phones By sierra 21072 Mar 7, 1876 the first phone came out Apr 13, 1890 the candle stick phone came out Jul 1, 1960 push-button phones came out Oct 17, 1960 answering machine Jul 13, 1963 AT&T introduced Touch-Tone Nov 2, 1980 Portable, or cordless, phones May 18, 1984 Motorola DynaTAC 8000X May 15, 1993 BellSouth/IBM Simon Personal Communicator Jun 24, 2010 Iphone 4 May 15, 2015 Iphone 6