Welcome to the world’s first mobile phone
Did you know the world’s first mobile phone call was made on April 3, 1973? Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, called a rival telecommunications company and informed them he was speaking via a mobile phone. And almost after a decade Motorola released its first commercial mobile phone, known as the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X in the year 1983. The handset offered 30 minutes of talk-time, six hours standby, and could store 30 phone numbers.
Simon- the First touch screen Smartphone
The Classic Melody Code
Don’t you still get nostalgic whenever you hear the signature Nokia SMS ringtone? You would be amazed to know that this typical tone actually represents the acronym ‘SMS’ in Morse code. (named after Samuel F. B. Morse, an inventor of the telegraph, Morse code is a method of transmitting text information as on-off tones, clicks and lights)You Have Received a Text Message – Invention of Text Messaging
The first GPS enabled mobile phone
You probably might know GPS (global positioning system) was originally designed for military and intelligence applications at the height of the Cold War in the 1960s and was made public due to a tragic incident occurred in 1983 when a Korean Air Lines Flight 007 entered Soviet airspace after a navigation error and was shot down, killing all 269 passengers. After which in 1999, Benefon launched the first mobile phone Benefon Esc enabled with GPS feature. Although it was majorly available in Europe, many other manufacturer’s in other parts of the globe followed suit.
Say Cheese!
Isn’t camera one of the main key specifications on your list while purchasing an ideal phone for your usage? Did you know that the first camera phone launched was 17 years back? Yes! Sharp Corporations a Japanese company designed this bulky looking camera phone J-SH04 that was released by another Japanese company J-phone (Softbank). What’s more, this phone also allowed the user to send photos electronically.
The Unbeatable Nokia 1100
Although Apple has certainly has sold around millions of iPhones but still, it’s far from the bestseller of all times. Wondering which brand is that? It’s the world’s most popular phone NOKIA 1100! Launched in 2003, over 250 million of this model has been .It’s affordability and durability make it one of the best-selling phones in the world.
The toughest phone of all times.
Siri….the artificial-intelligence for Android & Blackberry?
Did you know Siri Inc. (incorporated) whose technology was born out of the largest artificial-intelligence project was supposed to be used for Android and BlackBerry phones before it was bought by Apple back in April of 2010.
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