Telephone History

First Telephone Created

Mar 10, 1876

Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell were the inventors that created a device that could transmit words electrically best known for the fist phone or telegraph.
How we stopped communicating like animals: 15 ways phones have evolved. (n.d.). BGR. Retrieved October 18, 2014, from http://bgr.com/2013/12/13/telephone-timeline-a-brief-history-of-the-phone/

Candlestick

Oct 17, 1890

This is a four part phone that was popular till 1930. The four parts were the mouth piece, the reciever, the stem and the base that contained the numbers.
How we stopped communicating like animals: 15 ways phones have evolved. (n.d.). BGR. Retrieved October 18, 2014, from http://bgr.com/2013/12/13/telephone-timeline-a-brief-history-of-the-phone/

Push-button

Nov 18, 1963

This phone is a clear expample of a advance in thechnology for that era. It replaced the rotary dial phone that was used for decades. The main thing that evolven in this new phone was automating the signals sent down the wire after you pushed the buttons.
Stieren, C. (n.d.). November 18, 1963 – Push button telephone. It Happened in the 60s RSS. Retrieved October 18, 2014, from http://www.ithappenedinthe60s.com/posts/november-18-1963-introduction-of-the-push-button-telephone/

Motorola DynaTAC

Mar 13, 1984

This phone was created by Martin Cooper it weighted 1.75 pounds, had 30 minutes of talk. It was very expensite it was $3,995.This were portable, or cordless, phones that had no base.
How we stopped communicating like animals: 15 ways phones have evolved. (n.d.). BGR. Retrieved October 18, 2014, from http://bgr.com/2013/12/13/telephone-timeline-a-brief-history-of-the-phone/

Nokia 5110

May 5, 1998

This was the first cell phone of all. It had a long battery life, a 2G network GSM 900, it weighted 170 g, 47 × 84 pixel screen and a talk time of 3 h 20 min.
Nokia 5110. (n.d.). Nokia 5110. Retrieved October 18, 2014, from http://www.mobilephonehistory.co.uk/noki