Cell phone

Cell Phones (economic/technological)

  • 1973

    Motorola engineer Martin Cooper introduced the word's first handheld cell phone, the DynaTAC 8000X.
  • 1984

    The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X became commercially available to the public at a cost of $3995.
  • 1997

    In 1997, Nokia brought the Nokia 3110 to the market.The 3110 was the most compact mobile phone available at the time.
  • 2002

    The Tmobile Sidekick which had a full keyboard allowed messages to be sent back and forth.
  • 2003

    Motorola rolls out the push to talk flip phone which paved the way for today's Facetime and Skype.
  • 2004

    Motorola releases the RAZR flip phone which was one of the thinnest cell phones on the market at the time.
  • 2007

    Apple releases the first iphone, which retailed for $499.
  • 2018

    Cell phones have continued to become more advanced with more complex features that make them so much more than just a mobile phone. A few notable releases for 2018 are the samsung S9 and the iphone 9 or iphone XI.