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On this day, Alexander Gram Bell spoke to his assistant through his device. Because of this, he launched the telephone era with the first bi-directional electronic transmission of the spoken word.
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The rotary was invented by Almon B. Strowger. In order to dial this phone, you have to spin the dial to the number you wanted, then release.
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AT&T introduced Touch-Tone, which allowed phones to use a touch pad to dial numbers and make calls.
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Starting in the 1980s, portable phones were like a small-scale cell phone. These phones were a big improvement from the push-button phone.
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These phones were the first commercially available mobile phones. In the year 1973, Martin Cooper made the first cell phone call with a predecessor of this beat.
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This phone was the first successful flip phone. It was also, in some ways, the first successful consumer cell phone. Motorola eventually sold 60 million StarTACs.
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This phone was rugged and had a long battery life. The Nokia 5110's screen had a 47 X 84 pixels.
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With the RAZR, Motorola perfected the flip phone design. When this phone was released, it was as much as a fashion device as a cell phone.
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Both of these phones were a massive improvement from a flip phone. They both had an incredible design, even though they still had some flaws.
