Cell Phones through the Years

Motorola Dynatac 8000X

Jan 1, 1983

Motorola Microtac 9800X

Jan 1, 1989

The first truly portable phone.

Motorola International 3200

Jan 1, 1992

First digital hand-size cell phone

Nokia 1011

Jan 1, 1992

First mass-produced phone.

Bellsouth/IBM Simon Personal Communicator

Jan 1, 1993

The first PDA/Phone combo.

Motorola Startac

Jan 1, 1996

The first clamshell cell phone.

Nokia 8110

Jan 1, 1996

The "banana phone"

Nokia 9000 Communicator

Jan 1, 1996

The first smartphone series.

Nokia 9110I

Jan 1, 1998

The most popular model at the time.

Nokia 8210

Jan 1, 1999

Nokia 7110

Jan 1, 1999

Benefon ESC

Jan 1, 1999

First time a GPS was included with a mobile phone.

Samsung SPH-M100 Uproar

Jan 1, 1999

First cell phone with MP3 music capabilities.

Nokia 3210

Jan 1, 1999

Featured an internal antenna and predictive T9 text messaging.

Ericsson R380

Jan 1, 2000

Included a B&W touchscreen, partially covered by a flip.

Nokia 5510

Jan 1, 2001

Featured a full QWERTY keyboard and could store up to 64mb of music.

Ericsson T39

Jan 1, 2001

The first Bluetooth capable phone.

Ericsson T68

Jan 1, 2001

First cell phone with a color screen

Nokia 3510(I)

Jan 1, 2002

Brought GPRS internet services to the mass market and also had a color screen.

Nokia 7650

Jan 1, 2002

First Nokia set to feature a built-in camera.

Sony Ericsson P800

Jan 1, 2002

Had up to 128mb of memory and a touchscreen.

Palmone Treo 600

Jan 1, 2003

Very popular before being replaced by Blackberries. Merged the phone, PDA and camera.

Nokia 7600

Jan 1, 2003

One of Nokia's first 3G smartphones.

Motorola Razor V3

Jan 1, 2004

Nokia 6630

Jan 1, 2004

First cell phone that allowed global roaming.

Nokia 7280

Jan 1, 2004

Known as the "lipstick phone"

HTC Universal

Jan 1, 2005

First phone to come with Windows Mobile.

LG Chocolate KG800

Jan 1, 2006

iPhone

Jun 1, 2007

Included an auto-rotate sensor, a multi-touch sensor, a touch interference that replaced the QWERTY keyboards, and many other revolutionary features.

LG Voyager

Jul 1, 2007

LG's response to the iPhone.

HTC Touch

Jul 1, 2007

HTC's response to the iPhone

Nokia E90 Communicator

Jul 1, 2007

LG Shine

Jul 1, 2007

iPhone 3G

Jul 1, 2008

The iPhone made even more desirable with copious apps available for download from the AppStore

T-mobile G1 Phone

Aug 1, 2008

First phone to be released with the Android operating system.

Blackberry Storm

Aug 1, 2008

Designed to directly compete with the iPhone 3G and other 3G smartphones.

Sidekick LX 2009

Jan 1, 2009

HTC Touch Diamond2

Jan 1, 2009

LG Rumor 2

Jan 1, 2009

Designed for e-mail.

Motorola Renew

Jan 1, 2009

First carbon-neutral cell phone. Very eco-friendly and made with recycled materials.

iPhone 4

Jul 1, 2010

Samsung Galaxy

Jul 1, 2010

Motorola Droid 3

Jan 1, 2011

HTC Evo

Jan 1, 2011

Samsung Galaxy S3

Jan 1, 2012

iPhone 5

Sep 21, 2012

Samsung Galaxy S4

Jan 1, 2013

HTC One

Jan 1, 2013

Nokia Lumia 520

Jan 1, 2013

Samsung Galaxy S4

Aug 1, 2013

Features a full Android operating system, a high-definition touch screen, and a 13-megapixel camera.

Samsung Galaxy S5

Feb 1, 2014

iPhone 6

Sep 19, 2014

Bigger, thinner, more powerful, faster, more features than its predecessors.

LG G Flex 2

Jan 1, 2015

Samsung Galaxy S6

Sep 1, 2015

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

Mar 11, 2016