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Evolution of Cell Phones

Muhammad Safwan

Professor Chelsea Henshey

English 1102 Section H

03/16/2015
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Abstract

As we all know cell phones have changed a lot over time. But how much have they really

changed? In this essay on the evolution of cell phones I will discuss exactly how much they

have changed.

I chose this topic because everyone knows cell phones have changed but I wanted to know how

much they really changed and what caused these changes. Also, I thought I would be in

interesting topic to write about, since I am interested in anything to do with technology.

As I began writing I found out it was not an easy topic to do research on. Not because there was

not enough information on this topic, infect there was too much information on cell phones. And

that’s what made it difficult. It was hard to find exactly what I was looking for in all that

information.

As I did research on this topic and wrote my paper I found out that in only hundred years the cell

phones have completely changed. they have went from bulky car phones weighting eighty

pounds, costing thousands of dollars, and only being used by government to weighting three to

five ounces, costing only couple of hundreds of dollars, and being used by everyone. I also

found out that there were bigger and bigger changes happening to cell phones in shorter and

shorter time interval.


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Evolution of Cell Phones

Cell phones, also known as mobile phone or a hand phone, is a phone that uses a radio

frequency to make and receive calls. Since, it uses a radio link, and is so small it is portable and

can make and receive calls on the go. Nowadays everyone from four years old to eighty years

old have a cell phone. Also, nowadays this small devices holds more power than a computer as

big as a room ones did. But, the cell phones were not always this way. Nether they were this

powerful, nor were they as widely available or used as they are now. Over the time the cell

phones have evolved from the eighty pounds car phones to a three to five ounce everyday used

devises. But, the technology is not the only thing that has changed in a cell phones, the society

that uses and demands that technology is also evolved as cell phones have evolved.

Mid 1900s

The first cell phones or the “car phones”, as they were called back then, came out in the

early 1900s. They were originally made weighing eighty pounds and only had three channels for

all the users to use. Since, it weighted so much and it took a car or other heavy machinery to run

it, they were given the name “car phones”. They were first used only by St. Louis police

department to communicate between their cars, much like the radios used nowadays. They were

than adapted by other government agencies to use. Then slowly businesses adapted them as

well.

At this time technology was much more expenses and limited than it is now. And since

car phones were made requiring an external power source such as a car or other heavy machinery

they cost thousands of dollars. Since the car phones were so bulky and costly only the

government and the rich business could afford it. Hence, the car phones were not available to

the mass public.


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Late 1900s

As time went on and the technology involved the first hand hold cell phone was invented

by Dr. Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher. It was called the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x.

Though huge by today’s standards, it was considered the first truly mobile phone because it was

small enough to carry. The phone, was incredibly expensive but, became a pop culture symbol.

However, cell phone use hadn’t spread to the general public yet. They were primarily used in

the sales and business world, but not often for personal use like today.

It took ten years for it to become available to the mass public. Still at this time mobiles

were used manly only for calling and you had to call an operator to get your call connected. “It

required a manual search of an open radio channel prior to placing a phone call. The user would

link to a mobile operator, who would then dial the call over the public telephone system. In this

arrangement, controlled by a talk button, only one party was able to speak at a given time”

(Kumar & Zahn, 2005, p.1). Though the DynaTac and subsequent models were smaller, mobile,

and ultimately cooler, they still had their faults. Bulky, luggable models like the Nokia Mobira

Talkman and the Motorola 2900 Bag Phone had longer battery lives and more talk time, making

them more popular at the time.

Early cell phones were just for talking. Gradually, cell phones manufactures began to

realize that they could integrate the technologies into their phones and expand their features.

Their four features like voicemail, pager and address book were added, but the main purpose still

remain to talk.

Early 2000s

A turning point in the history for cell phones was “marked in 2002 in that the number of

mobile subscribers overtook the number of fixed-line subscribers on a global scale: mobiles thus
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became the dominant technology for voice communications” (Srivastava, 2010, p.111). Also, in

2002 the first camera phone came out. It was the big thing of the year.

The camera phone changed the way society thought of cell phones. When cameras were

first introduced on phones, the images were low quality and the feature was considered to just be

an extra. Though they only replaced the camera many saw it as a privacy issue. At this time

society valued more about their privacy than having a cool gadgets on their phone. The camera

phones were bended in many countries, so many companies stop their production of camera

phones. Their four the camera phones or other gadgets were not made popular till later.

2006

In 2006 everything changed the first smart phone, called the iPhone came out. At this time “the

mobile phone has now moved beyond being a mere technical device to becoming a key social

object present in every aspect of a user’s life” (Srivastava, 2010, p.111). The iPhone was the

first of its kind. It had an advanced touch screen, an operating system and had apps which made

it possible for it to be used as more than just a way of talking. It was like a mini computer.

At this point the society’s way of thinking of what cell phones are changed. And, as the

society’s point of view changed so did the productions of the cell phones. It went from

companies making phones and then society getting them, to society wanting something in a

phone and then companies producing it. And the society wanted new and new things. For

example when the society wanted something small and really easy to carry so the cell phones

size became smaller and smaller.

As time went by technology has become cheaper and cheaper. And as technology

became cheaper the cell phones made from that technology also became cheaper. Also, know

instead of only having one or two cell phones companies there were many more competing with
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each other, which made the cost of cell phones decrease even more. “Prices are falling as

countries open their borders to market competition, and global standards are enabling more

uniform and consistent services” (Kumar & Zahn, 2005, p.1). The cell phones went from costing

thousands of dollars to only costing couple of hundred dollars. And as the price of the cell

phones decreased the more people could afford it and the more widely it became used.

2010 – Present

Modern day smartphones have changed everything that consumers expect from their

phones. The app market has transformed the phone into a virtual toolbox with a solution for

almost every need. Just in recent years, people wanted something they could use for everyday

task like web surfing to checking email or even writing a paper. Hence cell phone designs have

actually started to become larger and simpler, making room for a larger screen and less buttons.

Because phones have become mobile media devices, the most desirable aspect is a large, clear,

high-definition screen for optimal web viewing. Even the keyboard is being taken away,

replaced by a touch screen keyboard that only comes out when you need it.

Another major change to the cell phone was when the finger scan and the water resistant

came out. It was also a new thing people wanted. They wanted a better and easier way to protect

their identities so the finger scan come out. Then they wanted a way to protect their phone from

water damage to the water resentence phones came out. As the years go on many more features

come out on cell phones. Some of these features are because the society demands it and some of

the features are just for a advertising and selling. Some of these features are not even used that

much, such as the heart rate monitor on the Samsung Galaxy series.

Conclusion

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Over the time the cell phones have evolved from the eighty pounds car phones to a three

to five ounce everyday used devises. But, the technology is not the only thing that has changed

in a cell phones, the society that uses and demands that technology is also evolved as cell phones

have evolved, As technology involving the cell phones have evolved so have the society’s point

of view on cell phones, as well as their use of it. Nowadays companies are producing cell

phones based on the demands from the society. Now not only the government or the rich have

cell phones, but almost everyone has one, since their price have dropped so much that anyone

can afforded it.


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References

Kumar, S., & Zahn, C. (2003, June 1). Mobile communications: Evolution and impact on

business operations. Retrieved March 11, 2015.

Srivastava, L. (2010, November 8). Mobile phones and the evolution of social behaviour.

Retrieved March 11, 2015.

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