Línea Temporal: La Historia del Teléfono Móvil

Motorola presenta el primer prototipo funcional de teléfono móvil de la historia, el Motorola DynaTAC, pesando casi 2 kg y diseñado por Martin Cooper.

Motorola lanza comercialmente el DynaTAC 8000X tras obtener la aprobación de la FCC, inaugurando la era de la telefonía móvil comercial.

Se presenta el Psion Organiser, considerado el primer ordenador de bolsillo / PDA práctico del mundo.

Se construye el primer dispositivo con pantalla OLED práctica en laboratorios de investigación.

Psion releases EPOC16, a 16-bit operating system designed for mobile devices (notebooks), that will later be known as Symbian OS

First SMS (Short Message Service) was sent from a computer to a mobile device.

Apple releases thei first PDA, running on their proprietary Newton OS, one of the features is handwriting recognition

Nokia estrena la legendaria línea Communicator con el Nokia 9000: procesador Intel 386, teclado QWERTY completo, fax y navegador web.

Nokia releases the 8110, bringing the 'slider' form factor to the market, it was nicknamed 'banana phone' due to its curvature when open, it was also featured in 'The Matrix', a sci-fi film that appeared in 1999

Ericsson launches the first mobile telephone to have wireless modem capabilities

Siemens launches first phone ever with a color screen, although it was able to display 4 colors only: red, green, blue, and white.

WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) is introduced for the masses, causing massive hype and gaining popularity rapidly.

First mobile phone with a built-in GPS (Global Positioning System)

Ericsson invents Bluetooth technology with implementation in the T36, however, it never hit the global market. This device was designed as a prototype for the upcoming T39.

First mobile phone with an integrated MP3 Player

Pocket PC 2000 (renamed Windows Mobile in 2003 - not to be confused with Windows Phone (2010)) is released, a really promising OS for smartphones

Samsung releases for the public their first phone with a 0.35MP camera.

A legend is born - Nokia launches the device that in time becomes one of their most iconic phone

First phone marketed as a 'smartphone', featuring a B&W touchscreen partially covered by a flip keyboard.

Japan's first phone with built-in camera, at a resolution of 0.11MP - exclusive for Japan

Nokia ups the game with the launch of this device, bringing to the market the 'first' color display (4096 colors), it was also the fist device to run on the 'open' Symbian OS, formerly known as EPOC. It was also the first device with an Infrared port.

First comercially released device that was Bluetooth enabled, it also was the first to sport an optical proximity sensor

First mobile phone to run Java Apps

An open source mobile version port of Doom was released, simply called CDoom (Communicator Doom)

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications is founded as a joint venture between Sony and Ericsson

Sony Ericsson releases their first phone together, though it was exclusive for Japan

Last mobile phone to be released under Ericsson naming, the one and only T68

First mobile device to run on second-generation (2,5G) cellular technology, namely GPRS

Nokia brings GPRS internet services to the mass market

Sony Ericsson's first globally available phone after their joint venture - the T68i. The fun part about this device is that you could attach a camera to it - the 'Communicam'

Android Inc. was founded, in the hope to make 'smartphones' smarter, initially trying to develop advanced operating system for digital cameras

Nokia launches the 'Taco Phone', in an attempt to lure people away from the Game Boy Advance - one could say that this was the first mobile phone dedicated for gaming

HTC launches their first device under the name Qtek

First devices to support Wi-Fi connectivity

Pantech introduces the GI100, first mobile phone to sport a fingerprint sensor

First mobile device to sport a 2MP camera with 2x Optical Zoom

Motorola launches the Razr V3, first of its series, also setting a new standard in terms of design with this beautifully crafted flip phone

Motorola is first to develop mobile phones with dual speakers

Google buys Android Inc., further developing what soon will become the most used OS in mobile phones

Sony Ericsson releases the W800 Walkman - first of the 'walkman' series - a phone dedicated for music, giving up to 30 hours of playback in 'Music' mode

First mobile device with to sport NFC (Near Field Communication)

HTC rebrands its mobile devices lineup simply as HTC (previously Qtek)

