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Motorola DynaTac 8000x
This was the first phone. It was created in 1938. It cost nearly $3995 ($10,000 in today's money).
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Siemens Mobiltelefon C1
First mobile phone. This resembled a suit case, this was the only way to have enough charge when you were out and about in town. -
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GSM
GSM or the Groupe Specials Mobile, but it changed to Global System for Mobile Communications. The phone would use one radio frequency band up to 900 MHz. The phone was designed to included texting to increase security measures.
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Mobira Cityman 900
This is the very first Nokia. This was considered very pricy and was only available to those of a higher statues and weighed just 800g or 20oz. It rose to fame in the movie Lethal Weapon. -
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Samsung releases their first phone
Samsung created the first "handphone" called the SH-100. It was originally designed in Korea. SH-100 was a characteristic of Motorola period. -
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The Year of the First Text Message
Neil Papworth is a British man who developed the British software for the first text message. The very first text message says "Merry Christmas!"
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Smartphones Arrive
The IBM Simon is regarded as the first smartphone in history because it was the first gadget to include apps and a touchscreen. -
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Vibrating Phones
The Motorola StarTAC was the first vibrating phone as well as the first clamshell phone, or better known as a flip phone. -
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First Phone With a Keyboard
The Nokia Communicator 9000 included a QWERTY keyboard. This was Nokia's first smartphone. This phone also included email, web browsing, faxing, word processing, and spreadsheets. This was also developed before Blackberry. -
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Color Comes to Mobile Phone Screens
The Siemens S10 was the first cell phone with a colored screen. It could show up to six lines of text, however the number of lines that could be shown may be reduced if the font size was increased. -
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Launch of Nokia 5110
The Nokia 5110 launched in the early 2000s demand for mobile phones with interchangeable cases. The original Nokia covers were metallic and included sever color ranges. "Antiqua Red, Bermuda Blue, Island Yellow, Geeko Green, Shark Silver, and Tango Orange."
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Launch of First Phone + MP3 player
Samsung released the Samsung SPH-M100 Uproar. This gave the option to play music by fusing the characteristics of a cell phone with an MP3 player. -
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First Phone to Feature GPS
The Benefon ESC! was the first phone to ever have GPS capabilities when it was released in the same year as the SPH-100. -
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The First Blackberry Smartphone was Released
The Blackberry 5810 was the first Blackberry phone released. This provided cellular phone service, wireless e-mail, internet access, and much more. -
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Fully Waterproof Phone
The Casio G'zOne was capable of withstanding submersion up to one meter deep. It came in three colors and included digital camera, 2.2 inch QVGA screen, 1.0 inch round screen on the outsid0,e lighted clock, stopwatch, and electric compass. -
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First iPhone
The first iPhone, also known as the iPhone 2G, was released was a surprise to everyone. Although iPhones are a big thing now, it wasn't then.
https://youtu.be/pV0ud2B8WfQ?si=-SyjAcknyD4uiT11