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Touchtone Phone
ATT started selling the touch tone phone.
This still required an operator to direct calls
This would have been about the time your grandparents were born or were small children. -
Answering Machines became popular
Answering machines became popular throughout the 1960's. They used cassette tapes to record the messages people left.
This would have been around the time your grandparents were born or were small children. -
Rotary Phone has disappeared
in 1960's and 1970's the rotary phone begins to disappear. This would have been about the time your grandparents were born or were small children. -
Portable phones became poular
Portable phones were a huge improvement in households. People no longer had to run accross homes to answer a phone call. They could walk around the home freely.
This would have been around the time when your parents were born or were small children. -
First Mobile Device
Motorola released the first mobile phone. you could only talk on it for 30 min. It weighed 2 pounds which is the same as a pineapple. It cost about 45 times more than our most expensive phone today. This would be around the time your parents were born or were small children. -
talkman
Larger portable phone with a much longer talk time was released. -
First flip phone
motorolla released the first flip phone. -
Nokia 3210
one of the most popular phones ever -
Iphone is released
Apple comes out with I phone
This is when your parents would have been a teenager or young adult.
