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Analog Motorola DynaTAC 8000X Advanced Mobile Phone System mobile phone as of 1983.
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The first truly portable phone. Up until its release, most cellular phones were installed as car phones due to the inability to fit them into a jacket pocket.1989
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The first digital hand-size mobile telephone.
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The IBM Simon was the first PDA/Phone combo.
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The first clamshell cellular phone. Also one of the first display screens featured on a cell.
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This iteration of Nokia’s Communicator series significantly reduced the weight of this precursor to the smartphone.
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This phone was loved for its customizable design, but hated for its screen fade.
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The R380 featured a black and white touchscreen, partially covered by a flip.
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This phone featured a full QWERTY keyboard. It could also store up to 64mb of music.
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The first Nokia phone to bring GPRS internet services to the mass market. The 3510i, pictured here, was a more advanced version with a colour screen.
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When this was introduced it set the standard for sleek design in the industry
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Released as a low-end GSM phone, and widely used in developing countries.
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This model was sold as the Orange SPV M3100 in the UK, keeping with HTC’s tradition of private labelling for individual carriers.
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The original iPhone was released in June 2007 with an auto-rotate sensor, a multi-touch sensor that allowed multiple inputs while ignoring minor touches, a touch interface that replaced the traditional QWERTY keyboards, and many other features that helped to give Apple an almost instant healthy market share on its release.
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The iPhone 3G was made even more desirable by all the apps that could be purchased for it in the AppStore when it was released in July of 2008.
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The second iteration of the Prada phone designed by LG. The sliding QWERTY keyboard is new, as is its 3G capability.
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This extremely popular design has sold over 200 million since its introduction in 2003. This phone is rumoured to have sold for up to $32,000 in online criminal communities due to its ability to intercept one-time banking passwords.
