History of the Cell Phone By Jhorhn17 1921 First Car-to-Car Radio Police used these radios to communicater 1934 Federal Communications Committee Created 1956 Car Phones Created Apr 3, 1973 First Cell Phone Invented Invented by Martin Cooper 1983 Cell Phones Go Public 1989 Flip Phone Created 1993 Text Messaging Added 2002 Camera Added to Phones 2007 Apple iPhone Created