History of the Cell Phone

  • Motorola DynaTAC 8000x

    Motorola DynaTAC 8000x
    It lasted for 30 minutes of talk time before dying. It was also about the size of a foot long sub from Subway.
  • Motorola MicroTAC 9800X

    Motorola MicroTAC 9800X
    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.
  • Nokia 3110

    Nokia 3110
    At the time, the 3110 was the most compact mobile phone available for purchase. Gone are the bulky phones of the 1970s and 80s.
  • Motorola Razr V3

    Motorola Razr V3
    Because of its striking appearance and thin profile, it was initially marketed as an exclusive fashion phone, but within a year, its price was lowered and it was wildly successful, selling over 50 million units by July 2006. Over the Razr's four-year run, the V3 model sold more than 130 million units, becoming the best-selling clamshell phone in the world to date.
  • BlackBerry Pearl 8100

    BlackBerry Pearl 8100
    The BlackBerry Pearl 8100 was a smartphone developed by Research In Motion. It was the first BlackBerry device with a camera and media player.
  • iPhone 3G

    iPhone 3G
    The iPhone 3G is internally similar to its predecessor, but included several new hardware features, such as GPS, 3G data and tri-band UMTS/HSDPA.
  • iPhone 5

    iPhone 5
    The iPhone 5 featured major design changes in comparison to its predecessor. These included an aluminum-based body which was thinner and lighter than previous models, a taller screen with a nearly 16:9 aspect ratio, the Apple A6 system-on-chip, LTE support, and Lightning, a new compact dock connector which replaced the 30-pin design used by previous iPhone models.
  • iPhone 6

    iPhone 6
    The iPhone 6 include larger 4.7 and 5.5 inches (120 and 140 mm) displays, a faster processor, upgraded cameras, improved LTE and Wi-Fi connectivity and support for a near field communications-based mobile payments offering.
  • iPhone 7

    iPhone 7
    The iPhone 7's overall design is similar to the iPhone 6S, but introduces new color options, water and dust resistance, a new capacitive, static home button, and removes the 3.5 mm headphone jack.
  • iPhone 8

    iPhone 8
    The major difference between iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 is the glass back on the iPhone 8. The screen of the iPhone 8 is a little bigger. It still lacks a headphone jack. The design is a little bigger. iPhone 8 is faster than the iPhone 7.