5 Major Moments in Cellphone History

The First Cellphone

Apr 3, 1973

Motorola engineer Martin Cooper made first public cellphone call on April 3, 1973. (http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/5-major-moments-in-cellphone-history-1.1407352)

First commercial cellphone

Sep 13, 1984

Motorola's launch DynaTAC phone for public use. In 1984, the first DynaTACs became available for consumers.

The original smartphone

Nov 23, 1993

In 1993, Bellsouth and IBM announced their creation of the Simon personal communicator phone, touted as the world's first smartphone.

Cellphone cameras

Jun 26, 2002

In 2002, the first phones with built-in cameras became publicly available, including the Nokia 7650 and the Sanyo SPC-5300.

BlackBerry's first integrated phone

Aug 1, 2003

Part of BlackBerry's Quark series, the BlackBerry 6210 was the company's first device to offer: Emai, Texting, a web browser and
BlackBerry Messenger service

iPhone launch

Jan 1, 2007

In January 2007, Apple launched its first iPhone. The company described the phone as combining three products into one handheld device: a mobile phone, an iPod and a wireless communication device.