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Alexander Graham Bell spoke into his device and told his assistant, “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.” In doing so, Bell launched the telephone era with the first call.
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The mouth piece formed the candlestick part, and the receiver was placed by your ear during the phone call.
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To dial, you would rotate the dial to the number you wanted, and then release. Based on my limited interaction with rotary dial phones
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Touch-Tone allowed phones to use a keypad. Each key would transmit a frequency, telling the telephone operator what number you wanted to call.
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The first commercially available mobile phone.
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The first successful flip phone, and the first successful consumer cell phone. Introduced in 1996, 60 million StarTACs were sold.
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When the iPhone was introduced, Apple brought the smartphone to the masses. With its intuitive touchscreen, intelligent sensors, and sleek design, the iPhone has been an incredible success. The iPhone quickly showed just how clunky previous smartphones and flip phones were.
