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The Invention of the Cell Phone
The first cell phone was made by Martin Cooper. He was a senior engineer at Motorola. It was the first time people could talk without being restricted by a landline.
http://www.knowyourmobile.com/nokia/nokia-3310/19848/history-mobile-phones-1973-2008-handsets-made-it-all-happen -
Avalibility to Consumers
Motorola releases the first commercial cell phone. The retail price was 4,000. It offered 30 minutes of talk time,took 10 hours to charge, weighed one kilogram, and could save 30 numbers.
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First "Modern" Cell Phone
14 years after the release of the original cell phone Nokia released the 6110. It was a huge improvment over the phones that came before it. It had a talk time of 3.25 hous, took 3 hours to charge, and only weighed 125 kilo grams. It also was the first time a cell phone included games the 6110 came with memory, snake, and logic
http://www.knowyourmobile.com/nokia/nokia-3310/19848/history-mobile-phones-1973-2008-handsets-made-it-all-happen -
Age of the Razr
Motorola released there Razr v3 released there product to consumers and it was a huge suc·cess. At the end ofits lifetime it sold a stagerring 130 million units. The Razr was the first phone with the flip-phone design. It then became the srtandard for later cell phones.It also offred 13 diffrent colors.
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The iphone
The popular iphone took the world by storm. It was revolutinary because it was the first time a phone could connect to wifi and could easily browse through the internet. It was a computer that could fit in your hand.
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Samsung vs Apple
Samsung and Apple are now dominating the cell phone market. Both release multiple phones every year to compete with each other. Its estimated that 50% of all cell phones are made by either Apple or Samung. To comppete both companies release innovative features such as a fingerprint sensor, 4k video recording, and a hear rate sensor
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/business/2014/06/apple-samsung-smartphone-patent-war
