Cell Phone Timeline

  • Phone Description

    Many people have tried to succeed in talking to people in easier ways. Before, you had to stretch a long cord across your house to talk to someone, now you can text or call them on your personal phone.
  • First hand-held phone

    Dr. Martin Cooper made the first portable phone that didnt need to be powered by car.
  • Cell phone goes to the public

    Cell phone goes to the public
    Coopers invention took over 10 years to be able to cell the phones. (The brand was Motorola.)
  • Text Messages

    Text Messages
    Text messages were later developed by people in Europe. Today we use the work texting when we send messages to other people.
  • Camera

    Camera
    In 2002 the camera was invented on the smart phones. (The company was Sanyo.)
  • Cell phone recycling act

    Cell phone recycling act
    The government wanted to recycle old unused phones because they can contain harmful things.
  • Apple was created

    Apple was created
    The apple iPhone was created with a touch screen. Later in their inventions they let them have cameras and other features.