First Sony Ericsson device to be branded as Sony Cyber-shot

First OLED TV

Apple introduces the iPhone, setting new standards in software interactions (no more stylus and resistive screen) with their iPhone OS 1, also bringing multi-touch capacitive screen technology to mobile phones. The revolution of smartphones starts now

Google officially unveils Android, also announces partnership with HTC, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, T-Mobile, Sprint Nextel and Nvidia - the OHA (Open Handset Alliance)

Image projection technology made portable, inside a mobile phone

First phone to sport an AMOLED display

HTC comercially releases first ever device running on Android

With the launch of the iPhone 3G, Google's speech recognition technology is brought to mobile devices

First phone with a dual camera setup, meant to shoot 3D photos and videos

Qualcomm aquires Imageon from AMD and rebrands it to Adreno, a anagram of AMD's own graphics brand Radeon. Adreno is the GPU used in the Snapdragon SoC

Nokia releases first mobile device with a built-in FM Radio Antenna

A legandary phone arrives - HTC HD2, first Windows Mobile smartphone with a multitouch capacitive screen. It got huge support from community, multiple OSes are capable of running on this one: Windows Phone, Android, Windows RT, Firefox OS, MeeGo, Ubuntu

Google releases the Nexus One (codenamed HTC Passion), a phone manufactured by HTC for Google

Xiaomi is born

HTC releases the very first 4G enabled phone

Samsung releases the Galaxy S, marketing it as the first from the S series

Apple sets a new standard for SIM (subscriber identity module) cards, releasing the iPhone 4 with a micro-sim card

Xiaomi launches their first Android-based firmware: MIUI

Wi-Fi Direct allows devices to connect with each other without the need of a router, all thanks to DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance)

Motorola Mobility LLC was founded after a split of Motorola inc. (now Motorola Solutions) into two separate companies

Nokia partnerships with Microsoft, soon to release their first Windows Phone device

Kyocera launches first mobile phone with dual screen

Xiaomi introduces their first smartphone on the market, amassing 300000 pre-orders in the first 34 hours

Apple releases the iPhone 4S, integrated with Siri, a voice assistant (Initially, Siri was a simple app for iOS, released on February 2010)

Nokia releases their first Windows Phone device, shifting from Symbian, it was also the first from the Lumia lineup

Samsung releases the Galaxy Note, setting a trend for larger and larger devices, known as Phablets for the time

HTC' One lineup is revealed, the V, the S and the X

Nokia 808 Pureview, a breakthrough in mobile devices photography, with a 41MP sensor, and the end of Symbian OS

Google buys Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion

Apple, once again, sets a new standard for SIM (subscriber identity module) cards, releasing the iPhone 5 with a nano-sim card

Mowned has arrived! ^_^

Nokia won 12 awards with the launch of Lumia 920, it was the first device with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) Camera and wireless charging (Qi Standard)

HTC wins the run to release the first device with a 1080p, Oppo being the first to announce such a device (Oppo Find 5)

Qualcomm relases their Snapdragon 600 SoC, bringing 10W charging to smartphones thanks to the Quick Charge 1.0 technology

Xiaomi releases their first Redmi series phone, which will later become a sub-brand of the company.

Microsoft acquires Nokia's mobile devices division, focusing on the Lumia brand

Samsung releases the Galaxy Round, a phone that resembles the Galaxy S3, but has a curved in display

Oppo launches first smartphone with a rotating camera, though it wasn't motorized

OnePlus is founded, as a sub-brand to the already existing company BBK Electronics

Google sells Motorola Mobilty to Lenovo for $2.91 billion, nearly $10 billion less than what they paid at acquisition

Oneplus releases their first device, the Oneplus One, being available for purchase only via invite

Dragonfly Futurefön - a crowdfunded revolutionary device, though it never surfaced because as it turned out, the whole thing was just a scam

Acer showcases their first gaming phone, the Predator 6, sadly it never got released, though later that year they released a gaming tablet named the Predator 8

LG V10, a device with dual selfie cameras, and a secondary display, right next to the cameras, one could argue this was the first phone with a notch, but it technically isn't a notch

First Blackberry device to run on Android OS, the screen of the phone slides up to reveal a QWERTY keyboard, which can also be used as a trackpad, to some extent

Nextbit Robin, a crowdfunded device that actually got released, it was the first device to come with cloud storage as a feature, the phone itself having only 32GB ROM

LG launches a dual camera device, allowing the user to switch between the two cameras.

