History of the Mobile Phone

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    History of the Mobile Phone

  • Ericsson's Mobile System

    Ercisons Mobile System was the first automatic mobile system bit weighing at for automobiles. But wieght quite abit at 88 pounds. It was first used in Sweden.

  • Bell's Auto Mobile Telephone

    With the adaption of Bell's newer pre-cellular Improved Mobile Telephone Service, auto owners saw lighter, more advanced mobile car phones with push buttons. This one by Motorola weighed 40 pounds, half as much of the original units from the '40s.

  • First Phone with out a vechile setting

    With a prototype of the DynaTAC portable phone, former Motorola Vice President Martin Cooper made the first private, practical mobile phone call in a non-vehicle setting.

  • Motorola's Dyna Phone

    10 years later after the prototype, Motorola's DynaTAC cellular phone was made available to the public, weighing under 2 pounds, but costing nearly $4,000 (almost $9,000 today).

  • Motorola's MicroTac Phone

    Motorola's MicroTAC, which introduced the first flip phone design. The hardware was place in a hinged section of the phone, reducing the phone's size when not in use. It was truly the world's first pocket phone.

  • Worlds First Smart Phone

    Perhaps the world's first smartphone, IBM Simon was a mobile phone, pager, fax machine and PDA, all rolled into one.

  • Nokia's First Smart Phone

    Nokia 9000 Communicator was what really brought on the smartphone era. It was the first cell phone that could also be called a mini-computer (though it had limited web access).

  • Nokia Taking Over

    One of the most popular mobile phones in history was the Nokia 3210, with over 160 million sold. It was one of the first to allow picture messages, but only preinstalled ones like "Happy Birthday" and was one of the first to be marketing toward young people.

  • First Camera Phone in America

    The Sanyo 5300 from Sprint was the first camera phone sold in North America.

  • First Modernised Phone

    The next highly popular device was a camera phone called the Motorola RAZR, which was first marketed as a "fashion" phone in 2004, selling 50 million units by mid-2006.

  • iPhones are Released !

    In 2007, Steve Jobs introduced the Apple iPhone, a revolutionary touchscreen smartphone. It wasn't the first smartphone, but it was the first to get the user interface right, eventually adapting 3G technology

  • First Phone to Run on the 4G Network

    The HTC EVO 4G from Sprint was the first cellular phone to meet 4G standards.