The History of Telephones in America

By dtbasford
  • First Telephone was Created

    First Telephone was Created

    The first telephone was created by Alexander Grahm Bell.
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    The History of Telephones in America

  • The Candlestick

    The Candlestick

    This was used from the 1890s to the 1930s. The candlestick phone was separated into two pieces. The mouth piece formed the candlestick part, and the receiver was placed by your ear during the phone call.
  • The Rotary Phone

    The Rotary Phone

    To use a rotary phone, the person would rotate the dial to the number wanted, and then release the dial. This process was time consuming. This form of telephone was used the most through the 1970s
  • The Push Button was Created

    The Push Button was Created

    This style of phone became very popular. It was less tedious than the rotary phone, and a number could be dialed much more quickly.
  • Portable Phones

    Portable Phones

    The invention of the portable, or cordless, phones was life changing. It was the phone equivalent of the TV remote. A person no longer was physically attached to the base station, and could move freely while talking on the phone.
  • Motorola StarTAC

    Motorola StarTAC

    The Motorola StarTAC was the first successful flip phone. In alot of ways, it was also the first successful consumer cell phone. It was popular and eventually there were 60 million StarTACs sold.
  • Sanyo SCP–5300

    Sanyo SCP–5300

    The Sanyo SCP–5300 was a flip phone and one of the first phones to include a camera. This made people realized that film cameras would soon be replaced with digital cameras.
  • Motorola RAZR

    Motorola RAZR

    The Motorola RAZR represented the end of the flip phone era. Many mobile phone companies continued their push for smaller and smaller phones and created a fancier design.
  • IPhone

    IPhone

    The IPhone was created by Apple in 2007. It has a built in camera, and a touch screen. The user can download games onto the phone. It is a cell phone and ipod whichis put together to get an "IPhone."

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