The mobile phone history

By chloep25

  • First public phone call

    In 1973, the General Manager of the company Motorola gave the very first call in public on a mobile phone.

  • First SMS ever sent

    "Merry Christmas" was the first text message ever sent in the UK under the Vodafone Service.

  • Appearance of personalised ringtones

    In the late 90's, ringtones made their first appearance in Finland.

  • Appearance of the 3G

    3G first appeared in Hong Kong and was sent over to the UK

  • Rise of the Apple

    In 2007, Steve Jobs launched the first phone who could gather either an IPod and a phone in the same time.
  • Period: to

    It keeps growing

    Since the launch of the IPhone, the mobile phone world has known a complete revolution. Nowadays Apple is still going on the market with the "IPhone X", being in high and close competition with the brand Samsung.

  • Rise of the Robot

    Android launched its very first device

  • The legacy of the S

    Samsung launched the very first "Samsung Galaxy S", still being on top of the sales nowadays