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On March 7, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant Thomas Watson created the first telephone. A few days after that, Alexander G. Bell made the first-ever telephone call to Watson, allegedly saying this now-famous phrase, “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.”
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Alexander Graham Bell was set out to improved the original phone he created. The original telephone where very bulky and mall mounted. With the introduction of the candlestick telephone they able to be set on tables and desk.
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Nicknamed the Frankfut "Bauhaus". It was known as the first version of the rotary telephone. Many people like this phone because it was easier to use and dial.
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The first car telephones connected to the Public Switched Telephone Network in the United States were put into service in 1946, as a response to the growing mobility of the American population.
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The first mobile phone, known as the AEG Telecar CD, is created
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By the late 1980s, the Motorola MicroTAC9800X, was created the first flip phone.
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In the 1990s the first phone with touch screen compatibility was created call the IBM Simon.
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In the early 2000s, the first phones with built-in cameras became publicly available, including the Nokia 7650 and the Sanyo SPC-5300. The Nokia phone had "a large 176x208 pixel colour display," according to a media release at the time.
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The Blackberry 5810 is created, inspiring the telephone industry and introducing the world to the BlackBerry Brand.
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The first iPhone is created by Steve Jobs and Apple. The iPhone allowed for your phone to be an iPod, a telephone, and was able to have games known as "apps."
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The T-Mobile G1 is created, becoming the first phone to use Google's Android operating system
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The UK & US begin to deploy 5G network, initial indications point to real-world data transfer speeds 10 times faster than 4G.
