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Cellphone

What are we looking at?

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We are looking at the very first camera telephone. It looks quite archaic compared to the device in everyone’s pocket today, and it's hard to believe how much technology has changed in such a short period of time!

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The historical significance of the artifact?

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Invented by Motorola in only 1997, it was a definite turning point in human history, the beginning of our changing relationship with images and visuals. Now we all always have a high-def camera on us, and that's the norm, but this device was low quality and chunky to carry on with your person. The idea of having a camera-phone quickly became ideal though, and within a decade the iPhone was a slim device with a camera found in nearly everyone’s pocket. 














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