The history of the telephone

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From simple sounds transmitted down wire to a high-flying smartphone world, we chart the fascinating history of telephonic technology.
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[@nekomasteryoutube3232]

I really do like how modern smart phones let you talk, text, and video chat over cellular networks and WIFI, on top of all the other nifty things you can do like play games for phones, emulate old consoles, and if your mad enough, use a phone for actual work like trying to type out a document or make a presentation.

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

The DynaTAC is a series of cellular telephones manufactured by Motorola from 1983 to 1994. The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X received approval from the U.S. FCC on September 21, 1983. A full charge took roughly 10 hours, and it offered 30 minutes of talk time. It also offered an LED display for dialing or recall of one of 30 phone numbers. It was priced at $3,995 in 1984, its commercial release year, equivalent to $11,253 in 2022. DynaTAC was an abbreviation of "Dynamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage".

[@alisyathahira6675]

When you have to write an essay on this ._.

[@griffynmargetts723]

Lol thats why im here

[@NoneofyourBusiness-hy5ln]

This would be so awesome to talk about. Now we have little computers with us 24/7. Crazy.

[@rachogrine171]

I feel you

[@williamgerman6813]

Howd the essay go?

[@dutch_goat7789]

I gotta do a presentation on this:(

[@williampennjr.4448]

"It's like we're in the same room" "what did you say?" "Its like your in the next room" "what?" "It's like your just across the street"

[@smeenasiddiqui2374]

Phone have come a long way...just the history is mindblowing.

[@avacadoeinstein9753]

I Watched This In School & I Cracked Up Big Time!

[@AngelCleva]

Who is also here because of Luke Westaway's new profile picture?

[@ellbent]

Dob, of The Orphanage ! ! 💀🔨😂

[@DangerousDave528]

Tbh not a bad video either, although any child watching this in school may disagree

[@AldoLopVTC]

That voice at end also sounds familiar

[@moosesurgeon]

Same!

[@annijaklamer]

Jup

[@Mugglestrugglez]

Makes me wonder what the past generations that lived in the 1800 and before would think of how their intentions progressed. We can connect and keep in touch to anyone around the planet. It’s great when you think about it

[@Nottinghamrd]

I think it is extremely important that we mention the help of Lewis Latimer. I think it’s great that we mentioned everyone else, but we continuously forget to mention Latimer and the huge role he played in this fantastic part of history.

[@biscuit_eater]

Hey man, I just wanted to say, this video has changed my life. For years, I've been dreading for happiness and hungry to find something that could enlighten my life. However, I never found it. But, when I clicked on this spontaneous video, from start to finish, i was foaming and drooling all over the screen due to the immense amount of work done in the preparation of this video and the ultimate production. I just wanted to say thanks... and I hope you have a great day.

[@yashkapdi8964]

cool thanks for helping with homework

[@ztvg82]

Same

[@ellemagenta1]

I’m still doing my homework

[@DoubleHelix46]

In 1997 in grade 5 they told us about videocalls from peoples houses and phones to each other and i was SOOOO looking forward to it, now that it's here..... supremely underwhelming

[@Blimbus-Blombo]

The US Supreme Court ruled quite a few years ago that the true legal inventor of the telephone was Antonio Mauci made 27 years before AGB got the patent.

[@RiceaFashionBossXPD]

We must not forget that if it had not been for Dom Pedro II of Brazil, Graham Bell would not have shown his invention at that fair.

[@pparisps5141]

Finalmente um brasileiro! E sim vdd.

[@cbsteffen]

I've heard a rumor that people used to have phones for a limited time and therefore didn't own them.

[@mr.b4686]

Makes sense. They were expensive to own as an every-day necessity. They probably rented them like cars.

[@bakedmuffins4098]

Bell was the rightful winner of the title

[@stevenfielden8955]

In short; the device which, has become the intermediary between loved ones of all ages before, during and on the breakdown of relationships (increasingly so in children's relationships).

