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A precursor to the telephone was invented. It was called the telegraph. It works by transmitting electrical signals over wires -
Alexander Graham Bell created the first phone -
Edouard Branly created devices that could detect radio waves. This would eventually lead to the radio and the wireless phone. -
Allows a caller to dial a phone without an operator. This lead to a faster access to communication. -
The car phone was invented as the first "mobile phone". These phones would later drive the idea of easy use a mobile phone. -
AT&T created the first video phone, this did not only just introduce camera technology into phones but also lay the groundwork for apps like Skype, Facetime, and Google meet. -
Motorola was the first company to mass-produce the handheld phone. Martin Cooper led his team to create the first cell phone in 1973 -
The Motorola MicroTAC9800X is created and would become the inspiration for modern flip phones today -
The IBM Simon was created as a touchscreen that had applications and is considered the first smartphone. The introduction of a phone that could do more than just call change how we used phones -
The Sharp J-SHO4 becomes the first cell phone with a camera built-in. Camera phones open the opportunity of taking quick photos and also lead to the popularization of Social media platforms -
The industrial revolution leads to the need for faster communication which caused the development and the enhanced meant of the phone. Over the years phones gained camera, mobility, and utility in what they could do such as calculating and running apps. As we become more dependent on phones the next big step in phone tech is becoming a mixed reality where we can portray a virtual object with a real objects we could interact with.