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First mobile phone created
Created by Martin Cooper, who at the time was a senior engineer for Motorola, created the first mobile phone. It took 10 hours to charge, and weighed a whopping 1.1 kgs (Goodwin 2015)! -
Motorola DynaTAC 8000X approved
Motorola receives approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission for the first mobile phone, the DynaTAC 8000X (Motorola n.d.). -
Vehicular cellular phone made public
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First commercial sales of mobile phones
After being approved in late 1983, Motorola began sales of the first ever mobile phone, the DynaTAC 8000X. They released a complete line, including car phones. They cost approximately $4000 USD (Goodwin 2015). -
First SMS sent
22 year-old test engineer for Sema Group in the UK was the first to send an SMS message. It was sent from a personal computer to a mobile device. The message simply wrote, "Merry Christmas" (Snowden 2006, p. 107). -
Apple release 'MessagePad'
The precursor to the iPad (1st generation). -
Nokia introduces Nokia 3310
Nokia introduce the (now cult) mobile phone 3315. It was sturdy but lightweight, and perhaps most revolutionary, had mobile chat. Nokia created this with internet chat rooms in mind (Nokia press release 2000). -
Steve Jobs iPhone keynote announcement
Steve Jobs announces the first generation iPhone in a keynote speech at the Macworld Conference & Expo in California. He claimed that Apple would, "reinvent the phone" (Farber 2007). -
Apple release iPhone (1st generation)
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One millionth iPhone sold
74 days after its release, Apple sold their one millionth iPhone (Kerris 2007</a>) Steve Jobs says it took Apple almost 2 years to reach the same milestone with the iPod (Kerris 2007). -
Apple announce iPhone 6 and 6 Plus
Apple announce the newest (and current) iPhone. In addition to the standard iPhone release, Apple announced they would be releasing two iPhones - one a bigger version, named the iPhone 6 Plus. The iPhone 6 Plus can be described as a bridge between a standard iPhone and the iPad.
