Timeline: Phones | Timetoast

May 2, 1840

Charles Grafton Page Creates Something To Help Development Of The Phone

In 1840, American Charles Grafton Page passed an electric current through a coil of wire placed between the poles of a horseshoe magnet.
May 2, 1849

Phone Is Invented

Alexander Graham Bell Creates Phone In 1849
May 2, 1849

Innocenzo Manzetti Considered The Idea Of A Telephone

Innocenzo Manzetti considered the idea of a telephone as early as 1844, and may have made one in 1864, as an enhancement to an automaton built by him in 1849.
Apr 3, 1973

First Mobile Phone

On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive, made the first mobile telephone call from handheld subscriber equipment, placing a call to Dr. Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs his rival. The prototype handheld phone used by Dr. Cooper weighed 1.1 kg and measured 23 cm long, 13 cm deep and 4.45 cm wide.
Apr 3, 1973

First Cellphone Tower

Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone. On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive, made the first mobile telephone call from handheld subscriber equipment, placing a call to Dr. Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs, his rival.
Apr 4, 1973

First Mobile Phone Call

[The First Mobile Phone Call Was Made 40 Years Ago Today. On April 3, 1973, Motorola employee Martin Cooper stood in midtown Manhattan and placed a call to the headquarters of Bell Labs in New Jersey.]
Aug 11, 2002

First Camera Phone

[Cellphone cameras. In 2002, the first phones with built-in cameras became publicly available, including the Nokia 7650 and the Sanyo SPC-5300.] (www.cbc.ca/news/technology/5-major-moments-in-cellphone-history-1.1407352)
Jan 9, 2007

First Iphone

On January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs announced the iPhone at the Macworld convention, receiving substantial media attention.
Sep 2, 2008

First Android

First released in September 2008, the Dream was the first commercially released device to use the Linux-based Android operating system, which was purchased and further developed by Google
Apr 27, 2009

First Samsung Phone

The Samsung Galaxy, known as Samsung GT-I7500 in some countries, is a mobile phone manufactured by Samsung that used the open source Android operating system. It was announced on 27 April 2009 and was released on 29 June 2009. It is succeeded by the Samsung i5700.