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A telephone, or phone, is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly.
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The first use of a dial phone was in 1982 in La Porte, Indiana based on a 1891 patent by Almon Brown Strowger. In 1919 the American Bell Telephone Company began national service for user controlled rotary dial phones.
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Raymond Philips Sr first documented the idea of the cordless phone. In 1965 a musician named Teri Pall made a working version of a cordless phone, but the method it used to communicate could span over a range of 2 miles and interfered with aircraft communications, making the device unmarketable.
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Mobile phones were invented as early as the 1940s when engineers working at AT&T developed cells for mobile phone base stations. The very first mobile phones were not really mobile phones at all. They were two-way radios that allowed people like taxi drivers and the emergency services to communicate.
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Advanced Mobile Phone system was an analog mobile phone system started by Bell Labs, and officially introduced in the Americas on October 13, 1983.
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A flip phone, equipped with only texts, calls, and sometimes games, can bring you back to minimalistic clarity. Without constant distractions coming from your smartphone, you can use your flip phone for fundamental functions instead of recreation or distraction.
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The first smartphone was invented in 1992, 25 years ago. Created by IBM, the Simon Personal Communicator was truly revolution. It was the first phone to combine the functions of a cell phone, it could make calls, and a PDA, which back then was a handheld device you could use for emails and to send faxes.
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The purpose of the iphone is to earn money for apple and to just be a phone. It was originally invented to call or text someone. Now it is used to get on the internet, text, facetime, call, and even play games.
