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First Mobile Telephone
Motorola made history by becoming the first company to produce the first handheld mobile phone. -
Microtac 9800X
Smallest Motorola phone to feature a flip-down. -
Text Messaging
Developers came up with a way to send written messages over the phone and called it texting. -
Nokia
Nokia brought the Nokia 3110 to the consumer market. At the time, the 3110 was the most compact mobile phone available for purchase. -
Blackberry Introduced
The Blackberry was first introduced in 1999. It featured end-to-end wireless e-mail, print and fax e-mail attachments. -
Camera Phone
First camera phone was the Sanyo SCP-5300 which allowed people to view photos on a screen for the first time. -
Motorola Flip Phone
An updated flip phone finally began to hit markets. Motorola introduced the phone pictured here to tempt customers away from Nokia. -
The Sidekick
T-Mobile introduced the Sidekick which had a full keyboard behind its swiveling rectangular screen, plus web browsing, e-mail, AOL instant messaging, a cell phone, calendar and camera. -
Nokia 1100
Biggest selling phone that was aimed at connecting those in other developing countries. -
Blackberry 5810
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Razr Flip Phone
Motorola introduced the Razr which was the thinnest most compact phone to hit the market. -
Waterproof Phone
The first waterproof was the Casio GZ'One, a chunky flip phone with a 1.3MP camera. -
Business Blackberry
Blackberry 7270 was introduced. -
Waterproof Smartphone
Nokia introduced the first waterproof smartphone. -
Iphone
2007 was when the very first Apple iPhone was introduced. It was a mobile phone, with a widescreen iPod, had touch screen controls and a breakthrough Internet communications device. It also introduced an entirely new interface based on a large multi-touch display, allowing users to control their iPhone with just their fingers. -
Android Phone
The first Android phone was the GI. -
Samsung Galaxy
Samsung GT-I7500 was introduced and used open source Android operating system. -
Thinnest Smartphone
Motorola introduced the world's thinnest smartphone at just 7.1mm thick. The Razr smartphone. -
Iphone 5 Launch
The fifth generation iphone sells 5 million units in its first weekend. -
Galaxy S6 Edge
The phone comes with a 5.10-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1440 pixels by 2560 pixels at a PPI of 577 pixels per inch. -
iPhone 7
The iPhone 7 Introduced new color options, water and dust resistance, static home button, and removes the 3.5 mm headphone jack. -
iPhone X
The iPhone X is the biggest change the company has made to its flagship smartphone in years. It has a larger screen, a better camera system for augmented reality and facial recognition capabilities.
