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The Telephone
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Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone
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The first phone call
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Water telephone was made
Elisha Gray, designed a telephone using a water microphone in Highland Park, Illinois -
First transcontinental telephone call
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Touch-tone telephone is introduced
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First 911 call is made
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First portable cell phone call is made
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Telephone transmission extends across and between major cities
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The Motorola StarTAC was the first successful flip phone, and the first successful consumer cell phone.
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First phone to include a camera
The Sanyo SCP–5300 was one of the first phones to include a camera. -
iPhone was introduced
When the iPhone was introduced in 2007, Apple brought the smartphone to the masses.