cell phone: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	cellular telephone • mobile cellular phone • mobile phone • cellular phone

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Cell phone in use, c. 2006.

Nokia cell phone that allows users to take still photographs and video clips.

cell phone tower; microwave tower

Sending Text Messages

Motorola DynaTAC 8000X

Motorola customer using a cell phone in 1984

A man in business attire sits in a blue train compartment in India, talking on a cellphone with his legs stretched out, holding a newspaper, with shoes and a suitcase nearby.

2008 Nokia Videophone

Computer and Cell Phone

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs smiles and holds up a white iPhone 4, displaying its home screen, while wearing a black turtleneck and glasses.

Steve Jobs

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