telephone timeline By buttered toast Mar 10, 1876 the telephone was created Jun 8, 1877 first commercial telephone Mar 2, 1880 first telephone number Nov 8, 1927 the first rotary dial handset Nov 8, 1963 the dial telephone Mar 2, 1965 first cordless phone Apr 3, 1973 the first mobile phone Mar 2, 1982 mobile phone available to public Jan 1, 1983 first advanced mobile phone system Mar 9, 1986 first flip phone Mar 9, 1992 first smart phone Jan 1, 1993 texting permitted Feb 23, 1999 first iphone with internet connection Jan 1, 2000 over 100,000,000 mobile phones sold Jan 9, 2007 first iphone!
