Phones

By JavierV

  • The Telephone Was Created

    The Telephone Was Created
    Alexander Graham Bell invented/created the first telephone at this time.

  • The Bell Telephone Company Was Founded

    The Bell Telephone Company Was Founded
    Gardiner Greene Hubbard founded The Bell Telephone Company during this time.

  • The First Commercial Telephone Exchange

    The First Commercial Telephone Exchange
    The first commercial telephone exchange in the world began operations on January 28, 1878 in a storefront of the Boardman Building in New Haven. George W. Coy designed and built the world's first switchboard for commercial use.

  • First Rotary Phone Patented

    First Rotary Phone Patented
    In 1919, the first rotary phone was patented which entered into service

  • The First Mobile Phone Service (Cars)

    The First Mobile Phone Service (Cars)
    The first mobile phone service, for 80-pound telephones installed in cars, was demonstrated on June 17, 1946, 75 years ago.

  • First Picture Phone

    First Picture Phone
    This two-way system employed early television equipment and a closed circuit; by 1956 Bell Labs had developed a videophone that could be employed over existing telephone circuits. Further studies led to the development of the first complete experimental videophone system, known as the Picture Phone, in 1963.

  • Cordless Phones Appearance

    Cordless Phones Appearance
    Cordless phones first actually appeared during 1965 but were introduced later in 1980. The earliest cordless phones operated at a frequency of 27 MHz. They had the following problems:
    • Limited range
    • Poor sound quality - noisy and ridden with static because walls and appliances interfered with the signals
    • Poor security - people could easily intercept signals from another cordless phone because of the limited number of channels

  • First Mobile Phone

    First Mobile Phone
    The prototype mobile 'shoe' phone weighed 2 1/2 pounds
    The first handheld cellular phone call was made on April 3, 1973, by Motorola engineer Martin Cooper from Sixth Avenue in New York while walking between 53rd and 54th streets.

  • The iPhone

    The 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."

  • iPhone 13

    iPhone 13
    The iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max are smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. They are the flagship smartphones in the fifteenth generation of the iPhone, succeeding the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max. They were announced on September 14, 2021, and became available ten days later, on September 24, 2021. The devices were unveiled alongside the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini at an Apple Special Event at Apple Park in Cupertino, California on September 14, 2021.