Cell Phone History

By ajtreiber

  • First Cell Phone Created

    First Cell Phone Created
    Matin Cooper called his competitor Dr. Joel Engel. The cell phone was then created.

  • The DynaTAC 8000x was introduced as the first phone with 1G service.

    The DynaTAC 8000x was introduced as the first phone with 1G service.
    This meant that the phone could talk wirelessly for up to 35 minutes. However, it needed to be charged for 10 hours in order to get to a full charge.

  • AMPS (American Mobile Phone System) was introduced for the first time in America

    This really helped push mobile phone usage from an "experiment" to more of a marketable good that was open to the public.

  • IBM Simon Introduced

    IBM Simon Introduced
    This phone was the first touch-screen mobile phone to be released in the market.

  • NTT DoCoMo introduces first phone with internet

    This was at the advent of the new 3G programming that was about to be introduced. This change occurred after the market for cellular phones had boomed during the 2G era.

  • First iPhone is Introduced

    First iPhone is Introduced
    Steve Jobs introduced the first iPhone into the market and now there have been multiple different steps and phones. The brand has been built to where most people with a smartphone usually have an iPhone due to Apple's branding.

  • 4G was introduced as well as LTE

    4G was introduced as well as LTE
    This change came about because people felt that broadband would be too stressed out eventually under 3G. This also gave people more flexibility in accessing the internet.