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Nokia 8110
Alternately called the “banana phone”, this phone was popularized in the first Matrix movie. -
Nokia 9000 Communicator
The first smartphone series, driven by an Intel 386 CPU. -
Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
Analog Motorola DynaTAC 8000X Advanced Mobile Phone System mobile phone as of 1983. -
Motorola MicroTAC 9800X
The first phone that was truly portable. Up until this phone most phones were installed as car phones due to the inability to fit them into a pocket. -
Motorola International 3200
The first hand sized phone that was mobile! -
Nokia 1011
This is the first ever mass produced GSM phone. -
BellSouth/IBM Simon Personal Communicator
The IBM Simon was the first PDA/Phone combo. -
Motorola StarTAC
The first clamshell cellular phone. Also one of the first display screens featured on a cell. -
Nokia 9110I
This iteration of Nokia’s Communicator series significantly reduced the weight of this precursor to the smartphone. -
Nokia 5110
This cell phone was the most popular consumer model at the time of its release and for some time afterwards. -
Nokia 8210
This phone was loved for its customizable design, but hated for its screen fade -
Samsung SPH-M100 Uproar
The Uproar was the first cell phone to have MP3 music capabilities. -
Nokia 3310
This popular phone sold 126 million models, and was particularly popular in Europe. -
Nokia 5510
This phone featured a full QWERTY keyboard. It could also store up to 64mb of music. -
Nokia 8310
This phone contained premium features not normally found on handsets of the time, such as Infrared, a fully functional calendar and a FM Radio. -
Siemens S45
Siemens’s first ever GPRS mobile phone with 360kb of internal memory high at the time. -
Nokia 3510(i)
The first Nokia phone to bring GPRS internet services to the mass market. The 3510i, pictured here, was a more advanced version with a colour screen. -
Nokia 7650
This was the first Nokia set to feature a built-in camera and was featured in the movie Minority Report. -
Sanyo SCP-5300
The first camera phone. Despite the low quality images it produced, it was the first. -
PalmOne Treo 600
One of the it gadgets from 2003-2004 until BlackBerries overtook them in popularity. Three or four days between charges and a successful merger of phone, PDA, and camera made this the business tool of choice. -
Nokia 2100
This design was available in a wide range of colors and featured a monochromatic screen. -
BlackBerry 7210
BlackBerry’s first color screen.Research In Motion’s first integrated phone. -
Motorola Razor V3
When this was introduced it set the standard for sleek design in the industry. -
Nokia 7280
Listed by Fortune Magazine as one of the best products of 2004. Also referred to as the “lipstick” phone. -
Nokia 6680
One of the first 3G phones, the Nokia 6680 was considered to be high end at the time of its release. -
HTC TyTN 100
This model was sold as the Orange SPV M3100 in the UK, keeping with HTC’s tradition of private labelling for individual carriers. -
iPhone
The original iPhone was released in June 2007 with an auto-rotate sensor, a multi-touch sensor that allowed multiple inputs while ignoring minor touches, a touch interface that replaced the traditional QWERTY keyboards, and many other features that helped to give Apple an almost instant healthy market share on its release. -
Palm Treo 755p
The Treo 755p is a smartphone developed by Palm, Inc. It was released on May 14, 2007 as the first CDMA Treo without an aerial antenna. -
iPhone 3G
The iPhone 3G was made even more desirable by all the apps that could be purchased for it in the AppStore when it was released in July of 2008. -
Samsung Instinct
The Instinct was introduced as the “iPhone killer” from Samsung at a low price of $129.00. -
Samsung Behold
Cell Fanatic found this entry by Samsung offered superior image quality over the Apple iPhone 3G and the BlackBerry Storm. -
Sony Ericsson W760i
Includes the “Sensme” music feature, as well as all of the other features from the Walkman phone brand. -
Omnia HD/Samsung i8910
This phone promises the first high-definition video recording when it is released July 1st of 2009. -
iPhone 4
Facetime became a new thing and resolution improved. -
iPhone 5
Slimmer and faster, phones started to get bigger again. -
iPhone 6/6 plus
Touch ID was introduced. -
iPhone 7/7 Plus
The Cameras started to improve and now comes in 2 sizes -
iPhone 8
Face ID was introduced and phone screens started to get bigger -
iPhone X
Face ID improved and emojis that follow your face developed.
