Mobile phone evolution

Cellular Devices

By ladoragregory
  • The First Cell Phone
    1983 BCE

    The First Cell Phone

    The first mobile telephone call from handheld subscriber equipment, placing a call to Dr. Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.
  • The Second Cell Phone

    The Second Cell Phone

    The first mobile telephone call from handheld subscriber equipment, placing a call to Dr. Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.
  • Third Cell Phone

    Third Cell Phone

    Motorola's wireless telephone handset division was a pioneer in cellular telephones. Also known as the Personal Communication Sector (PCS) prior to 2004, it pioneered the "mobile phone" with DynaTAC, "flip phone" with the MicroTAC as well as the "clam phone" with the StarTAC in the mid-1990s.