Cell phone pile

History of the Cell Phone

  • 1922 BCE

    Pioneer

    Pioneer
    Police in Chicago used a cell phone with a frequency of a AM radio station.
  • Portable

    Portable
    A London exhibition shows off a portable cellphone that could dial to other cellphone systems.
  • Inventor

    Inventor
    Martin Copper is given the credit for the invention of the first cellphone that was going to be commercialize.
  • Ahead of its time

    Ahead of its time
    Philips introduces the first "smart phone". The cell phone provided the user with wireless access to the internet.
  • Simple

    Simple
    A tourist takes a picture of a volcano in Indonesia with the use of his cell phone camera.
  • Text is Next

    Text is Next
    Texting becomes popular among cellphone users. It becomes so popular that texting competitions are created.
  • Iphone 3G

    Iphone 3G
    Steve Jobs includes 3G on his iPhones, making them faster and less expensive to navigate the web and communicate with others.
  • Smarter every year (2009- 2016)

    Smarter every year (2009- 2016)
    Every year cellphones get updated and come up with new things. Like face timing and other new methods of communication. Smartphones are nowadays 4G. That means that the cellphone connection is faster and better.