[@水星记-b6x]

It was a great creation. Telephone could assist us in connecting with someone who is very far away. It made a vast majority of countries and studies became more convenient. Nowadays, everyone consumes lots of time using their phone like watching movies. Some people think watching movies is a waste of time, but for me, I think, it depends on each person. I ordinarily learn a lot of knowledge while I watch movies, which helps me get information from people who are from foreign nations.

[@Omegajunior2658]

Interesting Good evening from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@unseenphantomamvsytp2186]

Watching this on my smartphone lol.

[@CHUNG-FU]

Wow, I saw the clip of someone streaming on Periscope at the end of the vid. Completely forgot that was a thing

[@nakedsnake4248]

T mobile ad immediately after 😂😂😂

[@kevinmgates]

Great video and funny. Thanks guys.

[@marcokupa2]

more videos like this please

[@kendokaaa]

Very nice and informative

[@lasarith2]

My Dad had one of those Brick Phones

[@525Lines]

We all love the idea of inventors but in so many important firsts, the guy we call the inventor was one of a bunch that were working on it in different places of the world over years. For example, Koreans invented movable metal type 50 years before Gutenberg.

[@Giga-lemesh]

Wow, this video isn't boring at all, and wasn't shown to me by my teacher

[@ramalakshmi8018]

Thank u

[@yn-mha-7123]

Amazing i love to learn 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@CNET]

Thanks for watching!

[@DJtrademarked]

"thats allowed coded messages through wires as electrical impulses"

[@DJtrademarked]

thats the history of the phone.

[@DJtrademarked]

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[@DJtrademarked]

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[@DJtrademarked]

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[@rodneymorrison6037]

Can you melt the glass in all those phone into test tubes

[@johanneskloos3402]

Johann Philipp Reis did the first Phonecall ever. 😉

[@semnome471]

Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, was the one who introduced the telephone to the world along with Graham Bell🔰🔰

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

Long Live The Emperor

[@gamingwithnyla2604]

This totally helped... me get into trouble

[@joshgleeson2242]

How?

[@mr.b4686]

20 minutes of battery life 😭😭😭😭😭🤯🤯🤯 no one today is surviving with that!

[@koukkoufos2000]

And now we have 5G cell phones that can use 5G voice quality lol

[@samanthathompson3222]

If it weren’t for Lewis Latimer then the patent war would’ve been lost by bell

[@MrSaLVideos]

Long Live AT&T!

[@hueyfreeman7810]

Dinosaur telephone,and it weighed 2LB. Damn Motorola.

[@Jezzrichjames]

Please make a video on the invention of the Smart Phone, starting with the IBM Simon

[@manuela5653]

good

[@realitytruth5175]

I'm only here because I'm forced to do an essay on it

[@Soloohara]

The telephone was invented by the Italian Meucci genious

[@anonymanonymus3286]

No. By German Philip Reis

[@ghettomist1575]

I'm glad that the generations before us did all this, because I feel like our generation is too stupid to do any of this. Honestly I don't even need a smart phone. I wish that I lived before.

[@sbellaharris]

+GhettoMist Get off the internet.

[@ghettomist1575]

GG2K7AU05 Sadly conducting life today is impossible without the internet.

[@saadqureshi7127]

I wish I lived in the year 2100 instead. I was born in the wrong century. Hey could be worse tho. 1800's would have sucked!

[@soflobro3560]

allahu akbar

[@Debunka]

Yes but there would be no internet and no way for you to tell everyone what a special snowflake you are.

[@sergentpopoy7055]

maybe they part of same cluster

[@bilshaw8116]

so dynatec was the iphone of its day!! lol good one guys.. nice research.

[@ramsesrameez5430]

at that time they were successful to their inventions..

[@iOSAndroidRebelForever]

140 Years!

[@adyadmond6276]

Telefhone invented by grande ANTONIO MEUCCI, ITALIAN GENIUS.

[@adyadmond6276]

@Larry Cavalli No, all the genius of non-Italian charlatans...LoL

[@dyevoo]

L video L school L my life

[@colinchan6396]

1:53 to 2:36, calculation

[@minaashenouda]

How/why you are showing the 2 Chinese companies in a video taking about innovation!!!?

