THE EVOLUTION OF MOBILE PHONES

1973-2013

Presentation by MobilePundits

History of Mobile Phones

Alexander Graham Bell invented telephone and 1878 he

made the first phone call.

Motorola introduced some of its first cell phones during the

1980s.

Those phones were completely different from the devices

we have today since from no side they were cost effective

and handy.

The first Smartphone was developed by IBM &

BellSouth which came out to in public in 1993.

These Smartphones are 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.

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.

40 Years!

No internet

No SMS

No Touch Screen

No GPS

No Video

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 is world’s one of the

first transportable phones.

A car and a charger was

needed to charge it.

Once this model was launched,

its sales created a stir in the

market and the cynics were

silenced.

1989 – Motorola MicroTac

Motorola Microtac was the

smallest and lightest

available phone at that time.

It was released as the

“MicroTac Pocket Cellular

Telephone”.

It was designed keeping in

mind to fit it in a 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”.

The International 3200 was crafted to enable mobile phones

to use the original analog cell technology.

Like its predecessors, 3200’s shape and size was similar to a

long brick with numeric buttons on the narrow side, along

with the earphone and microphone.

In Germany, it was called knochen, due to the resemblance in

shape between it and a bone.

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 CHANGES, AND SO DOES 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 phone—a form factor

that set the design precedent for years to come.

The StarTAC handset helped drive mainstream

cell phone adoption, selling around 60 million

units over the course of its long life.

The phone also gets points for introducing the

vibrating ring.

1996 – Nokia 8110

•Nokia’s first high-end

phone was released in

1996

•What made it different

was the ‘slider’ form

factor.

•It was made to protect

the keypad when kept in

pocket and could

downslide 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 optimized mobile

phones.

On the outside, it appears just

like a normal phone & open in

clamshell to access the

QWERTY keyboard.

1998 – Nokia 5110

EVERYONE had these!

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 fashion

now.

Nokia had jumped on a trend that started in the mobile phone accessories market.

People were buying new covers for old phones.

Though this wasn’t Nokia’s first attempt for a business phone,

but this time they decided it was more of fashion.

The Guardian fashion editor loved it and it won the 'Off the

Cuff' (Fashion) Accessory of the Year Award 1998.

For once, we all have played this in our life!

Nokia 5110

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.

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.

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 name to each key on keypad.

2002 – RIM BlackBerry 5810

There was a time in the not-so-

distant past when BlackBerry's’

weren't actually phones.

Mobile professionals who are

addicted to e-mail access via their

RIM BlackBerry devices can get a

new fix with the company’s 5810.

They were data-only devices, used by professionals, like

lawyers, who needed constant access to their e-mail.

The reputation of the BlackBerry began to change in 2002,

however, when Research In Motion released the BlackBerry

5810.

This was the first BlackBerry to feature a built-in phone.

Alas, the device lacked a speaker and a microphone, so you

had to use a headset to make calls.

2002 – Sanyo SCP - 5300

In 2002 the first flip-phones were

introduced, including the Sanyo

SCP-5300, which featured a low-

quality camera as well.

When Sanyo introduced the

color-screen SCP-5000 a couple

of years ago, consumers got a

glimpse of what cell phones

might be able to do in the future.

Features which made this phone stand out of the crowd

are :

○ Vibrant color display

○ Built-in camera with flash

○ Compatible with Sprint PCS Business Connection software

○ Comes with extended battery; solid call quality.

2002 – T-Mobile SideKick

The Danger Hiptop, also

re-branded as the T-Mobile

Sidekick, Mobiflip and

Sharp Jump is a

GPRS/EDGE/UMTS

Smartphone produced by

Danger Incorporated.

It featured a 240x160-pixel, 4-bit monochrome display and was

touted as a BlackBerry for the masses.

The handheld provided real-time e-mail and instant messaging but

lacked a speakerphone.

The Hiptop 2, 3, Sidekick iD, Sidekick 2008 and Sidekick LX

(2009) are all manufactured by Sharp Corporation in Japan.

2004 – Motorola Razr V3

One of the thinnest clamshell phones in the world!

Half an inch thin and made of anodized aluminum, the

Motorola flip phone looks and feels absolutely amazing.

There's no dispute: The Razr (pronounced "razor") is the

coolest-looking phone. Period.

Flip it open, and you're confronted by a vast screen that's bright enough!

2007 – Apple iPhone

This phone completely

changed the definition of a

Smartphone.

iPhone is a line of

smartphones designed by

Apple Inc.

This phone runs on Apple’s

iOS mobile operating

system.

Apple created the device during a secretive and

unprecedented collaboration with AT&T, formerly

Cingular Wireless.

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!