The Evolution of Mobile phones

A paper by- Shashank.s

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History of Mobile Phones

Alexander Graham Bell invented telephone and 1878 he made
the first phone call. Almost a century later Motorola introduced
some of its first cell phones during the 1980s. Those phones were
completely different from the devices we have today and werent
nearly as cost effective and handy like todays phones.
The first Smartphone was developed by IBM & BellSouth which was
released to the public in 1993. Since then Smartphones have been
advancing at a very fast pace and are not restricted to just internet
browsing or playing games. Now you can do every possible thing
with these modern handheld devices.
Its been 40 years!
The first call was made from a
mobile phone was made 40 years
ago .Mobile phones have come a
long way from
an enormous
$3,995 heavy
brick to
present
devices.
These bricks
had
No Internet

No SMS
No Touch Screen
No GPS
No Camera
No Music
No Bluetooth
 1973 The first cell phone
The first mobile phone developed by
Motorola in 1973. It was Martin Cooper who
placed the first call at AT&T Bells Labs from the
streets of New York.

1984 Nokia Mobira Talkman

The Phone weighed under 5 kgs and it was the worlds first transportable
phones. A car and a charger was needed to charge it. Once this model was
launched, it turned out to be a huge success.

1989 Motorola MicroTac

Motorola Microtac was the smallest and lightest available phone at
the time of its release. It was called MicroTac Pocket Cellular
Telephone. It was designed in such a way that it could easily fit in
anyones shirt pocket!
 1992 Motorola International 3200
First digital-sized mobile phone from Motorola introduced in 1992. This
was the first handset that gave the world an idea of Flip Phones. Like
its predecessors, 3200s shape and size was similar to a long brick with
numeric buttons on the narrow side, along with the earphone and
microphone.

1994 Motorola 2900 BagPhone

Motorola introduced a very powerful line of mobile phones in 1992.
These phones put out 3 watts of power (as opposed to 0.6 watts
that today's cell phones output) which made them popular for
truckers, boaters, and people in rural areas. Because of their
durability, many of these phones are still in working order today.

Time changed, and so did technology !

1996 Motorola StarTac
Before the StarTAC came
along, cell phones were bricks.
Motorola wowed the industry with
this 3.1 ounce wonder. The
handset is best remembered
today as being the first clamshell
phonea form factor that set the
design precedent for years to come.
The StarTAC handset also helped
drive mainstream cell phone adoption,
selling around 60 million units over the
course of its long life. This phone was also one of the
first phones to introducing the vibrating ring.
 1996 Nokia 8110
Nokias first high-end phone was
released in 1996. What made it
different was the slider. It was made
to protect the keypad when kept in
pocket and could be slid down
when in use.

1996 Nokia 9000

Communicator
The very first product of the communicator series from Nokia. A
brand name in the series of business that optimized mobile phones.
On the outside, it appears just like a normal phone & opens up like a
clamshell to reveal the QWERTY keyboard.

1998 Nokia 5110

Nokia 5110 was the first phone
to feature the game snake. It had
a face plate which allowed users
to customize their mobile phone.
Now mobile phones were not limited to just communication, they
were more about making a fashion statement. The Guardian fashion
editor loved it and it won the 'Off the Cuff' (Fashion) Accessory of
the Year Award (1998). Nokia had cashed in on a trend that had started
in the mobile phone accessories market. People were buying new
covers for old phones

1999 Nokia 8210

The lightest and smallest available Nokia phone at that time. Its
selling point was based on the customization and design, with
removable X-press on covers. You can find six different colors in the X-
Press on covers for your mobile. This phone had the feature of speed
dial in which the user can assign a name to each key on keypad. On
the lower side of the phone you can find an infra-red port for wireless
communication. The phone uses SMS (Short Message Service) with
predictive text input, with support for major European languages.

2002 RIM BlackBerry 5810

There was a time in the not-so-distant past when BlackBerry's weren't
actually phones. Mobile professionals who were primarily dependent on
e-mail could access their e-mails via their RIM BlackBerry devices. They
were
data-
only

devices, used by professionals,

like lawyers and bankers.

2002 Sanyo SCP 5300

In 2002 the first flip-phones were
introduced, including the Sanyo SCP-5300, which
featured a low- quality camera. When
Sanyo introduced the color-screen a couple of years ago, consumers
got a glimpse of what cell phones might be able to do in the future.

2004 Motorola Razr V3

This was One of the thinnest clamshell phones in the world. Half an
inch thin and made of anodized aluminum, the Motorola flip phone
looked and felt absolutely amazing.

2007 Apple iPhone

This phone completely changed the definition of a Smartphone. The
iPhone is a line of smartphones designed by Apple Inc. This phone
runs on Apples iOS mobile operating system. Apple created the
device during a secretive and unprecedented collaboration with
AT&T. The development cost of the collaboration was estimated to
have been $150 million over a thirty-month period. This phone was
immediately listed amongst the best inventions of 2007. As termed
by a press release The Original iPhone has been discontinued
when its successor iPhone 3G was
released.
Modern Day Smartphones & Tablets!