The Evolution of Cell phones by Kearon Redmon

The first Mobile Cell Phone System introduced in 1983

Sep 21, 1983

Motorola DynaTAC 8000X introduced, could not fit in pocket and only used for calling, It offered 30 minutes of talk time and priced around $4000

Motorola MicroTAC 9800X

Apr 25, 1989

The model sold for between U.S. $2,495 and $3,495, most cellular phones were installed as car phones due to the inability to fit them into a jacket pocket, this phone changed that

first SMS phone

Dec 10, 1992

Nokia introduced the 1011 in 1992. It was the first mobile phone capable of sending and receiving SMS texts.

AT&T PocketNet Phone

Sep 15, 1996

first internet enabled phone made

first camera phone

May 1, 2000

The first camera phone was the J-SH04 made by sharp. Borland founder Philippe Kahn invented the camera phone.