It’s hard to imagine nowadays, but for a long time I could not comprehend why somebody would need a mobile phone. Only when I started working in consultancy, working at many different places, the idea of carrying your own phone to be reachable started to slowly make sense. My first first mobile phone was still on an analogue network so called NMT.
Ericsson Pocketline Amigo
released 1993
NMT
Motorola cd930
released 1998
GSM
Nokia 3210
released 1999
GSM
Nokia 3510
released 2002
GSM / GPRS 2G
Sony Ericsson K300i
released 2004
0.2 MP camera
GSM / GPRS 2G
Nokia 6230i
released 2005
1.3 MP camera
GSM / GPRS 2G
Palm Zire 21
produced 2003-2005
heldheld
Apple iPhone 3GS
produced 2009-2010
3 MP camera
GSM / 3G
Apple iPhone 4
produced 2010-2013
5 MP camera
GSM / 3G
Apple iPhone 4S
produced 2011-2014
8 MP camera
GSM / 3G
Apple iPhone 5
produced 2012-2013
8 MP camera
GSM / 3G
Apple iPhone 6
produced 2014-2018
8 MP camera
GSM / 4G
Apple iPhone SE
produced 2016-2018
12.2 MP camera
GSM / 4G
Apple iPhone XR
produced 2018-2021
12 MP camera
GSM / 4G