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Working prototype of a mobile cellular phone
Engineer Dr. Martin Cooper and his team created a working mobile phone prototype the first ever call was made in New York City -
The first cell phone get approval
10 years later or a decade the first mobile phone dubbed Motorola DynaTAC 8000X was approved by the federal communication commision -
2G and lithium-ion batteries
Sony and it's engineer Asahi Kasei commercialize a light weight and rechargeable lithium-ion batteries -
First smartphone announced and first SMS sent
IBM engineer Frank Canova created a "smartphone" prototype with a code name sweet pot this was considered to be the first true true smartphone -
The first smart phone hits the market
IBM Simon personal communicator a refined version of Canova's prototype. It had a touchscreen and users could not only take phone calls but could receive emails too. -
The term smartphone was coined
3 years and it was used by Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson to describe it's new mobile device called GS88 -
First Front Facing camera and GPS
This is the first commercial phone called Kyocera Visual phone this phone was released in Japan. It had a front facing camera -
First Back facing camera phone
The J-SH04 released by sharp and it was sold in Japan. It was considered the first mass-market camera phone. -
Live assisted GPS technology
Us electronics company Qualcomm invented and tested live assisted GPS -
First android smartphone
The T - mobile G1 It had a touch screen QWERTY keyboard and internet access the phone slid to reveal the keyboard. -
4G network
A Swedish company Telia Sonera had released for a 4G commercial use. This was about 10 times faster than 3G -
5G network
Verizon rolled out the first 5G network in the world