Today, cell phones are a normal part of everyday life. Believe it or not, though, it hasn’t always been that way. In fact, cell phones have only been around for about 30 years. Let’s take a look back at the evolution of man’s best friend…the cell phone:
The 80s
Motorola unveiled the first portable cell phone in 1983. The Brick, as it came to be known, was nearly 13 inches tall and weighed more than one pound, making it larger than some Chihuahuas. Since it was so large, it was not intended to be carried around, but rather, was made to be kept in the car. Hence why the term, “car phone” was popular.
The 90s
After the introduction in the 1980’s, the cell phone really exploded in the 90’s. The bulky phones shrank down to pocket-sized devices that people could take anywhere. Who hasn’t seen a Nokia “candy bar” phone or the original Motorola flip phone (with retractable antenna!)?
During the 90’s, cell phones became more and more common and many parents began buying them for their children as a means of keeping in touch.
The 2000s
Cell phones had always been cool, but when the new millennium rolled around, cell phones became smart. It started slowly, with the Nextel Push-to-Talk walkie-talkie type phone in 2003, followed by the Motorola Razr in 2004. The Blackberry came along in 2006, and with it came Internet at your fingertips… all day, every day. Then, in 2007, Steve Jobs unleashed the Apple iPhone and the rest, they say, is history.
The 2000s also brought cool features like text messaging, camera phones and Bluetooth connections, the latter of which enabled us to create our ZOMM Wireless Leash—because if one thing has remained the same through all of this, it’s that humans are forgetful.
What was your favorite decade of phones?
Tags: cell phone, iPhone, wireless leash
heyy, i have been lookin for a phone dhatt is fli and thats not cheap how did they get that?
sorry i meant to say expensive
You’re a decade off, as the 90′s did NOT have commonality for cell phones. MAYBE in VERY LATE 90′s (98/99) they BEGAN to be bought, but in the early-90′s, they were still brick size and NOT very common, just watch Saved By the Bell, which ended in 1993 to see how common they were, I mean EVERYONE had one right? They weren’t called the Zach Morris phone, they were the AC Slater/Screech/Lisa/Kelly/Jessey phones, because they all had one, didn’t they? Obviously not, so they were NOT very common the first half of the 90′s. They didn’t even get owned by the majority of the adult population (51%) until 2005. Do some homework next time you post.