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The first phone
Alexander Graham Bell invented the first ever telephone. He made the first call to his partner Thomas Watson, and said "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.”
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The first across country call
Alexander Graham Bell made the first transcontinental Phone call to Thomas Watson. This call was made form New York to San Francisco, California.
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The first walkie-talkie
The walkie-talkie was invented by the Canadian Don Hings. He created it to be carried and used.
Source: https://www.twoway-radio.co.uk/history-of-walkie-talkies#:~:text=The%20walkie%2Dtalkie%20was%20first,system%20when%20working%20for%20CM%26S. -
The first handheld cellular phone call
A Motorola engineer by the name of Martin Cooper made the first handheld cellular phone call. While walking between 53rd and 54th streets, the call was made from Sixth Avenue in New York.
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The bag phone
Motorola came out with a car phone called the bag phone. At this time, the bag phone was the thing to have because of its great battery life, superior signal range, and long talk time.
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/complete-visual-history-of-cell-phones-2011-5#1994-14 -
First flip phone
The Motorola StarTAC was the very first flip phone. It was also the first phone pocketable. The dimensions of the flips phone was 3.8 x 2.25 x 1-inches.
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First built in game app
Nokia 6110, built-in the "Snake" arcade game. The iPod also had built in Brick and Solitaire games.
Source: https://inventionland.com/inventing/the-history-of-mobile-apps/#:~:text=Built%2Din%20Apps%20and%20the,consider%20the%20first%20mobile%20app. -
Danger Hiptop smartphone
Joe Britt, and Matt Hershenson, and Andy Rubin founded Danger. This company focuses on mobile phone technology.
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The first BlackBerry phone
Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin founded BlackBerry Limited in 1984, in Waterloo, Ontario. When the BlackBerry came out, it quickly became a technology mush-have.
Source:https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/blackberry-limited#:~:text=BlackBerry%20Limited%20(formerly%20Research%20In,capable%20of%20email%20%E2%80%94%20in%201999. -
The first iPhone
Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the first iPhone. A touchscreen mobile phone with an iPod, Web-browsing capabilities, and camera, among other features. The starting price for it was $499.
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First iOS version
The original version was released on June 29, 2007. The final version was released on July 15, 2008. The key features with iOS 1.0 were Visual Voicemail, Multitouch interface, Safari browser, Music app.
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Siri
Siri was released October 4, 2011. In the 90's, Siri was invented by Adam Cheyer. Siri was sold to Apple for what was reported to be $200 million.
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/29/how-siri-got-on-the-iphone.html#:~:text=Siri%20launched%20on%20the%20iPhone,4%2C%202011. -
iPhone 12
Apple confirmed that they will be releasing the iPhone 12 in October. The iPhone 12 models will range in price from $699-$1,149.
Source:https://www.t3.com/us/features/iphone-12-leaks-news-rumors-2 -
iOS 14
iOS 14 comes out in 2020. It has a bunch of new features including an App Library, Compact Calls, and new Memojis along with others.
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Pixel 5
The Pixel 5 is at a starting price of $499. One feature that they improved was the battery life.
Source: https://www.tomsguide.com/news/google-pixel-5