Huawei launches a dual camera device, in colaboration with Leica, the setup does not allow the user to switch between lenses, instead both the sensors work simultaneously to provide better low light images

Samsung ceases production of the Note 7 less than 2 months after its release and recalls all devices for repair - the device was prone to catching fire due to a defect in the battery manufacturing process

The iPhone 7's Home button looks and feels like a physical button, but it' not, the great haptic feedback is thanks to the Taptic Engine developed by Apple. Some companies removed the headphone jack in the past to make thinner phones, but it only became a trend when Apple removed it from their phones for good (2016' iPhone 7 onwards)

Google Pixel is released, the first in its line, succeeding the Nexus series. It was launched with integrated Google assistant

The Nokia brand is revived when HMD Global acquires Nokia from Microsoft, together with exclusive rights to the Nokia brand

HDM Global releases the first Nokia device since acquisition of Nokia Mobile, it was also the first Nokia branded phone to be released in nearly 3 years

Razer acquires Nextbit and starts developing its own gaming phone, the first flagship smartphone with 120Hz LCD display

A legend is reborn - 17 years later, Nokia relaunches one of their most iconic devices, the Nokia 3310, with updated features

Essential, a company founded by Android creator Andy Rubin, launches a ceramic and titanium phone, with a notched display, even though it was the first to sport a notch, the trend of having a notch was set by iPhone X that was released later that year, ever since then, we've seen all kinds of notches

Google introduces the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, with support for both nano-sim and eSim.

The world's first smartphone with optical in-display fingerprint sensor

Google expands their staff by acquiring the team they have worked with on the development of Pixel and Pixel 2

Nokia relaunches another one of their iconic devices, the Nokia 8110 (maybe they'll set a trend -smiley face-)

The Department of Commerce bans ZTE from trading with U.S. companies for 7 years, though the ban was lifted less than 2 months later, after ZTE paid a fine of $1 billion and replaced its entire senior management

While everyone's busy making bigger and bigger phones, Zanco releases a device slightly bigger than an SD Card

Oppo brings diversity in terms of design with this beautifully crafted slider phone

In a time when all phone producers market their devices at prices that hover around the $1k tag, Xiaomi releases the Pocophone F1, a 'top notch' device with specs on par with the best 2018 had to offer, but at a price tag starting from $300

Samsung releases first mobile device to sport a quad camera setup

Asus' first gaming phone, the ROG Phone, bringing 90Hz displays in the industry of mobile phones

ZTE figures a way to get rid of the notch, by removing the front camera, and adding a second dislay on the back of the phone

Royole - a company that mainly focuses on making everything flexible - launches the first working foldable phone

Redmi gets separated off of Xiaomi as a sub-brand

First device to sport 5 rear cameras (2x RGB + 3x B&W)

Qualcomm develops an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, first seen in the Galaxy S10 and S10+

Oneplus launches the first smartphone with 90Hz AMOLED display

ZTE launches a phone with an actual cooling fan inside

Huawei receives a complete ban by USA (via Trump administration). Officials are worried that Huawei installed a back door in their equipments and will help the Chinese government spy on the US. But it is suspected that the company was banned because of China trade war and because of its 5G technology could monopolize. American chipmakers (including Qualcomm, Intel, Broadcom, etc) are prohibited to sell parts to Huawei. Android is also affected by the ban, Google cannot deliver its core apps and services - Google Play Services (Play Store, Maps and so on). Meanwhile, in 21 June, Huawei got a temporary lift from the ban.

With the attachment of a gadget-case-screen, this LG phone goes dual screen

Samsung releases first device with built-in support for fifth generation cellular network technology (5G)

Huawei introduces Mate 30 Pro that can capture incredible 7680fps slow-mo videos which slows down time by 256x.