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The 17 Most Important Moments In The 70-Year History Of The Cell Phone

The 17 Most Important Moments In The 70-Year History Of The Cell Phone

radio telephone

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An old car phone.

The cell phone is older than you think.

In fact, you can trace its beginnings to radio-powered phones made by companies like AT&T way back in the 1940s.

We traced the cell phone's lineage to give you an idea how we got to where we are today.

What's really impressive is how quickly phone technology has advanced over the last four or five years. Innovation is accelerating exponentially. Very exciting.

The following timeline was researched through Wikipedia, company histories like Motorola's, and our own geeky knowledge.

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