Cell phone technology was introduced to the US in 1976 by OKI Electric, a Japanese company. They were in a race with Motorola to finalize and unveil the technology. Although they won the race, Motorola managed to set up the first test markets in Chicago and Washington DC. These are the brands that produced cell phones from the beginning until now. Researching all this information took me days. It entailed going through old industry data and company financial reports, hopefully you’ll enjoy it.<br /><br /><br />1G networks could handle 100k callers vs 20 callers on radiotelephone networks.<br /><br />One of the First portable cellphones was the Mobira Senator (Nokia) which weighed 22 lb. <br /><br />Japanese and European cellphones dominated the 80s because of higher quality while American phones had 5x the defects.<br /><br />1984<br />Motorola DynaTAC<br />First handheld1,800 units sold at $3,995<br /><br />1985<br />Technophone Excell (Nokia) 1st Pocketable Cellphone<br /><br />1986<br />Mitsubishi Roamer<br />1st Side-Mounted Battery<br /><br />1987<br />OKI CDL 350XC<br />1st OKI Handheld Phone<br /><br />1988<br />Samsung SH-100<br />First Samsung Handheld Phone<br /><br />1989<br />Motorola MicroTAC<br />1st Flip-Phone Design<br /><br />1990<br />Motorola MicroTAC<br />White Version Released<br /><br />1992<br />Nokia 1011<br />1st Handheld 2G Phone (GSM)<br /><br />1994<br /> Nokia 2110<br />Introduced Nokia's Iconic Ringtone<br /><br />1996<br /> Motorola StarTAC<br />60 million units sold<br /><br />1997<br />Siemens S10<br /> 1st Color LCD Screen<br /><br />1998<br />Samsung SGH-500<br />Response to Motorola StarTAC<br /><br />1999<br /> Nokia 3210<br />160 million units sold<br /><br />2000<br /> Nokia 3310<br />126 million units sold<br />2001<br />Japan launches 1st 3G network with NEC phones<br /><br />2002<br /> Blackberry 5820<br />1st Blackberry phone<br /><br />2003<br /> Nokia 1100<br />250 million units sold<br /><br />2004<br /> Motorola RAZR<br />130 million units sold<br /><br />2005<br />Nokia 1110<br />250 million units sold<br /><br />2006<br />Nokia N95<br />1st Modern Smartphone7 million units sold<br /><br />2007<br /> 1st iPhone<br />6 million units sold<br /><br />2008<br /> HTC G1<br />1st Android1.6 million units sold<br /><br />2009<br />Nokia 5230<br />Symbian OS150 million units sold<br /><br />2010<br /> HTC Evo 4G<br />1st 4G phone<br /><br />2011<br />Samsung Galaxy S II<br />40 million units sold<br /><br />2013<br /> Samsung Galaxy S4<br />80 million units sold<br /><br />2014<br /> iPhone 6/6+<br />222 million units sold<br /><br />2015<br />Nokia 105<br /> 200 million units sold<br /><br />2016<br />Samsung Galaxy S7<br /> 55 million units sold<br /><br />2017<br />iPhone X<br /> 63 million units sold<br /><br />2019<br />Samsung Galaxy S10 5G<br /> 1st 5G Phone<br />What was your first cell phone ever?
