telephone - Alexander Graham created the telephone.

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  • the original phone

    the original phone
    On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell spoke into his device and said to his assistant, “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.” In doing so, Bell launched the telephone era.

  • candlestick phone

    candlestick phone
    Popular from the 1890s to the 1930s, the candlestick phone was separated into two pieces. The mouth piece formed the candlestick part, and the receiver was placed by your ear during the phone call.

  • rotary phone

    rotary phone
    the rotary phone became popular. To dial, you would rotate the dial to the number you wanted, and then release.

  • The answering machine

    The answering machine
    The answering machine transformed phone behavior, allowing callers to leave a message if no one was on the other end.

  • push-button phone

    push-button phone
    In 1963, AT&T introduced Touch-Tone, which allowed phones to use a keypad to dial numbers and make phone calls

  • portable phone

    portable phone
    Portable, or cordless, phones were the phone equivalent of the TV remote. You were no longer physically attached to your phone’s base station.

  • iphone

    iphone
    It is a portable phone that is a touch screen allowing you to talk and text.