Post War Period Phone Timelines

First mobile phones were used in cases

Jul 16, 1958

Case Phones

First mobile phones were used and made in cars

Aug 16, 1981

First Mobile Technology in Australia

First Mobile phones not carried around in a case

May 16, 1987

First Portable Mobile Phone

Nokia Releases the first smartphone with a qwerty keyboard

Aug 16, 1997

Nokia Ad 1997

Solid phones continued to get smaller and continued to become more affordable

Jul 16, 2000

Original Nokia Ringtone

First flip phones introduced. Became smaller.

Jul 16, 2004

Sony Ericsson Flip

Smartphones started to become the most sold phones. They were small and for the first time, used internet

Jul 16, 2009

Nokia N95 8GB Advertisement

First Touch screen phones came out

Jul 16, 2010

Samsung Galaxy i TV Advertisement

Today, touch screen phones rule the market. Internet access and large memory are the main features. Screens continue to get bigger and so do the phones in some cases

Jul 16, 2012

Introducing iPhone 4S