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First Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for the invention of the telephone in 1876. Elisha Gray, 1876, designed a telephone using a water microphone in Highland Park, Illinois. -
Liquid Transmitter
Elisha Gray invents a liquid transmitter for use with a telephone, but he did not make one. -
Founders of Samsung
Lee Byung-chul was the founder of the Samsung Group and one of South Korea's most successful businessmen. With the breakup of the Hyundai chaebol, Samsung is now South Korea's largest business group. -
First Cell Phone (Brick Phone)
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. It is called a Brick Phone -
Founders of Apple
Steve Jobs, Ronald Wayne, Steve Wozniak -
First Samsung
After 2 years of R&D Samsung developed its first mobile phone (or "hand phone" in Korea), the SH-100 in 1988. It was the first mobile phone to be designed and manufactured in Korea. After 2 years of R&D Samsung developed its first mobile phone (or "hand phone" in Korea), the SH-100 in 1988. It was the first mobile phone to be designed and manufactured in Korea. -
Clam shell Phone
The first foray into truly portable devices was the clamshell form factor. Motorola was a pioneer in this front, with the MicroTAC, which looked much like the one Whoopi Goldberg was using in 1989. The MicroTAC had a red LED display and a standard 12-button keypad, plus a menu of options including a calculator, hands-free operation, keypad tones, and much, much more. By the time that MicroTAC was announced, the phone still cost consumers upward of $2,500. -
Caller ID
Caller ID implemented nationally in USA -
iPhone
On June 29th 2007 the top-selling mobile phone the iPhone released. Steve Jobs announced the iPhone at a macworld convention. -
Newest Phone Out
Galaxy Note 8
