Telephone History

String Phone

1667

Robert Hooks creates an acoustic string telephone that transmits the sound over an extended wire by mechanical vibrations.

First Technologic Phone

1854

Although Meucci had made his first prototype in 1854

First Phone by Alexander Graham Bell

1876

Alexander Graham Bell creates his first phone. The words spoken via telephone

Strowger

1905

First phone with the ability to dial out rather than going through an operator.

Rotary Telephone

1925

The Frankfurt "Bauhaus" is created. It was known as the first version of the rotary telephone.

Heemaf Model Phone

1955

Heemaf Model 1955 was a standard analogue telephone,developed and manufactured by the Heemaf machine factory in Netherlands for the Dutch state

First Phone For Cars

1960

In 1960 in Sweden, the first automatic phone system for cars Mobile Telephone System A was launched.

First Picture Phone

1970

AT&T creates first picture phone

First Mobile Phone

1980

The first mobile phone, known as the AEG Telecar CD, is created

First Flip Cell Phone

1989

The first flip cell phone, the Motorola MicroTAC 9800X, is created.

First Touch Screen Cell Phone

1994

The IBM Simon is created and is considered to be the first smartphone and touch screen.

Popular Flip Phone

1996

The Motorola StarTAC is created, and it helps start the cell phone craze.

First Cell Phone with Camera

2000

The Sharp J-SHO4 becomes the first cell phone with a camera built in.

First Blackberry

2002

The Blackberry 5810 is created, revolutionizing the telephone industry as well as introducing the world to the BlackBerry Brand.

First Iphone

2007

The first iPhone is created by Steve Jobs and Apple. The iPhone allowed for your phone to be an iPod, a telephone, and was able to have games known as "apps."

First Android

2008

The T-Mobile G1 is created, becoming the first phone to use Google's Android operating system.

SixthSense Technology

2015

Pranav Mistry and his studies at MIT found that through the use of a simple camera, it could bring the digital world to the physical world. He came out with this study in 2009, but has not been released to the public.