Cell Phones

  • Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.
    Actor portraying Alexander Graham Bell in a 1926 silent film. The single-port design required the user to alternately speak into and then listen through the same hole.
  • Oliver Lodge demonstrates wireless communication over a distance of 150 yards. This is the beginnings of cell phone technology.

    Oliver Lodge demonstrates wireless communication over a distance of 150 yards. This is the beginnings of cell phone technology.
  • The first coin telephone was installed in Hartford, Connecticut.

    The first coin telephone was installed in Hartford, Connecticut.
  • Edwin H. Armstrong invents the superheterodyne receiver circuit. Calls became clearer and faster.

  • AT&T agrees to breakup its Bell System telephone companies.

  • The Original Iphone was invented.

    The Original Iphone was invented.