Phone Timeline By Allison7569 Mar 7, 1876 1876 Period: May 8, 1876 to May 8, 2013 Phone History Feb 1, 1879 1879 May 8, 1880 Gower Bell Telephone Jan 11, 1885 Wood Cradle Telephone Dec 21, 1896 1896 May 10, 1899 Strowger Nov 7, 1905 Chicago Upright Desk Set Mar 8, 1910 Couch & Co. Inter-Phone Jan 17, 1914 MagnavoxAnti-Noise Desk Set Jan 25, 1915 De Veau Desk Set Apr 11, 1941 Touch Tone Telephones Sep 30, 1956 Picturephone Nov 2, 1983 Cellular Phones Aug 8, 1990 Couch and Seeley May 8, 1998 Nokia 9000 Communicator Oct 16, 2000 2000 May 11, 2001 Nokia 8310 Aug 28, 2002 Sony Ericsson P800 Dec 26, 2003 PalmOne Treo 600 Dec 12, 2004 Motorola Razor V3 Jun 5, 2005 Nokia 6680 Jul 22, 2006 BlackBerry Pearl Apr 19, 2007 iPhone Jul 24, 2008 iPhone 3G Feb 15, 2009 BlackBerry Curve 8900 Jun 24, 2010 Iphone 4 Nov 10, 2011 Samsung Galaxy S II Sep 21, 2012 Iphone 5 Oct 14, 2012 Iphone 4S May 6, 2013 Samsung Galaxy 4S
