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It took a long process for the cellphone to become as smart as it is now. Photo / doc
JAKARTA – Smartphone now it is a mandatory item that everyone carries. In fact, it has become an important part of our daily activities.
Apart from communication tools, today’s smartphones also function as entertainment. For example, to watch movies, listen to music, take pictures and so on. But you know, it takes a long process for cellphones to become as smart as they are now.
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Want to know developments smartphone from time to time? Summarizing from various sources, Sunday (23/5/2021), the following MNC Portal Indonesia presents the evolution of smartphones.
Cell phones first appeared in the 1970’s. The first cell phone call was made by Dr. Martin Cooper, a Motorola employee, in New York using the Dyna TAC prototype phone.
Cooper called a friend who worked at rival AT&T. The phone weighs over a kilogram and takes 10 hours to charge.
Then in 1979, Japan launched the first commercially available automated cellular network today called “1G”.
And for the first time, in 1983 the cellphone was sold for USD 4,000, a price that was quite expensive at that time. The first cellphone sold was the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X.
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Moving into the era of the early 90’s, GSM cell phones were launched and the 2G digital cellular network replaced the 1G analog system.
2G enables text messaging, picture messaging, and multimedia messaging (MMS), creating new ways for people to communicate.
Moving on to 1994, IBM brought Simon with a touch screen and the earliest form of what we all know today as ‘Apps’. The price at that time was pegged at USD 899 and could only be used in 15 states in the US.
At the same time, Nokia also launched the 2110 in Europe, it is one of the smallest GSM phones available.
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