In 50 years, mobile phones have changed a lot since the first Motorola, nicknamed “the brick”, and which weighed almost 5 times more than the last iPhone 14. If the first call was made in 1973, the first mobile phones were not marketed. to the public until ten years later, from 1983. Summary of the mobiles that have marked the last decades.
• The Motorola DynaTAC, the forerunner
New York, 6th Avenue, April 3, 1973. It was with a Motorola DynaTAC that Martin Cooper, a Motorola engineer, made the first call from a mobile phone. The recipient? Joel Engel, who works for competing company Bell Labs.
Nicknamed “the brick” for its weight (just under 800 grams by 33 centimeters high), the Motorola DynaTAC 800X model is the first notebook sold in stores for $3,995. Its battery had enough to last half an hour of conversation.
• The Nokia 3210, the veteran
If the famous Snake game appears at the end of 1997 on a previous model, it is the 3210, launched two years later, which remains in memory as one of the most emblematic phones of the Finnish brand. Available in a variation of garish colors, it is notably the first laptop to integrate predictive typing, or T9, which made it possible to type SMS more quickly.
• The Ericsson T28, the foldable laptop
If Motorola’s StarTac was the first model of portable shellthe Ericsson T28, launched in 1999, is a famous representative with its folding cover to protect your keys.
• The Nokia 3310, the cult
The year 2000 marks the appearance in pop culture and in our pockets of the famous Nokia 3310. Reputed to be unbreakable and with a tireless battery, more than 126 million copies are sold worldwide and mark the minds of an entire generation.
So much so that it was the subject of a new version in 2017.
• The Nokia 1100, the best seller
The best-selling mobile in history is still the Nokia 1100, with 250 million copies sold, especially in developing countries. Announced in 2003, the model was discontinued in 2009. Nokia phone manufacturing itself came to a complete halt, to the Finnish manufacturer. global HMD buys the licensing rights to the brand at the end of 2016 and relaunches it on the market.
• The N-Gage, the mini game console
In 2003, a strange device arrived on the market, both a telephone (although its peculiar design does not allow it to be seen), a game console, an MP3 player and a radio, and that can also act as a web browser and GPS. If it was short-lived, the N-Gage will at least have caused a sensation and remains the first test of a mobile video game.
• The Galaxy SGH-D500, the slider
Released in 2004, the D500 is one of Samsung’s best sellers. Without a doubt, it popularized the sliding keyboard and saw the appearance of the Bluetooth connection in Samsung.
• The iPhone 4 and the first voice assistant
In 2007, Apple sparked the smartphone revolution by announcing the launch of the iPhone and its touch screen. We will have to wait until 2011 for Siri to arrive with the launch of the iPhone 4S. Voice assistant is now integrated into all Apple laptops.
• The BlackBerry, the pocket computer
A myriad of keys similar to those of a miniature computer keyboard: the BlackBerry had retained this originality since its launch in 2002 by the Canadian company RIM (Research in Motion). But it also led to its decline. Following its heyday in the 2000s, its Chinese manufacturer TLC announced in 2020 that it would stop producing new devices.
• The iPhone 6, the flagship of Apple
Released in 2014, the iPhone 6 is still one of the most popular models from the Apple brand. It is now deprecated, Apple no longer supports its repair.
• The Galaxy Fold, the foldable
A notable curiosity, smartphones with a folding screen are becoming more popular in 2019 with the Galaxy Fold from the South Korean manufacturer Samsung and the Mate X designed by its Chinese competitor Huawei.
So what will the wearable of the future look like? You could run out of battery: Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a portable device that is powered by energy from radio and surrounding light waves, without batteries.
Source: BFM TV
