technology timeline

  • 1920 phones

    1920 phones
    Bell and Thomas Watson made the first official coast-to-coast call in 1915. Around the 1920s, telephones were relatively common fixtures.
  • 1930s phone

    1930s phone
    The Model 202 was the first telephone created in the 1930s. it was used by offices manly and was used as a desktop phone.
  • 1940s phone

    1940s phone
    phones had nearly any advancements in the 1940s and only had slight changes like faster call speeds.
  • 1950

    1950
    Direct distance dialing also came about in the 1950s, allowing callers to directly dial long-distance numbers without an operator.
  • 1960

    1960
    In the 1960s they made a new button system to replace the rotary weal.
  • 1970

    1970
    1973 was the year the Xerox Alto, the first cell phone call, TCP, Ethernet, and fiber optics were created.
  • 1990

    1990
    Nokia launched its ‘1011’ model, the first mobile phone that could be used anywhere in the world. This was thanks to its ability to access the Global System for Mobile Communication.
  • 2000

    2000
    Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone on Jan. 9, 2007. the first of its kind a phone with a glass display and a touch screen.
  • 2010 phones

    2010 phones
    In 2010s cell phones are becoming more usful and more widespread during this year.
  • 2020 phones

    2020 phones
    In 2020 smart phones are the best they have ever been and with newly developed facial recognition you only have to look at your phone to turn it on.