History of the Cell Phone By JTNewTech Jan 1, 1907 Trans-Atlantic 2-Way Telegraphy Used Commercially Jan 1, 1927 First Mobile 2-Way Radios Used Jun 17, 1946 Mobile Telephone Service Introduced Oct 1, 1983 Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS) Introduced Jan 1, 1984 Ameritech Adds First 1G Network in US May 13, 1984 Motorola DynaTAC Mobile Phone Launched Jan 1, 1990 CDMA and GSM Cell Phone Protocols Introduced Dec 3, 1992 First Text Message Sent Aug 16, 1994 First Smartphone (IBM Simon) Released Jan 1, 2002 3G Mobile Broadband Introduced in United States Aug 1, 2004 Motorola Razr Released Oct 26, 2004 Cingular and AT&T Wireless Merge Creating One of Largest Cell Networks Jan 1, 2009 4G Cellular Networks Released Oct 14, 2011 Siri Released on iPhone to Provide Voice-Recognition and Vocal Cellular Commands. Most Reliable System Apr 26, 2013 Samsung Releases Galaxy S4 with Hands-Free Operating Systems (Eye Trackers and Touch-Free Navigation) Dec 31, 2014 Silicon-anode Batteries Introduced for Cell Phones to Provide Battery Life