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First Call From a Mobile Phone
Martin Cooper, an engineer at Motorola, called on the first ever mobile phone. The phone is said to have weighed 1.1 kg, being the heaviest cellphone ever. The phone is allowed 30 minutes of talking before it needs a full charge, which takes about 10 hours. In 1983, cell phones came out for the public to buy for $4000 each.
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First Smartphone
The first smartphone was released in 1993, by IBM Simon. It contained software applications and apps, it was also a PDA/Phone combo. The phone only worked in 15 states in the USA. for its network didn't venture very far.It cost about $900. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mobile-phones/11037225/20-years-of-the-smartphone-an-evolution-in-pictures.html -
First Clamshell Cell Phone
The Motorola StarTAC, made my Motorola, was the first clamshell, flip phone. One of the first phones to have a vibrate to alert a message. It cost about $1000.
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First Cell Phone with a Qwerty Flip Keyboard
The Nokia 9000 Communicator was the first cell phone to open to a QWERTY keyboard. It also contained physical navigation buttons. The screen was getting larger and this phone had access to email, fax, and Web browsing.
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First Phone with a Qwerty Flat Keyboards
The Blackberry 7210 is the first phone with this description and a color display. It was also able to open documents,PDFs, Excel and PowerPoint files. It was a phone more common for business people, for they liked that they could do work on their phone. If the battery was used normally, it could last from two to three days before it needs to be charged.
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First Touch Screen Smartphone
The iPhone,made by Apple, is the first touchscreen mobile phone. Steve Jobs created the idea of a phone being able to control through the touch of fingertips and interacting with a computer. It can also be connected with internet and can download apps on it. The iPhone has one home button and the camera, but the rest of it is just the screen.
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First Waterproof Cell Phone
Sony, created the, Xperia Z2, which is waterproof and able to handle water more. It is the first smartphone being to work with water. The phone came out to be more expensive due to this amazing feature. The battery also got boosted to be able to work with the water.
http://www.appsforestateagents.co.uk/news/101285/the-first-waterproof-smartphone
