Origin of the Cellphone

Spencer Trask & Co.
Spencer Trask & Co.Spencer Trask & Co.
Origin of the Cellphone
Feb. 26 2013. World Press Photo of the Year.
“African migrants on the shore of Djibouti City raised their phones to try to capture an inexpensive signal from neighboring Somalia – a tenuous link to relatives abroad.”
The First Mobile Phone
The First Mobile Phone
The 1982 Millicom Vision
Hultén, Stephan and Mölleryd. Bengt, ibid. Pg. 19.
“…a radical innovation since
all phones at that time could
only be mounted in vehicles.”
The First Portable Cell Phone
E. F. Johnson MT-9100
“Millicom adapted a phone
made by the E.F. Johnson firm producing the first portable cellular phone.”
Agar, Jon. Constant Touch: Global History of the Mobile Phone. Totem Books. 2004.
The 2nd generation, MT-9300 –
“The Lunch Box”
The First Handheld Cell Phone
Competition from Motorola
The Brick
Awkward, expensive
and impractical for consumers
Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
Commissioned by
Millicom shareholders
The M1
The History of GSM -- Birth of the Mobile Revolution. http://www.gsmhistory.com/vintage-mobiles/
Then the Breakthrough
BBC. Tomorrow’s World. June 1988. https://youtu.be/icc2pHEj_xg (image)
“…an extremely
influential phone in the
history of mobile…”
Nils Martensson shows his phone to Prince Charles
Then the Breakthrough
The History of GSM -- Birth of the Mobile Revolution. http://www.gsmhistory.com/vintage-mobiles/ (text)
Technophone M1 (1986)
“…turned the mobile
from a hand portable to
a pocket phone.”
The First Pocket-Sized Cell Phone
The History of GSM -- Birth of the Mobile Revolution. http://www.gsmhistory.com/vintage-mobiles/
Technophone M1 (1986)
Daily Telegraph. July 13th 1987. pg. 20
“The intelligent telephone
has been launched.”
The Second Version – Pocket-Sized Cell Phone
This Pocket-Sized Cell Phone
Set the standard form and function of
cell phones…
For the next 30 years!
The Origin and Evolution of the Cell Phone
1920s 1981 1983
First Portable
E. F. Johnson & Co./Millicom
First Handheld
Motorola
First Pocket-Sized
Commissioned by Millicom Shareholders
1986
First Mobile
Motorola
Origin of the Cellphone
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Origin of the Cellphone

  • 2. Feb. 26 2013. World Press Photo of the Year. “African migrants on the shore of Djibouti City raised their phones to try to capture an inexpensive signal from neighboring Somalia – a tenuous link to relatives abroad.”
  • 5. The 1982 Millicom Vision Hultén, Stephan and Mölleryd. Bengt, ibid. Pg. 19. “…a radical innovation since all phones at that time could only be mounted in vehicles.”
  • 6. The First Portable Cell Phone E. F. Johnson MT-9100 “Millicom adapted a phone made by the E.F. Johnson firm producing the first portable cellular phone.” Agar, Jon. Constant Touch: Global History of the Mobile Phone. Totem Books. 2004. The 2nd generation, MT-9300 – “The Lunch Box”
  • 7. The First Handheld Cell Phone Competition from Motorola The Brick Awkward, expensive and impractical for consumers Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
  • 8. Commissioned by Millicom shareholders The M1 The History of GSM -- Birth of the Mobile Revolution. http://www.gsmhistory.com/vintage-mobiles/ Then the Breakthrough
  • 9. BBC. Tomorrow’s World. June 1988. https://youtu.be/icc2pHEj_xg (image) “…an extremely influential phone in the history of mobile…” Nils Martensson shows his phone to Prince Charles Then the Breakthrough The History of GSM -- Birth of the Mobile Revolution. http://www.gsmhistory.com/vintage-mobiles/ (text)
  • 10. Technophone M1 (1986) “…turned the mobile from a hand portable to a pocket phone.” The First Pocket-Sized Cell Phone The History of GSM -- Birth of the Mobile Revolution. http://www.gsmhistory.com/vintage-mobiles/ Technophone M1 (1986)
  • 11. Daily Telegraph. July 13th 1987. pg. 20 “The intelligent telephone has been launched.” The Second Version – Pocket-Sized Cell Phone
  • 12. This Pocket-Sized Cell Phone Set the standard form and function of cell phones…
  • 13. For the next 30 years!
  • 14. The Origin and Evolution of the Cell Phone 1920s 1981 1983 First Portable E. F. Johnson & Co./Millicom First Handheld Motorola First Pocket-Sized Commissioned by Millicom Shareholders 1986 First Mobile Motorola