History of the Telephone

The first telephone is invented

Oct 2, 1874

Alexander Graham Bell patented his invention.

First call ever

Mar 10, 1876

Graham Bell transmits the first message.

First Commercial Telephones

Jun 8, 1877

The Bell company started commercially producing phones.

Circuit Charger

Feb 5, 1886

This allowed one operator to run two exchanges.

First wall phone

Jan 16, 1894

The first wall telephone with batteries outside is invented in 1894.

Rotary Dial Handset Telephones

Nov 8, 1927

first telephone with dials

Candlestick

1930

this style died out on the 30's, when manufacturers started seeling phones of one piece.

Switchboard Operators

1946

250,000 women employed as switchboard operators for the public service.

Mobile car based

1947

first mobile car based telephone system introduced

PBX Systems

1960

Businesses adopt PBX Systems

Non-Car Mobile

1973

(Dyna TAC) Non-car mobile phone, the first one.

First Flip Phone

1989

Targeted at rich people that were able to pay $3,000 for the phone.

First voice on the Internet

1996

First ever VoIP Porotocol System. Also known as Volitech.

PBX hosted

1997

The first time PBX was launched. Had many of the modern features our phones still have.

The Creation of Blackberry

2002

Officially launched as a cell phone service. Also known as one of the first smart phones.

iPhone debuts

2007

The oldest generation of iPhone is debuted.

PBX plus integrated VoIP

2008

All new PBX lines are now VoIP-based.

iPhone 5S launched

2013

This was the first popular cellphone with Touch ID installed.

iPhone X released

2017

iPhone X was released without a button and replaced Touch ID with Face ID.

This was Done by:

Jan 10, 2018

Luna Mongrut A01703666
Claudia Páramo A01702642
Julieta Hernández A01703569