The Evolution Of Smartphones

By yarel.14

  • Working prototype of a mobile cellular phone

    Engineer Dr. Martin Cooper and his team created a working mobile phone prototype the first ever call was made in New York City

  • The first cell phone get approval

    10 years later or a decade the first mobile phone dubbed Motorola DynaTAC 8000X was approved by the federal communication commision

  • 2G and lithium-ion batteries

    Sony and it's engineer Asahi Kasei commercialize a light weight and rechargeable lithium-ion batteries

  • First smartphone announced and first SMS sent

    IBM engineer Frank Canova created a "smartphone" prototype with a code name sweet pot this was considered to be the first true true smartphone

  • The first smart phone hits the market

    IBM Simon personal communicator a refined version of Canova's prototype. It had a touchscreen and users could not only take phone calls but could receive emails too.

  • The term smartphone was coined

    3 years and it was used by Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson to describe it's new mobile device called GS88
  • First Front Facing camera and GPS

    First Front Facing camera and GPS

    This is the first commercial phone called Kyocera Visual phone this phone was released in Japan. It had a front facing camera
  • First Back facing camera phone

    First Back facing camera phone

    The J-SH04 released by sharp and it was sold in Japan. It was considered the first mass-market camera phone.

  • Live assisted GPS technology

    Us electronics company Qualcomm invented and tested live assisted GPS
  • First android smartphone

    First android smartphone

    The T - mobile G1 It had a touch screen QWERTY keyboard and internet access the phone slid to reveal the keyboard.

  • 4G network

    A Swedish company Telia Sonera had released for a 4G commercial use. This was about 10 times faster than 3G

  • 5G network

    Verizon rolled out the first 5G network in the world