Phone

The History Of Phones

By kenmakozume42

  • The electrochemical telegraph

    The electrochemical telegraph
    Francisco Salva Campillo, a Spanish polymath and scientist creates the electric telegraph

  • The first working telegraph

    The first working telegraph
    English Inventor Francis Ronalds creates the electric telegraph

  • The electromagnetic telegraph

    The electromagnetic telegraph
    Baron Schilling created the electromagnetic telegraph

  • Carl Friedrich Gauss and Willhelm Weber

    Build a telegraph that sends 8 words per minute

  • First Commercialized Electric Telegraph

    First Commercialized Electric Telegraph
    Created by Sir William Fothergill Cooke and entered use on the Great Western Railway in England. Ran for 13 mi (21 km) from Paddington station to West Drayton.

  • Alexander Graham Patents the Telephone

    Alexander Graham Patents the Telephone
    Alexander Graham Bell was granted US patent 174465A for a method of transmitting speech; the telephone

  • The Carbon Microphone

    The Carbon Microphone
    Thomas Edison invents and develops the carbon microphone that went along with the Bell Receiver

  • The Candlestick

    The Candlestick
    The candlestick telephone was introduced and packaged in 3 parts

  • First Cellular Device

    First Cellular Device
    Motorola manager Martin Cooper placed a cellular-phone call to Dr Joel S. Engel, head of research at AT&T's Bell Labs.

  • First Smartphone (Apple)

    First Smartphone (Apple)
    Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone—a touchscreen mobile phone with an iPod, camera and Web-browsing capabilities, among other features.

  • Modern Day Phone

    Modern Day Phone
    The iPhone 13 Pro is released