The History of Cellphones
2000 - 2013
2000
Sharp was first to the camera phone, released by J-Mobile in Japan
2002
Not too far from the J-Phone, the Sanyo 5300 from Sprint was the first camera phone sold in North America.
2004
The next highly popular device was a camera phone called the Motorola RAZR, which was first marketed as a "fashion" phone in 2004
2005
The first Palm smartphone to operate outside of the Palm OS was the Treo 700w, powered by Windows Mobile. It was a great alternative for users who needed access to Microsoft software on the go.
2007
n 2007, Steve Jobs introduced the Apple iPhone, a revolutionary touchscreen smartphone. It wasn't the first smartphone, but it was the first to get the user interface right, eventually adapting 3G technology
2008
The first smartphone to run Google's Android OS was the HTC Dream slider smartphone. It featured a QWERTY keyboard, full HTML web browser, Gmail, YouTube and more, and paved the way for phones like the Nexus One and Motorola DROID.
2010
The HTC EVO 4G from Sprint was the first cellular phone to meet 4G standards, running on the WiMAX network. It was sold powered by Android 2.1 and had one of the largest touchscreen displays, an 8MP camera, HD video capture, HDMI output, Mobile Hotspot capability and HTC Sense.
2012
This may surprise some readers, seeing the RAZR MAXX HD below the RAZR M, but this phone offered little in terms of “new.” It still rocks a massive battery that can get you through days before needing a charge, plus it comes equipped with an HD display, but it was released late enough that it was almost out of date by the time it went on sale.
2013
the iPhone 5S is a revised version of its predecessor, iPhone 5. The phone maintains a very similar design to its predecessor