Phones Over The Last Century

  • The "CandleStick"

    The "CandleStick"
    This was the first time a phone was able to transmitte a voice to another person using the phones transmitter and reciever.
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    Development of Phones

    This is a short timeline over the last century of the development of phones.
  • The "Rotary"

    The "Rotary"
    The rotary phone allowed the user to dial by spinning the dial and releasing to select the digit, this was also the first time a phone put both the transmitter and reciever in the same case for easier use.
  • The "Push-Button"

    The "Push-Button"
    The Push-Button phone removed the old spin dial and allowed the user to type a number in faster with the buttons on the front of the phone.
  • The "Answering machine"

    The "Answering machine"
    This would allow users to leave messages to the main phone if no one was able to asnwer it, the person could listen to the messages at anytime after they had been recorded.
  • The "Cordless Phone"

    The "Cordless Phone"
    This allowed the user to walk anywhere in the house while on the phone. This ment no more having a conversation in one area of your home.
  • The First Mobile Phone

    The First Mobile Phone
    This was the first mobile phone, it only had 30 mins talk time for each charge but allowed the mobile indestury to rise
  • The "Motorola StarTAC"

    The "Motorola StarTAC"
    The Motorola StarTAC was the first flip phone and sold over 60 million units.
  • The" Sanyo SCP–5300"

    The" Sanyo SCP–5300"
    This was the first mobile which came with a camera built in and would later help be the most used feture in mobiles today.
  • The " Motorola RAZR"

    The " Motorola RAZR"
    This would further update mobiles and start more development and popularity to the public.
  • The "BlackBerry"

    The "BlackBerry"
    The blackberry was a mobile company who was linked to motorlla but gave the users more business features and made the phone popular for business.
  • Apple and Andriod

    Apple and Andriod
    This would become the most popular brands and bring touch screen and more apps to our society. this is still the biggest companies in 2016 with more additions every year.