Technology Timeline: The Telephone

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  • First telephone

    First telephone
    Alexander Graham Bell created the first telephone. It consisted of two parts: a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter would be the microphone of the telephone and the receiver would be the speaker.

  • First cordless phone

    First cordless phone
    The first patent for the wireless phone came in 1966 thanks to George Sweigert. This phones were similar to the ones used in World War II by the military.

  • First mobile phone

    First mobile phone
    Motorola invented the first mobile phone in 1973. It weighed 1.1 kg and measured 23 cm long, 13 cm deep and 4.45 cm wide.

  • First Smartphone

    First Smartphone
    The first smartphone ever was presented by Nokia in 1996. It was described as "the pocket office".