Technology Timeline

By AlexLoredoEstrada

  • First phone

    First phone
    While Italian innovator Antonio Meucci (pictured at left) is credited with inventing the first basic phone in 1849, and Frenchman Charles Bourseul devised a phone in 1854, Alexander Graham Bell won the first U.S. patent for the device in 1876.

  • First House Phone

    First House Phone
    Philipp Reis, 1861, constructed the first telephone, today called the Reis telephone. Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for the invention of the telephone in 1876. Elisha Gray, 1876, designed a telephone using a water microphone in Highland Park, Illinois.

  • First Wireless Phone

    First Wireless Phone
    The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X was the first handheld cellular phone that allowed people to make longer distance calls than just a landline phone. It did not require any lines or cords to be attached to make a call. The first ever cellular phone call was made in 1973, using this phone, by Dr. Martin Cooper.

  • First Car Phone

    First Car Phone
    On 17 June 1946, a driver in St. Louis pulled out a handset from under his car's dashboard, placed a phone call and made history. It was the first mobile telephone call, placed on a system inaugurated by Southwestern Bell, one of AT&T's local operating companies.

  • First Flip Phone

    First Flip Phone
    1989, and its small, portable size and light weight (less than 4 ounces) helped make it popular among consumers for several years.

  • First SmartPhone

    First SmartPhone
    The IBM Simon was the first of its kind when it came out in 1994. This phone was the 1994 version of today's I-Phone. It was touch screen, portable, had a calculator, email, and could work on networks.

  • First Phone With Keyboard

    First Phone With Keyboard
    Released in 1996, The Nokia Communicator 9000 was the first phone with a QWERTY keypad. It was a comprehensive device with features such as fax, web browsing, email, word processing, and spreadsheets.

  • First Blackberry Phone

    First Blackberry Phone
    opportunity to create a device that would revolutionize the way people communicate. In 1999, RIM launched the first Blackberry device, known as the Blackberry 850.

  • First IPhone

    First IPhone
    he iPhone (retroactively referred to as the iPhone 2G, iPhone 1, or original iPhone) is the first iPhone model and the first smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. After years of rumors and speculation, it was officially announced on January 9, 2007, and was released in the United States on June 29, 2007.

  • IPhone 15 newest IPhone release

    IPhone 15 newest IPhone release
    The devices were announced on September 12, 2023, during the Apple Event at Apple Park in Cupertino, California alongside the higher-priced iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max. Pre-orders began on September 15, 2023, and the devices were made available on September 22, 2023.