The Evolution of

Phones
By Tommy Chhe and Rae’Dawn
Rebert
Why we chose
this topic
 1876: Liquid
Transmitter
Invented by Alexander Graham Bell

The Voice of Alexander Graham Bell

1879: Wall Phone
Invented by Elisha Grey

What is inside a Hand Crank Wall

Telephone
 1892: Candlestick
Phone
Invented by Almon Strowger

Do you know that you can buy a modern

candlestick phone?
1937: Desktop Rotary
Dial Phone
Invented by the Hungarian Telephone
Factory

How to use a Rotary Phone

 1946: Car Phone
Invented by W. W. Macfarlane

Does a car phone still work nowadays?

 1984: Motorola
DynaTAC
Invented by Dr Martin Cooper

The Brick Phone

1994: IBM Simon
Invented by Frank Canova

Advertisement
1996: Motorola StarTac
Created by Dr Martin Cooper

Motorola Commercial
1996: Nokia 9000
Communicator
The Tune of the Nokia 9000
Communicator
2007: iPhone
Invented by Steve Jobs

iphone Commercial
References
● Youngblood, Steve. “The Amazing Evolution of the Telephone.” Computer
Museum of America, 23 Mar. 2023,
https://www.computermuseumofamerica.org/2020/06/09/evolution-of-tel
ephone/, “1870s – 1940s: Telephone.”
● Elon University. “Imagining the Internet / 1870s – 1940s: Telephone.”
https://www.elon.edu/u/imagining/time-capsule/150-years/back-1870-1940/,
and Ngak, Chenda.
● “The Evolution of Telephones.” CBS News, CBS Interactive, 1 Dec. 2014,
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-evolution-of-telephones/.
Final Thoughts from Tommy and Rae’Dawn