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In the past, people sent letters or
telegrams to communicate with other towns. To write a letter, people used a pen and
paper; Telegrams were messages transmitted through an electric device. -
Alexander Graham Bell was a scientist from Scotland. In 1876,
he accomplished the first telephone call. It wasn’t a long-distance call. -
The first international phone call
from New York to London was in 1927. -
The mobile phone was 25 centimeters
long and it weighted more than one kilo. People talked for 30
minutes and then the battery died. -
In the 90s, the IBM company invented the first touchscreen phone.
People talked on the phone, sent emails and messages. -
Now, mobile phones are smaller. They also have more functions.
You can send text messages, listen to music, play computer games and take photos. You can surf on the net.