Some believe that the mobile phone started in the nineties, but the truth is not so, as it began working in 1973, and since then great developments have been made on this invention until it became an integrated computer that is placed in the pocket.
The British "Sky News" network reported that the first mobile phone call took place 50 years ago.
Motorola engineer Martin Cooper put a handset that looked more like a clown's shoe than a slick smartphone to his ears and used his muscles to hold the phone in order to place a call with his friend Joel Bell, who works at then-competitor AT&T.
And this was only the beginning in a long series in which the mobile phone developed over 50 years, and its most prominent stations were the following:
- G1: Japan launched the "G1" service in 1979, which is an analog cellular communication system, which became widespread, and this system did not work outside the car.
First mobile phone on the market: The phone Cooper used in April 1973 was none other than a prototype Motorola phone, the DynaTAC 8000X, which was introduced commercially in 1983. It had a price of $3,955, which is about $12,000 today, and it took 10 hours to charge In order to make calls that last about half an hour.
The first call to this phone in Britain: The first mobile phone call was made in Britain on December 1, 1985, and the call was between Vodafone Chairman Ernest Harrison and his son.
The first foldable phone: The first foldable mobile phone was released in 1989, and this phone was distinguished by its small size compared to the first mobile phone.
- Phones became digital: In 1991, a year known as the International System for Mobile Communications was issued, and this was the European standard for what would later be known as “G2”, and it was credited with the emergence of short messages “SMS”.
- Sending the first short message: In late 1992, the first short message was sent by British engineer Neil Papworth to the phone "Orbitel 901".
Graham Bell made the first telephone call in 1876.
The first affordable mobile phone: In 1992, Nokia launched its 1011 phone, which had an affordable price, which helped popularize this technology.
- The first smart phone: The year 1994 witnessed the emergence of the first smart phone, called "Simon", which operates with a touch screen, and was produced by IBM, and it succeeded in only 15 US states, where it sold 50,000 copies.
- The emergence of the famous reindeer: In 1994, the famous reindeer associated with Nokia phones and mobile phones in general appeared, and was evidence of a call on the way for an entire generation.
The first mobile phone with a color screen: The Siemens S10 released in 1997 was a mobile phone with a color screen, but the colors were limited: red, green and blue.
The thin, light and antenna-free phone: The first phone without an external antenna was released in 1999, the Nokia 3210 phone, which was considered the most popular in the nineties, and was known as being lighter and thinner than previous phones.
The Internet reaches mobile phones: In 1999, Nokia released the 7110 phone, which allows Internet access, but with limited capabilities such as displaying news, e-mail, and downloading new ringtones.
- The first camera phone: The paradigm shift occurred in the year 2000, when the first camera phone was invented, which expanded the range of tasks carried out by the mobile phone.
- BlackBerry business phone: In 2002, the BlackBerry 5810 was a must-have for businessmen, as it helped perform many serious tasks, such as emails for meetings.
The appearance of the first iPhone: In December 2007, the late Steve Jobs presented the first phone to the Apple company he worked with, and later became known as the “iPhone”, and it was made available to consumers in the summer of that year, and it was chosen as the best invention of that year according to “Time” magazine. American. This phone, in this way, was the beginning of what would later be known as the era of smart phones, which opened the door to major developments in the world of communications, such as smart applications such as “WhatsApp”, which was launched in 2009.