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The first automated mobile phone system
It was launched in Sweden. The device to install in the car used vacuum tube technology with rotary dial and weighed 40Kg. -
The first public mobile phone call
It was made by Motorola general manager Martin Cooper.The device weighed 1.1 Kg -
The Motorola DynaTAC 8000x arrived on the market
It was the first mobile phone to be small enough to carry it in hands. However, still too big when compared with today's smartphones -
The GSM standards were first approved
It focused on interoperability across national boundaries and consequent different frequency bands, call quality and low costs -
The first SMS message ever was sent
The text message read “Merry Christmas” and was sent to Richard Jarvis, a director at Vodafone, who was enjoying his office Christmas party -
Emojis were invented
Shigetaka Kurita from Japan has invented the first emojis. They are actual pictures -
First affordable mobile phones
For the first time in history, you could pick up a mobile phone for just under £40. -
Nokia 3310 has been shown on the market
That was the most popular cell phone model -
Motorola RAZR V3 was first sold
That was best-selling clamshell handset in history -
Apple iPhone 3G
The real revolution in the history of mobile phones -
The iPhone X was released
Apple marked ten years in the smartphone game with the all-screen iPhone X and ditched a physical home button for the first time.
