How Have Cell Phones Changed Over The Last 20 Years

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The most interesting thing that changed within the last 20 years in history is the technology of cellphones. Alexander G. Bell is the first man to design the telephone. His project has became so famous and outrageous. It is big difference since the first telephone has been made. A little bigger difference from 20 years ago.

Technology of cellphones 20 years ago wasn't even touch screen nor could you have talked to them and they talked back. That's crazy right! Back then they had house phones with the circle in the middle, beepers, or little phones with buttons on them. Those types of phones seemed like they made things a lot simple and easier to work with. I also bet they was less expensive.

The type of cell phones we have today is quite complicated. They are the touch screen that is most popular around the world today. They have so many different types that you can choose from, that's how popular they are. The most famous type of touch screen is the iPhone. They have the iPhone 1,2,3,4,5s,6s and last year in 2016 just came out with the 7s.
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That is a lot of smart devices. Also the more they come out with, the more expensive they are. For example the iPhone 6s was 600 and something dollars and now the iPhone 7s is 700 and something dollars. The technology of cellphones is taking over. And soon they will come out with something bigger, better, and/or

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