Post War Period Phone Timelines By ganjoul30 Jul 16, 1958 First mobile phones were used in cases Case Phones Aug 16, 1981 First mobile phones were used and made in cars First Mobile Technology in Australia May 16, 1987 First Mobile phones not carried around in a case First Portable Mobile Phone Aug 16, 1997 Nokia Releases the first smartphone with a qwerty keyboard Nokia Ad 1997 Jul 16, 2000 Solid phones continued to get smaller and continued to become more affordable Original Nokia Ringtone Jul 16, 2004 First flip phones introduced. Became smaller. Sony Ericsson Flip Jul 16, 2009 Smartphones started to become the most sold phones. They were small and for the first time, used internet Nokia N95 8GB Advertisement Jul 16, 2010 First Touch screen phones came out Samsung Galaxy i TV Advertisement Jul 16, 2012 Today, touch screen phones rule the market. Internet access and large memory are the main features. Screens continue to get bigger and so do the phones in some cases Introducing iPhone 4S
