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In this era of globalization, there are various types of mobile phones that have strengths
and weaknesses. From the first phones that only offered one hour of talk time to the Apple
iPhone with internet access and limitless applications, mobile phones have exponentially
evolved over the past decades. The definition of mobile phone or also called as cell phone by
Merriam-Webster is a portable usually cordless telephone for use in a cellular system, (Merriam-
Webster, 2017). In today’s society, communication plays a very important.
In 1876, history tells Alexander Graham Bell received the first patent which Bell’s first
phone launched the era of the phone with the first two-way electronic transmission of the
spoken word, (Ben, 2013).
The first telephone launched is candlestick phone. It is popular from the 1890s to the
1930s. Next, the rotary phone is introduced. To dial, this type of phone have to rotate the
number and release. In 1963, AT&T introduced Touch-Tone phone, which has a keypad of
number. The keypad is used to dial numbers and make phone calls. After that, portable phones
or cordless, phones were the phone equivalent of the TV remote. The phone is no longer
physically attached to phone’s base station which is can bring the phone anywhere in a house.
Beginning in the 1980s, the mobile phone is introduced that can bring the phones around the
worlds, (Ben, 2013).
From teenagers to old men, most of them has one personal mobile phones. Mobile
phone is one of the most important things in life. A lot of improvement in technology of mobile
phone that has made a great change, from the huge brick likes mobile phone in era 1983 to the
sleek and stylish smartphones that can easily get now. Today, millions of people walk around
with an all-in-one computer, communication device and personal assistant in their pocket. Here,
the evolution of mobile phones will discuss in design and function each mobile from 1980s to
2000s.
THE EVOLUTION OF MOBILE PHONE
In 2007, Apple Inc launched iPhone which is the beginning of the mass move to
smartphone devices. It is the first phone to have an operating system, the IOS and by enabling
applications to run on the phone. Now, the new one is iPhone 7 plus. Not only Apple Inc, other
companies such as Samsung, Vivo and more also produces smartphones, an impressive mix of
telephone and computer with 4G. Users can consume without problem video content in HD,
music streaming and a thousand other things, besides, of course, everything that has to do with
our work so we can make several times faster without many complications, at the place and
time where we are, points that are vital to the daily functioning of millions of people around the
world today, (Rahul, 2013).
Through this years, we can see how mobile phones changed along the time. Now, apart
from having the basic functions of a mobile phone, users can play, take professional
photographs, record videos, and more.
PROS AND CONS OF MOBILE PHONE.