46 years ago today, on April 3, 1973, the world's first mobile phone was born.
But the concept of mobile phones appeared as early as the 40s. At that time, it was Bell Labs, the largest communications company in the United States, that began trial production. In 1946, Bell Labs built the first so-called mobile phone. However, because of its size, researchers can only put it on the shelf of the laboratory, and slowly people forget it.
It wasn't until the late '60s that ate&T and Motorola became interested in the technology.
In 1973, the mobile phone was patented, and it was not until 1985 that the first modern telephone was born that could really be moved. It is to put the power supply and antenna in a box, weighing up to 3 kilograms, very heavy and inconvenient, the user has to walk on its back like a backpack, so it is called "shoulder phone".
Mobile phones, in the early days, were only communication tools, and there was a common name for "big brother" in China, which was a rare object at that time.
After the 2G era, 3G era, 4G era, so far has developed to the 5G era.
The early resistive touch screen, need to press hard to be able to, I believe that many people have the experience of poking and poking with their nails. Now the large screen machine, are capacitive touch screen, random sliding, smooth no.
The external type of mobile phones has also changed from clamshell type, straight plate type and slide cover type to the current watch type and touch screen type.
In 1987, mobile phones similar to the shape of today appeared, much lighter than before, but still weighing 750 grams.
Today's smartphones are like personal computers. It has become an indispensable thing in life, basically one by hand, people use it for shopping, games, communication, watching TV, and students use it for online lessons. As thin as a cicada wing, there is basically no weight.
The first smartphone was born in 1993.
Some time ago, there was a topic of young people who were reluctant to change their mobile phones. After thinking about it, I found that indeed, my mobile phone seems to have been three or four years old, before every time the market came out with a new mobile phone, whether to buy it or not, the curiosity to study and study is always there, and there will be comparisons, what functions or appearance of the mobile phone is more attractive.
A few years ago, young people who refused to change their mobile phones were still a minority. At that time, some people expressed panic on Weibo: "How often do you change your mobile phone to not be abandoned by the trend?" "It seems that you can't keep up with the trend of the times without changing your mobile phone, so you can save money and use it, just to have the latest mobile phone."
That has changed in recent years. Today's young people no longer have the "anxiety of changing machines" as they used to be.
From 2014 to 2018, it was still the golden age of mobile phone consumption, and consumers changed their mobile phones once a year on average.
However, in recent years, the consumer changeover cycle has been extended to 28 months to 30 months. "The function is small and tinkered, the appearance is much the same, and after reading it, there is no desire to buy."
Without transformative innovation, the price is getting more and more expensive, which are the two most prominent problems.
In recent years, they have been tinkering in function, either making articles on the screen, engaging in various screens, what full screen, bangs screen, folding screen; or making an article on color, "mint green" and "Klein blue", how many eyes are not very good at color recognition, and the colors that cannot be recognized... As a communication tool, mobile phones are in a bottleneck in innovation.
Now the epidemic situation, many people's economy is also tight. The mobile phone is a necessity, but it is not a fast moving consumer goods, and it is naturally not so diligent to change.
Do you remember what your first phone was like? Is it Motorola or Nokia?