The history of the phone

Motorola DynaTAC 8000x

Mar 8, 1983

Analog Motorola DynaTAC 8000X Advanced Mobile Phone System mobile phone as of 1983.

phones

Period: Mar 8, 1983 to Mar 8, 1999

Motorola MicroTAC 9800x

Mar 8, 1989

The first truly portable phone. Up until its release, most cellular phones were installed as car phones due to the inability to fit them into a jacket pocket.

Motorola International 3200

Mar 9, 1992

The first digital hand-size mobile telephone.

BellSouth/IBM Simon Personal communicator

Mar 9, 1993

The IBM Simon was the first PDA/Phone combo

Motorola StarTAC

Mar 9, 1996

The first clamshell cellular phone. Also one of the first display screens featured on a cell.

Nokia 8110

Mar 9, 1996

Alternately called the “banana phone”, this phone was popularized in the first Matrix movie.

Nokia 9000 Communicator

Mar 9, 1996

The first smartphone series, driven by an Intel 386 CPU.

Nokia 5110

Mar 9, 1998

This cell phone was the most popular consumer model at the time of its release and for some time afterwards.

Nokia 8210

Mar 9, 1999

This phone was loved for its customizable design, but hated for its screen fade.

Nokia 7110

Mar 9, 1999

The first mobile phone with a WAP browser.