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The Gower-Bell telephone was the first type of phone that was used in countries like Spain, Japan and England.
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The Strowger Automatic Telephone Exchange Company's 10 digit automatic wall telephone was the first to use an automatic rotary motion dialer.
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Legend has it that Almon Brown Strowger was a mortician that believed his local operator was directing all business calls to his competitor, who happened to be her husband. Strowger felt that subscribers should have control over calls rather than operators. He patented the automatic telephone exchange a.k.a. dial service in 1891, eliminating the need for an operator to direct calls.
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This sleek desk top was made by the De Veau Telephone Manufacturing Company.
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A typical 1940s rotary phone.
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These princess phones were popular from the 1970s through the 1980s.
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Behold the first commercial line of mobile phones launched in 1983.
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A typical cordless phone in the 1990s
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The IBM Simon is widely considered the first smart phone.
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The first handset with colour screen
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Available in Japan, the Sharp J-SH04 was the first camera phone.
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The Palm Treo was an addictive PDA and phone combination.
