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The Evolution of the Cell Phone

By griffithuni94
  • First Cell phone call ever made

    First Cell phone call ever made

    April 3, 2012 marked the 39th anniversary of the first public telephone call placed on a portable cellular phone. Martin Cooper placed that call on April 3, 1973, while general manager of Motorola's Communications Systems Division.
  • First commercial Cell phone

    First commercial Cell phone

    Motorola introduces "the world's first commercial handheld cellular phone," the DynaTAC 800X. Dubbed the brick, it has one hour of talk time, eight hours of standby, and weighs 28 ounces.
  • World's first pocket Phone

    World's first pocket Phone

    Launched in 1989, Motorola's MicroTac was the world's first flip top, pocket phone.

  • First text message sent.

  • Original Smart phone

    Original Smart phone

    The first smartphone, IBM's Simon, is released. It features a calendar, address book, calculator, e-mail, faxing services, and games.
  • J-SH04 released in Japan

    J-SH04 released in Japan

    The Sharp J-SH04 camera phone was released in Japan in November 2000, the world watched on as the Japanese got hooked on taking miniature pictures of themselves.
  • First Iphone made

    First Iphone made

    Apple unveils the iPhone.