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The first public wireless phone call was made in 3rd April, 1973 by Martin Cooper of Motorola. Walking along in sixth avenue, New York he called Joel Engel (head of research, Bell Labs). The phone he used had the following features:
Weight: 2.5 pound
Length: 10 inches
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Analog Motorola DynaTAC 8000X Advanced Mobile Phone System mobile phone as of 1983. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Mobile_Phone_System#History
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The first truly portable phone. Up until its release, most cellular phones were installed as car phones due to the inability to fit them into a jacket pocket.
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The first digital hand-size mobile telephone http://timerime.com/en/event/1217015/Motorola+International+3200/
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a "smartphone" is a device the size and shape of a cellphone, sporting a large sensitive screen instead of your regular keyboard, having internet communication features, complete PDA functions, and of course, all of the usual cellphone functions. http://www.retrocom.com/bellsouth_ibm_simon.htm
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The first clamshell cellular phone. Also one of the first display screens featured on a cell.
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The first smartphone series, driven by an Intel 386 CPU.
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This iteration of Nokia’s Communicator series significantly reduced the weight of this precursor to the smartphone.
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The Nokia 8210 is a nice object to hold. It is small and light; light enough be a modern phone. Turn it on and you will be surprised by the dated monochrome display. On the outside this phone could be new and many people wish Nokia would still make something like it today. http://www.mobilephonehistory.co.uk/nokia/nokia_8210.php
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This popular phone sold 126 million models, and was particularly popular in Europe.
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This was Ericsson’s first handset with a colour screen.
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This phone featured a full QWERTY keyboard. It could also store up to 64mb of music.
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The first Nokia phone to bring GPRS internet services to the mass market. The 3510i, pictured here, was a more advanced version with a colour screen.
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Nokia launches its Nokia 1100 handset. With over 200 million units shipped, it was the best-selling mobile phone of all time and the world's top-selling consumer electronics product. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/nokia/10282657/Nokia-a-timeline-in-pictures.html
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When this was introduced it set the standard for sleek design in the industry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6ON1Tg_PgA
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This model was sold as the Orange SPV M3100 in the UK, keeping with HTC’s tradition of private labelling for individual carriers.
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The original iPhone was released in June 2007 with an auto-rotate sensor, a multi-touch sensor that allowed multiple inputs while ignoring minor touches, a touch interface that replaced the traditional QWERTY keyboards, and many other features that helped to give Apple an almost instant healthy market share on its release.
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The iPhone 3G was made even more desirable by all the apps that could be purchased for it in the AppStore when it was released in July of 2008. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_3G
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This phone promises the first high-definition video recording when it is released July 1st of 2009. http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/05/the-evolution-of-cell-phone-design-between-1983-2009/
