The evolution of Mobile phones: 

1973 to 2019

Modern society has always seemed to have a bit of an obsession with technology. But no
single device has had as much of an impact on the world than the mobile phone.
Today, the average person touches their phone an unreal 2,617 times per day. More
people in the world have access to a mobile phone than a toilet. In an average year, we spend just
under 800 hours on our mobile phones (that’s over a whole month!). And with these figures
rising all the time, it’s no surprise that the last ten years have been labelled as the ‘decade of the
smartphone’.
Back in the early days of mobile phones, their sole use was for calling other people whilst
on the move. Soon after, the ability to ‘text’ other mobile phones was introduced. Nowadays you
can use mobile phones to do literally everything. From paying for your next meal to tracking
your sleeping habits, the smartphone of today has almost no limits.
That’s not the only thing that has changed since the first mobile phone went on sale.
Think the iPhone XS is pricey at $1,500? Well, the first mobile phones went on sale for a
whopping $4,000 each! The increased demand for mobile phones has caused technology to
advance rapidly, with prices continuously falling (until the last few years, where prices have shot
up).
In 1973, the first mobile device emerged from the Motorola labs, weighing nearly 4kg,
taking 10 hours to charge and allowing only 30 minutes of talk time. This was just the beginning
of what was to become one of the biggest technology advances in the world.
The first ever public call from a mobile phone was actually made a whole ten years
before any mobile phone was commercially available. Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at
Motorola, made history when he called a rival telecommunications company and informed them
that he was speaking from a mobile phone. The call was actually made with a prototype of their
DynaTAC model – the first handheld mobile phone on the market, which was released a whole
ten years later.
Cell phones in 1980s to 1990s
From the eighties to the nineties, phones progressively got smaller. Looking back at the
images of phones in the 1980s conjures images of large, bulky phones with long impractical
aerials. The 1990s signified a move to a sleeker, more pocket friendly option.

Cell phones in the 1990s to 2000s

Who can forget the faithful Nokia 3310? The seemly indestructible phone known to
many! It went on to sell 126 million units. The Flip phones and phones with keypads began to
become more popular in the late nineties and early 2000s. 
In 2007, a phone came along that would change technology as we know it. The iPhone
was launched on June 29th 2007. The iPhone was just the beginning of the mass move to
smartphone devices.
With seemly unlimited capabilities and new apps being developed daily, the phone of the
moment is undoubtedly the smartphone. In the first quarter of 2017, over 336 million
smartphones were sold and sales continued to rise as more affordable options are launched in the
developing world.
Mobile phones today
The look and feel of smartphones has arguably come full circle by in some ways
mimicking earlier models, with a move to larger (but noticeably thinner) devices. Screens in
many cases are becoming bigger and bigger, with ‘phablets’ (phone/tablet hybrids) becoming
ever popular.
As devices become more powerful, process information faster and have better cameras,
the battery life must keep up with these improvements too. Today, we're seeing some phones
capably browse the internet for 16 hours non-stop… that's a lot of likes! It’s difficult to say what
phones in 2115 will look like and one can only imagine what they will be capable of. 

Item I. Answer the following questions: 

1. What was the first device that has had the best impact on the world?
The first device that had the best impact on the world is the mobile phone.
2. What is the “decade of the smartphone referred to?
The “decade of the smartphone” referred to the idea that in the last ten years people spend a lot
of time with the phone, about a month a year.
3. Which company invented the first mobile phone and when?
The first mobile phone was invented from the Motorola labs in 1973.
4. When did the mobile phones become more pocket friendly option?
The mobile phones become more pocket friendly option at the turn of the 1990s.
5. When was the first smartphone introduced?
The first smartphone was introduced in 2007.
6. How do the smartphones become today?
Today, we're seeing some phones capably browse the internet for 16 hours non-stop… that's a lot
of likes!

Item II. What stands behind each figure?

Example: 2617 stands for 2617 times a person touches his phone per day-
800 hours for 800 hours a year spent on the phone
10 hours for the first mobile device taking 10 hours to charge.
1973 for the first mobile device emerged from the Motorola labs
3310 a Nokia model that went on to sell 126 million units.
2007 a phone came along that would change technology as we know it.
336 in the first quarter of 2017, over 336 million smartphones were sold
2115 it’s difficult to say what phones in 2115 will look like and one can only imagine what they
will be capable of. 
Item III. Comment the following affirmation in 70 words: Your cell phone has already
replaced your camera, your calendar and your alarm clock… Don’t let it replace your family.
I agree that the phone is a very important thing nowadays. Life without it nowadays is almost
impossible, we need it in almost all areas of daily life such as at work in college but also in
personal life it is useful to us because he has many functions that help us to coordinate our
activities but he is with us even when we want to relax, but nevertheless we must be careful that
he does not give us the time to stay with the family we must not put him above the family