Hagenuk (Toshiba) TCP-6000 – the first GSM mobile with integrated antenna (1996)ġ6. Nokia 9000 Communicator – the first mobile to make a reality of the mobile office (1996)ġ5. Nokia 2100 – 1st phone with Nokia tune (1994)ġ4. Hagenuk MT-2000 – The world’s first mobile providing a game to play (1994)ġ3. Timex DataLink – The world’s first smartwatch (1994)ġ2. IBM Simon – The birth of mobile computing (1994)ġ1. PERIOD 1994-2006 (The “Feature” phone Golden Age)ġ0. Motorola m300 (& Siemens m200) – World’s first mobiles at 1800 MHz (1993) Anon – The world’s first mobile with a lithium-ion battery (1992)ĩ. Nokia 1011 – Nokia’s first GSM hand portable (1992)Ĩ. Motorola 3200 – the first GSM hand portable (1992)ħ. Orbitel 901 – the first GSM mobile and the first to receive a commercial SMS text message (1992)Ħ. Motorola MicroTAC – some firsts in size and design (1989)ĥ. Technophone EXCELL PC105T – taking the mobile from the hand into the pocket (1986)Ĥ. PERIOD 1984 – 1993 (From the Analogue to the Digital cellular Age)ģ. Motorola Dynatac 8000X – turning a vision into a practical mobile phone (1983) First Prototype portable radio telephone that took the mobile out of the car and into the hand (1973)Ģ. PERIOD 1973-1983 (Dawn of the cellular radio age)ġ. These two sections provides the world’s most insightful resource on mobile phone history. A companion section on “ Great Industrial Designs” identifies the outstanding designs that once drove a significant part of the mobile phone market. A second distinct driver has been industrial design. Technology change has not been the only force shaping the history of the mobile phone. Others are in private collections, such as the one displayed at the University of Surrey 5GIC. Some are on show in the Information Age Gallery at the Science Museum in London. It is also a gallery of the most collectable mobile phones in the world. Many have influenced the entire industry and changed the functions and performance of personal wireless devices we all carry around today. The mobile phone has been a huge magnet for invention and a window on modern technology achievements. This fascinating progress is presented below through an expert selection of the mobiles that were the first to hit a key technology milestone.
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