Nowadays, most of the people in the world own a smartphone, and life is difficult without it. But if we travel to the previous years, years ago smartphones did not exist. Things have changed a lot over the years.
Previously we had mobiles, which its most robust function was to make a call, send messages and play a game like the popular Snake, Pac-Man or Tres en Raya. Did you know that the first mobile phone in the history that got rid of the car, to be able to take it anywhere, was the Motorola DynaTac 8000x, which went on sale in 1983? It cost $ 3,995 and weighed 785 grams. It was basically a brick with dial and antenna buttons
The 15 most influential mobiles in history:
Two things attract attention. On the side, its form. At first the mobiles were very narrow but very thick, like landlines. As the years have gone by, they have become thinner in thickness, but wider in the front.
Another interesting curiosity is that, if you compare the first of all, the Motorola 8000x, with the iPhone 6 Plus, launched more than 30 years apart, measure practically the same (not counting the antenna). However, in the infographic we see how the keyboard decreases with the passing of the years, almost in the same proportion in which the screen captures all the protagonism. The pioneer mobiles had screens of less than an inch.
Start by confronting two authentic myths. The Motorola DynaTac 8000x (1983) and the Motorola StarTAC (1997). The American company was the precursor of mobile telephony, opening the way for the rest.
As we have said, the Motorola DynaTac 8000x was the first mobile that could be used outside the car, anywhere.
The Motorola 8000x had a thickness of 8.9 cm. Weighed almost a kilogram and needed to use a bulky antenna, because in the 80's had not yet established the mobile switchboards. His weak point, like that of all the first models, was his autonomy: 30 minutes. Its price, $ 3,995, was only available to businessmen, businessmen, and wealthy people. It sold 1200 units, so it can be considered an eccentric luxury. It took almost 15 years for the mobiles to begin reaching the general public. The Motorola StarTAC (1997) was the first to use the cap, a fad that lasted a decade, until the arrival of touch screens.
At that time the mobiles were only used from time to time, to call, that's why it did not bother. Can you imagine having to lift the lid now, every time you use your smartphone? How many times do we use the mobile phone per day? With a weight of 88 grams, the Motorola StarTAC could now be carried in your pocket. His autonomy increased to 60 minutes. Although it cost $ 1,000, he managed to sell the incredible amount of 60 million units.
Nokia arrives
Motorola marked tendencies, but the merit of bringing the mobile to the masses was for the Finnish company Nokia. Your Nokia 3310 (2000) is considered the most influential mobile in history.
The new millennium also represents the premiere of Samsung, which began to be noticed with its Samsung SGH-T100 (2002)
The Nokia 3310caused a similar impact in the year 2000 that the first iPhone would cause almost a decade later. It was still a keyboard-based mobile but its 2-inch screen already allowed some frills, and even games like the popular Snake. It could execute some programs and it offered a quite important autonomy, of more than 3 hours. But it was his affordable price, around 200 dollars, which allowed him to sell the incredible amount of 126 million units, making mobile telephony a universal activity.
For its part, the Samsung SGH-T100 began to set trends with the best screen of the time. For the first time, the screen separated from the keyboard and was placed on the lid.
Goodbye mobile, hello smartphone
We have to wait until the mid-2000s for the second major mobile phone revolution to take place. The touch screens eliminate the keyboard and the new and powerful processors turn the phones into small computers capable of executing all kinds of programs and games. Internet is already widespread enough to take the Internet to mobile phones and start downloading apps, music, videos, websites ... The smartphone is born.
The Nokia N95 was the first mobile to incorporate GPS. He was also the first to use dual Slider, a sliding keyboard that could be extracted
The iPhone can be considered the first modern smartphone, making what some pioneers like IBM Simon had dreamed a decade ago a reality.
The mobiles are already beginning to look like the current ones. The screens extend up to 3.5 inches and the autonomy increases until 8 hours. At last, the smartphone can stand a whole working day!
Unfortunately, all these technological advances have a price, which is double compared to the previous generation. The Nokia N95 cost 418 dollars, and the iPhone, 399 dollars. This increase was reflected in sales, which did not exceed 7 million. Nothing to do with the 126 million Nokia 3310 sold.
The last two revolutionary smartphones are the Samsung Galaxy S2 (2011) and the iPhone 6 Plus (2014):Samsung's smartphone highlights that you can recharge while playing multimedia, as well as its 4.3-inch screen, converted into a standard, and its autonomy of 18 hours. The Samsung Galaxy S2 came to sell 40 million units.
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