The History of Phones: Molly McClellan

By lmay

  • Motorola DynaTAC 8000X

    Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
    This is the Analog Motorola DynaTAC 8000X Advanced Mobile Phone System mobile phone as of 1983.

  • Motorola MicroTAC 9800X

    Motorola MicroTAC 9800X
    This was the first truly portable phone. Up until this phone, most cellular phones were installed as car phones because the weren't able to fit them into a jacket pocket.

  • Nokia 8110

    Nokia 8110
    Also called the "banana phone," this phone was popularized in the Matrix movie.

  • Nokia 8210

    Nokia 8210
    This phone was popular because it was customizable, but hated because of its screen fade.

  • Sony Ericsson P800

    Sony Ericsson P800
    This smartphone had a touchscreen and up to 128mb of memory.

  • HTC Universal

    HTC Universal
    This was the first 3G Pocket PC phone at HTC and the first to come with WIndows Mobile.

  • LG Chocolate KG800

    LG Chocolate KG800
    This phone was one of the first well-designed phones made for mass market use.

  • iPhone

    iPhone
    The original iPhone was released with an auto-rotate sensor, a multi-touch sensor that allowed multiple inputs while ignoring minor touches.

  • iPhone 3G

    iPhone 3G
    This phone was made even more desirable by all the apps that could be purchased for it itn the AppStore.

  • HTC Touch Diamond 2

    HTC Touch Diamond 2
    HTC made the LCD display screen as largas they could at 3.2" for their next version of the Diamond.