The company has slowly been gaining popularity since the launch of the OnePlus One back in 2014. It sold over 60 million units worldwide.The iconic game Snake is launched on the Nokia 6110 which marks the start of mobile gaming. So, you’d probably be surprised to find out this was one of the best-selling phones of all time, selling over 250 million models worldwide. However, the Galaxy S phones to be more popular and competes directly with the iPhones. The W800 was one of the very first phones on the market to prioritise music; possibly as a result of the iPod’s recent success.

With a screen size of 5.3 inches, something that was pretty unheard of at this time, iPhone users ridiculed it as “too big”, asking questions like “does it even fit in your pocket?”. In 1983 the world got the first ever portable mobile phone in the shape of the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X. Whilst this wasn’t the first touchscreen phone on the market, it came at a time when the mobile phone industry was predominantly made up of phones with physical keyboards, small screens and clunky designs.

Modern society has always seemed to have a bit of an obsession with technology. Let us know on Want to discover more digital marketing tips and tricks? The advent of front facing cameras in 2003 on devices such as the Sony Ericsson Z1010 meant video calling became possible, but not popular.Swiping and scrolling replaced the traditional button method of input. This acceleration in technology was largely down to the mainstream success of the iPhone 5. It also featured 34MB of internal memory, with the option to add up to 2GB via a memory card. Neil Papworth, a test engineer for Sema Group, sent the first text message to a mobile phone on 3rd December 1992. It also claimed the title of the best-selling clamshell phone of all time. It also served as inspiration for RIM, the mobile phone company that made its name amongst business professionals throughout the mid-2000s with the BlackBerry brand. In 1989 Motorola followed up the DynaTAC with the 9800X or MicroTAC, it came with a fold down keyboard cover and set the standard for the flip phone form factor seen throughout the 90's.GSM first launched in Europe 1991 with the Orbitel TPU 900 first to market, but it wasn't until 1992 that mobiles were no longer restricted to business use.
Motorola released the first model from its StarTAC line, also one of the first phones to be branded as a luxury product. He called his father, the then Chairman of Vodafone, Sir Ernest Harrison.The first ever truly portable mobile phone hits the shelves – the Motorola 9800X which features a flip down to cover the keypad.GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) phone launched and 2G digital cellular networks replaced the 1G analogue system.2G made Text messages, picture messages, and multimedia messages (MMS) possible, creating a whole new way for people to communicate.Neil Papworth sent the first ever text message to Vodafone director Richard Jarvis's Orbitel TPU 901 phone. Regardless, the evolution of mobile phones has been a … The First Ever Portable Mobile Phone. It was also the first device to feature a monochrome LCD screen.Another first came from the Motorola StarTAC as the first ever flip phone or clamshell device. This was thanks to its ability to access the Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) Network, often referred to as the second generation (2G) of wireless cellular technology.

On top of this, the phone received a ton of good press surrounding its camera, scoring a rating of 89 on the DxOMark – the company that rates the quality of smartphone and DSLR cameras. Whilst it was a very basic version of the BlackBerry’s that a lot of us were familiar with in the late 2000s it still rocked a fairly similar design, featuring a QWERTY keyboard as well as the ability to send and receive emails and browse the internet. Nokia also launched perhaps the most iconic phone of all time – the Nokia 3310. Cooper called his friend who worked at rival AT&T. Scroll through the timeline to see how and when phone technology evolved.In 1983 the world got the first ever portable mobile phone in the shape of the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X. BlackBerry launch their 857 which support email and web browsing signifying the start of BlackBerry’s reign as the business phone kings.
It cost $899 and only worked in 15 states in the US.Nokia also launched the 2110 in Europe, it was one of the smallest GSM phones available and a choice of ringtones which brought us the iconic Grande Valse, now known as the Nokia tune.The first ever phone with the ‘slider’ form factor came in the shape of the Nokia 8110.