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History And Evolution Of Mobile Phones In The World - [pictures] by OCTAVO: 12:19pm On Dec 07, 2015 |
A LOT can happen in 40 years. But when it comes to technology, 40-years is like going back to the days of Moses or the Roman Empire. Case in point: the mobile phone –– and, more recently, the rise of mobile internet communications, social networks and super-fast internet. But what were the phones that made it happen; who were the pioneering brands that made today's handsets possible; and which phone, out of the thousands launched since the 1980s, was the most important? Answer: quite a few. But first: a history lesson. The world’s first mobile phone call was made on April 3, 1973, when Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, called a rival telecommunications company and informed them he was speaking via a mobile phone. The phone Cooper used, if you could call it that, weighed a staggering 1.1kg and measured in at 228.6x127x44.4mm. With this prototype device, you got 30 minutes of talk-time and it took around 10 hours to charge. In 1983, Motorola released its first commercial mobile phone, known as the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X. The handset offered 30 minutes of talk-time, six hours standby, and could store 30 phone numbers. It also cost £2639 ($3995). In the very early days of the mobile space handsets weren’t designed with consumers in mind. You’d need a couple of thousand pounds to get hold of one, and even then performance wasn’t great. Back then, mobile phones were designed with the likes of Gordon Gecko in mind, businessmen-types that drove big Jags and flew Concord. Not your average Joe. Even at the start of the 1990s this was still the case despite Nokia and NEC entering the fray. Nokia’s first 'handheld' mobile phone, the Mobira Cityman 900, launched in 1989 and weighed just 800g – a huge improvement over 1982’s 9.8kg Mobira Senator model. 1990 to 1995 represented an upward swerve in design and portability, with mobile devices gradually starting to appear in the hands of average consumers for the first time. By the late-1990s, mobile devices were fast becoming the norm thanks to the following handsets… 1997 – Nokia 6110 [img]http://cdn1.knowyourmobile.com/sites/knowyourmobilecom/files/styles/gallery_wide/public/2/99/6110.jpg?itok=cFH-zVOm[/img] Features: -Three games: Memory, Snake, Logic -Calculator, clock and calendar -Currency converter -Works as a pager -Profile settings -4 colours 1997 – Motorola StarTAC Inspired by the communicator from Star Trek, this bad boy was the world’s first clamshell handset. Another first for Motorola. 1998 – Nokia 5110 Excellent battery, slim by 1998’s standards, and it also featured Snake. What more could a 90s consumer want? Features: -Dimensions 48 x 132 x 31 mm -Battery 900 mAh NiMH -Display 47 x 84 B/W 1999 – BlackBerry 850 The BlackBerry 850 was the first handset released under the BlackBerry brand. Ten years later, RIM would be crowned the fastest growing company on the planet. And we all know what happened post-2010. 2000 – Nokia 3310 The phone that all of your mates had at school – if you went to school in the mid-to-late-90s, that is. Even in 2013, many regard the 3310 as one of the best mobile devices ever created. Some even say it’s indestructible. 2002 – Samsung SGH-T100 Before Samsung took over the world it made handsets like this, which was the first phone ever to use a thin-film transistor active matrix LCD display. 2003 – BlackBerry 5810 It didn’t have a built in speaker so you had to plug headphones in to make phone calls, but the BlackBerry 5810 did have email and a QWERTY keyboard. 2004 – Motorola Razr V3 Motorola shifted over a 130 million of its ‘fashion’ phone between the years 2004 and 2006, making it the best-selling clamshell handset in history. 2005 – BlackBerry 7270 First BlackBerry handset to feature Wi-Fi, and one of the main reasons for widespread CrackBerry addiction. 2006 – Nokia N95 A true smartphone, one that ran on Symbian, packed in a 332MHz Texas Instruments CPU, and feature 160MB of RAM. It also featured a decent 5- megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi. 2007 – LG Shine Features: -Dimensions: 99.8 x 50.6 x 13.8mm -Weight: 118g -Operating system: Java MIDP 2.0 -CPU: ARM9 115 MHz -Memory: 50 MB Internal, microSD (TransFlash) external memory card slot -Battery: 800mAh Li-Ion -Display: 240 x 320, 2.2-inch Display 262K-color TFT LCD -Camera: 2.0 megapixels + Autofocus 2008 – Apple iPhone 3G SOURCE Cc: Lalasticlala, Dominique, Ishilove. |
