Evolution of the Telephone 1856 - 2020 (Landline)

Evolution of the Landline Telephone 1856 - 2020 #telephone #history #tech This is a quick look at the evolution of the telephone. The history will be provided in a separate video. 1856 Telettrofono 30 prototypes created between 1856 and 1871. Never Patented the invention because lack of funds. Used Make and Break Circuit 1863 Reis Telephone 1876 Liquid Phone By Graham Bell First person to get a patent for the telephone as Meucci did not have the funds to patent. Before the telephone exchange they practically functioned as a primitive intercom. 1877 Bells First Commercial Phone 1878 Acoustic Telephone Used in the USA to connect any sites not exceeding a distance of 1.6 km between them. 1880 Gower Bell First European Telephone 1878 Bell Coffin Phone 1880 Bell Blake 1882 Western Electric Three Box Phone 1884 Western Electric Long Distance Phone 1888 Ericsson AC 1890 Ericsson Skeletal Phone 1892 Eiffel Tower 1st Australian Phone 1892 Candlestick Phone and Ringer 1900 First Payphone 1905 Strowger Telephone 1st Dialer 1911 First Standard Payphone 50A 1919 Candlestick With Dial 1926 Western Electric A 1937 Western Electric 302 + Ringer 1938 Western Electric Business Phone 1945 First Commercial Answering Machine 1949 Western Electric 1949 WE 554 Most Popular Rotary Wall Phone 1957 880 Speaker Phone Automatic Electric 1958 Western Electric Call Director 1959 Princess Phone with Night Light 1964 Western Electric 2500 Most Popular Desk Phone 1964 WE 2554 Most Popular Wall Touch Tone 1965 El Grillo 1st Flip Phone 1966 Tele 724 1st Touch Tone in UK 1967 Batphone 1968 Trimline Phone Dial in Handset 1969 First Videophone 1971 First Caller ID device 1974 Rovafone Semi-Cordless Phone 1973 WE Touch A Matic 1st Solid State Memory 1980 First Commercial Cordless Phone 1981 Garfield Phone 1983 Cabbage Patch Phone 1984 Mac-Phone Prototype 1985 Gumby Phone 1986 B&O Beacom 1988 First Commercial Caller ID by BellSouth 1991 Vtech 900 NDX 1st digital 900MHz Cordless 1991 AT&T 1337 1st Digital Answering Machine 1992 Clear Trimline Re-release 1993 Star Trek Phone 1994 Princess Re-release 1995 VocalTec Internet Phone First VoIP 2002 Vtech 5831 1st 5.8 Ghz 2005 First Skype WiFI VoIP Phone 2006 Vonage VoIP Service 2008 Ooma Core Free VoIP Service 2009 B&O BeoCom 2012 iDect Eclipse 2014 iDect Boomerang 2016 Philips Faro 2017 NVX 200 - Bluetooth Speaker Answering Machine 2018 V-Tech LS 2020 Nucleus Ily Video/VoIP Phone