[@drizeanbustee]

Mina Shenouda ???????????????

[@행호할캥홍]

How much should this civilization pay to all the inventors grandkids Hundred grand a year for next thousand years

[@wendigoe2652]

Cool

[@hotlintaswaruwu1219]

in the of Jesus, i have number Telephone when my Goverment comes to RRI ( Radio Republik Indonesia )

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

KING Jesus

[@aswanism]

Hey Luke, you look like Sam Smith LoL

[@syedabbubakarshiddik2852]

How to seein telephones history in mobile tell

[@chrisastro300]

Awesome

[@VeganMotorcyclePilot]

Hi

[@forjimmykimmel9269]

Moblie radio technology existed before mobile telephones were integrated into easily connected direct lines

[@cheyennecerney8998]

2:58 "that's what she said "

[@Jimmy-lm2eg]

i watched long ago

[@Dreambeta24]

It was mucci's invention

[@colinchan6396]

I'm at 4:30

[@jimschoco9228]

i don't understand what are u guys saying:(

[@s0br.0]

One word, steve jobs

[@DH___]

What is this movie called?

[@hawnmelissa2000]

Meet Me in St Louis

[@DH___]

Melissa Hawn I’m surprised I got a reply after 4 years thank you 😂

[@aavasrivastava3029]

@@DH___ 🤣

[@xalataf3365]

ALEXANDER CREATED AT&T?????

[@nnekaogbonnaya7059]

can you buy me an iphone bro

[@GD15555]

tsla invented telefone

[@north-shoregcs3894]

“Pay-tent” is the incorrect pronunciation it’s “pat-tent”

[@stuartvoizey493]

Actually it is paytent because English was originally spoke in the uk not usa so you say it wrong not him

[@Nirvana_Aurora-ym1zd]

Where they’re from it’s pronounced right, where you’re from it’s pronounced right 😊

[@Ladyfar5aD]

i'm gonna play this video for my 7th grade students

[@the-terminator5682]

Android fan boys the iPhone changed everything

[@damiennolan29]

And that's why they have control over people like you charging extautionate prices way above their cababilities of phones, all Apple keeps doing is charging an extra £200 for the next model that just does two stupid extra things

[@drizeanbustee]

Damien Nolan I think Iphone is about the Brand, Apple is like for rich people. While android is an easy affordable high quality phone. While apple is for those rich people.

[@1111gjhfscvhdsh]

why did my teacher make me watch this

[@BR1VEE]

IKR it’s boring

[@charmainekwari-machinga9345]

Its actually kinda interesting though

[@Somalinomad416]

they should have mentioned blackberry in this

[@attachedflower8008]

Ermm , kinda incorrect . It was the Italian, he couldnt afford the patent but it was being assessed for it , alexander put his name on the patent . There was a court case but the Italian died before the judge made his ruling . Fact

[@TheJackoRain]

Keep this comment at an even amount of likes

[@niralpalwe]

No

[@Mrburnxminecraft]

on android

[@quatie]

let us know if you have been sent via email and then you can be in this message

[@levithenoob9787]

How the phone was invented.

[@cmtheone]

If you dont like canada than you dont like your phone because Alexander Graham Bell is Canadian

[@kieranwaugh1281]

Nope, he was Scottish.

[@joellev-tov3478]

+Kieran Waugh rekt

[@cmtheone]

+Joel Lev-Tov www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/alexander-graham-bell/

[@goldenboyboxer1353]

Who came here cause the sapranos , when they talk about who invented telephone on the dinner table.

[@gullwingsyrp88]

Nope. Was watching The Blue Gardenia and seeing the ladies operating the switchboard I got to wondering how did phones work back in the 50s and research brought me to this video.

[@ddkkim]

69th like. 🌚🌚🌚

[@niralpalwe]

First

[@angryredshark4432]

pp

[@creativecollective444]

I HATE WIFI SO STUPID

[@niralpalwe]

First

[@lasarith2]

Trip to the Vet 😮

[@niralpalwe]

+lasarith2 nah

[@lasarith2]

Niral Palwe they have Cookies ;)