Mobile phones and smartphones: A timeline
- 1984: Motorola's Dynatac 8000x is the world's first commercially available mobile phone.
- 1992: First SMS (Short Message Service) - also known as a text - is sent.
- 1994: First mobile game appears on the Hagenuk MT-2000 - a version of the ever popular Tetris.
- 1997: Nokia introduces the popular Snake game.
- 1999: BlackBerry phones appear for the first time. Popular for their messaging service.
- 1999/2000: Mobile phones are on the market with a back-facing camera, perfect for taking a family photo.
- 2001: The 3G (third generation) phone network launches.
- 2003: Phones with a front-facing camera become popular, enabling us to take a selfie. They first appeared in Japan in 1999.
- 2007: The first Apple iPhone is launched.
- 2008: The first Android smartphone is launched.
- 2013: Acer's Liquid S2 is the first phone to include a 4K camera for high-definition images.
- 2015: The first iPhone to record 4K video appears.
