Evolution of Phones

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    iPhone

    iPhone
    Steve Jobs created the first iPhone.
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    Alexander Grahm Bell's First Phone

    After years of work, Alexander Grahm Bell finally created the world's first working phone.
  • Payphones

    Payphones
    Wiliam Grey got a patent for the first operating payphone
  • 1900's phones

    1900's phones
    Almon Brown Strowger received the first patent for rotary dial phones.
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    "High"-Communication phones

    Theodore Vail created the first transcontinental phone.
  • Automatic phones

    Automatic phones
    The first automatic-electric candlestick phone was patented.
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    Switchboard Operators

    Artie Priddy became America's first switchboard (phones) operator.
  • touch tones

    The first high-frequency touch-tone phone went on the market
  • Going Cordless

    Large cordless phones we starting to be carried around. Starting the era of mobile devices.