug 11, 2002

[Cellphone cameras. In 2002, the first phones with built-in cameras became publicly available, including the Nokia 7650 and the Sanyo SPC-5300.] (www.cbc.ca/news/technology/5-major-moments-in-cellphone-history-1.1407352)

First Iphone

Jan 9, 2007

On January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs announced the iPhone at the Macworld convention, receiving substantial media attention.

First Android

Sep 2, 2008

First released in September 2008, the Dream was the first commercially released device to use the Linux-based Android operating system, which was purchased and further developed by Google

First Samsung Phone

Apr 27, 2009

The Samsung Galaxy, known as Samsung GT-I7500 in some countries, is a mobile phone manufactured by Samsung that used the open source Android operating system. It was announced on 27 April 2009 and was released on 29 June 2009. It is succeeded by the Samsung i5700.