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First telephone ever created.
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Thomas Edison improved Bell's telephone by making a carbon microphone making it more practical. His basic design was used until the 1980's.
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The first commonly available rotary phone with holes in the finger wheel was introduced in 1904.
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The first phone to not have a connected dial block. It was made out of molded thermoplastic
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Kazuo Hashimoto was credited with the invention of caller ID in 1976. Caller ID did not hit the markets until 1980.
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Motorola made the first handheld cell phone in 1973 but it was not launched until 1984.
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First touchscreen and smartphone. Simon was also able to send and receive faxes, e-mails and cellular pages.
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First cell phone with no visible antenna.
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First phone to support user sending of SMS text messgaes and to have access to the internet.
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First phone that let people take pictures.
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First cell phone to have MP3 music capabilities.
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First phone to use a fingerprint scanner.
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First phone to use the facial regonition feature with a smartphone.
