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The Evolution of the Cellphone

Apr 3, 1973

Motorola MicroTAC

Apr 25, 1989

The first truly portable phone. Up until its release, most cellular phones were installed as car phones due to the inability to fit them into a jacket pocket.

Motorola International 3200

Jun 23, 1992

The first digital hand-size mobile telephone.

BellSouth/IBM Simon Personal Communicator

Jun 27, 1993

The IBM Simon was the first PDA/Phone combo.

Nokia 8110

Oct 29, 1996

Alternately called the “banana phone”, this phone was popularized in the first Matrix movie.

Nokia 9110i

May 5, 1998

This iteration of Nokia’s Communicator series significantly reduced the weight of this precursor to the smartphone.

Nokia 8210

Feb 17, 1999

This phone was loved for its customizable design, but hated for its screen fade.

Nokia 5510

Dec 7, 2001

This phone featured a full QWERTY keyboard. It could also store up to 64mb of music.

Nokia N-Gage

Mar 29, 2003

Nokia’s answer to the Game Boy advance, this phone/games system had a couple of award winning titles before it succumbed to its clunky interface design.

Samsung Blackjack

Jan 27, 2006

Nokia E62

Apr 4, 2006

Nokia N95

Jul 31, 2006

HTC Touch

Jul 12, 2007

Iphone

Sep 30, 2007

Nokia E90 communicator

Oct 5, 2007