The evolution of the telephone

By A.haidemenoss

  • The First Telephone

    The First Telephone
    The first working telephone was invented by a German Johann Philipp Reis (1834-1874) in 1863. Reis devised the telephone for the scientific purpose of demonstrating the nature of sound. He never developed a commercial use for the instrument.

  • Patents

    Patents
    13 years later ... in 1876
    In America two people applied for patents for telephone inventions, on the same day, February 14 , 1876
    - Alexander Graham Bell (1847 - 1922) filed his patent application just 2 hours before Elisha Gray (1835 - 1901) applied for his.
    - Because Graham Bell was first to apply he acquired legal rights for this invention and thats the only reason history remembers Graham Bell as the inventor of telephony.

  • Design of Telephone Models

    Design of Telephone Models
    16 years later - 1892
    The Candlestick Phone was the first model which had the mouthpiece and the hearing piece separated from each other. This model became popular for almost 100 years , from 1830's - 1930's

  • The Rotary Model

    The Rotary Model
    5 years later - 1897
    -The Rotary phone was introduced in 1897
    - In this model, each number had to be dragged to the end of the phone to dial a number.

  • The First Mobile Phone - MOTOROLA DYNATAC

    The First Mobile Phone - MOTOROLA DYNATAC
    86 years later - 1983
    - the very first mobile ever - it was huge!!!
    - it costed enormous amount of money : 3.995 USD
    - the first call was made in 1973 by Martin Cooper his inventor. Cooper was an American Engineer and considered as the father of wireless communication. This first mobile was invented by Cooper while he was working at Motorola where he led the project. - Dynatac was launched in the market in 1983

  • First Flip Phone Motorola Startac

    First Flip Phone Motorola Startac
    13 years later - 1996
    - Introduced in 1996
    - sold over 60 million phones
    - weighed 88 grams

  • First Smartphone- iPhone 2007

    First Smartphone- iPhone 2007
    11 years later - 2007
    - Introduced in June 29 2007
    - Considered as major technological breakthrough with huge commercial success. Very successful among business people who needed smartphones to do their job efficiently
    - phone lacked some basic features such as cut and paste functionality
    - features included touchscreen, intelligent sensors, sleek design and other.