Re: History And Evolution Of Mobile Phones In The World - [pictures] by augster(m): 1:11pm On Dec 07, 2015 |
$3995!!!!! Mogbe ooo! You can get a very good smartphone with just $100 these days! 1 Like |
Re: History And Evolution Of Mobile Phones In The World - [pictures] by OCTAVO: 1:33pm On Dec 07, 2015 |
augster:I tell you bro, that's over 600k (current exchange rate) for that bogus mighty device. |
Re: History And Evolution Of Mobile Phones In The World - [pictures] by blym4real: 1:45pm On Dec 07, 2015 |
back in the days of Nokia 3310 |
Re: History And Evolution Of Mobile Phones In The World - [pictures] by augster(m): 2:04pm On Dec 07, 2015 |
OCTAVO:chai that could build a very standard duplex back then.. |
Re: History And Evolution Of Mobile Phones In The World - [pictures] by augster(m): 2:09pm On Dec 07, 2015 |
blym4real:imagine the amount of girls that went into prostitution and guys that used their friends to do rituals just because of it |
Re: History And Evolution Of Mobile Phones In The World - [pictures] by Youngpo413: 4:46pm On Dec 07, 2015 |
Latest S6,Note 5 and iphone 6s etc,all these too shall pass...in 10 yrs time,we all will just look at their specs and LAUGH. 1 Like 2 Shares |
Re: History And Evolution Of Mobile Phones In The World - [pictures] by Warlord3000(m): 6:41pm On Dec 07, 2015 |
It's OFFICIAL Wow... Am so so old |
Re: History And Evolution Of Mobile Phones In The World - [pictures] by HyDef(m): 8:13pm On Dec 07, 2015 |
The human race's drive for 'more' is astounding. Imagine back then, when the telephone was first made. "I want to make something that will let you hear the voice of another across the world!" They'd think that was crazy. "I want to make a telephone you can carry around, with no wires!" They'd think that was crazy. "I want to make a phone that can connect to the Internet!" They'd think that was crazy. "I want to make a phone that can play music, take pictures, AND watch videos." They'd think that was crazy. Show the iPhone to Bell and watch him scream witchcraft. In another 40 years, our present-day selves will be screaming the same. Technology is amazing. 1 Like |
Re: History And Evolution Of Mobile Phones In The World - [pictures] by lacasera14(m): 8:52pm On Dec 07, 2015 |
Octavo I missed your posts, why did you lay low for so long or Where u banned? anyway nice post and welcome back. awwww that Motorola raz just gave me a nostalgic feeling, I remember those days I'll wait for my dad to go and take his bath and I'll take the phone and start snapping, it was amazing then seeing a camera phone and trust parents then you dare not touch it. how time flies. #sandsoftime 1 Like |
Re: History And Evolution Of Mobile Phones In The World - [pictures] by PhonePlanet(m): 9:54pm On Dec 07, 2015 |
And why is this topic not in fp yet Lalasticlala |
Re: History And Evolution Of Mobile Phones In The World - [pictures] by timilehing(m): 4:37am On Dec 08, 2015 |
Re: History And Evolution Of Mobile Phones In The World - [pictures] by gabylzy(m): 8:08am On Dec 08, 2015 |
i remember wen i saw that motorola razar advert....i wan die dat year...e b like rob bank go buy the fone sharperly 1 Like |
Re: History And Evolution Of Mobile Phones In The World - [pictures] by Nobody: 2:09pm On Dec 08, 2015 |
Blackberry and that kind of keyboard |
Re: History And Evolution Of Mobile Phones In The World - [pictures] by codedflowz(m): 6:15pm On Dec 08, 2015 |
Make I sharperly comment This thread is Front page bound PS: If you know all these phone..... You're Old |
Re: History And Evolution Of Mobile Phones In The World - [pictures] by lekjons(m): 10:38am On Dec 09, 2015 |
chai!! see blackberry black n white.. LMAO!! |
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