Nowadays most people would be lost without their trusty mobile phone. It's the one thing that everyone takes when they leave their house. If you look at how recently these things came about, it is quite amazing how integrated this piece of equipment is to our modern day lives. Here in this article we will talk about their brief history, from the first phone to modern smartphones.
The First Phone
The very first telephones were like many prototypes purely for function with little thought to being eye pleasing. The idea came about for an innovation that would replace the telegraph machine. The invention of the telephone is recognised as one of Alexander Graham Bell's although there is debate whether this is correct, another inventor, Elisha Gray, is also said to come up with a similar example using a comparable technology. The first phone call covered a distance of only fifteen feet.
The First Phones
The first phones for home use were very expensive so were only really used in wealthy households, of which their designs were over-elaborate and well suited to the Victorian period. Many of the first designs were a two piece handset consisting of a speaker and a microphone.
Phones on street corners
Public phone boxes were once a common sight in the UK and operated by the Post Office. They were revolutionary in their day, and are still iconic to date. But they had their everyday uses at the time many could not afford a phone in their own home. These soon became privatised and other companies had a slice of the market. The Police had their own phone boxes which were for police use only.
The First Mobile Technology - In Car
In car phones were a bulky, built in mobile phone systems, which were a founding stage of the technology used for being able to make a call when you were out and not around a phone box. These paved the way for the distant relative you probably have in your possession right now.
The first Mobile Phones
These were rightly the paramount mobile telephones. However they were still the size of a briefcase and very expensive. Also at the time, they were seen as more of a status symbol than a useful piece of technology.
Handheld Mobile Phones
This new wave of mobile phones was smaller and relatively inexpensive compared to their first generation cousins. They soon became very popular and threatened to wipe out the use of landline technology in homes. These early mobile phones were very bulky and some of the first models are called 'bricks' because of their size and bulkiness.
Smart Phones
Also known as smartphones, but these are more than just phones boasting touch screens, cameras and a range of computer applications the user can add to their inventory. These specimens are more likely compared to computers than their ancestors.
The First Phone
The very first telephones were like many prototypes purely for function with little thought to being eye pleasing. The idea came about for an innovation that would replace the telegraph machine. The invention of the telephone is recognised as one of Alexander Graham Bell's although there is debate whether this is correct, another inventor, Elisha Gray, is also said to come up with a similar example using a comparable technology. The first phone call covered a distance of only fifteen feet.
The First Phones
The first phones for home use were very expensive so were only really used in wealthy households, of which their designs were over-elaborate and well suited to the Victorian period. Many of the first designs were a two piece handset consisting of a speaker and a microphone.
Phones on street corners
Public phone boxes were once a common sight in the UK and operated by the Post Office. They were revolutionary in their day, and are still iconic to date. But they had their everyday uses at the time many could not afford a phone in their own home. These soon became privatised and other companies had a slice of the market. The Police had their own phone boxes which were for police use only.
The First Mobile Technology - In Car
In car phones were a bulky, built in mobile phone systems, which were a founding stage of the technology used for being able to make a call when you were out and not around a phone box. These paved the way for the distant relative you probably have in your possession right now.
The first Mobile Phones
These were rightly the paramount mobile telephones. However they were still the size of a briefcase and very expensive. Also at the time, they were seen as more of a status symbol than a useful piece of technology.
Handheld Mobile Phones
This new wave of mobile phones was smaller and relatively inexpensive compared to their first generation cousins. They soon became very popular and threatened to wipe out the use of landline technology in homes. These early mobile phones were very bulky and some of the first models are called 'bricks' because of their size and bulkiness.
Smart Phones
Also known as smartphones, but these are more than just phones boasting touch screens, cameras and a range of computer applications the user can add to their inventory. These specimens are more likely compared to computers than their ancestors.
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