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The list includes technologies that were first posited in non-fiction works before their appearance in science fiction and subsequent invention, such as ion thruster. To avoid repetitions, the list excludes film adaptations of prior literature containing the same predictions, such as " The Minority Report ".
John's Phone. John's Phone is a minimalist mobile phone that claims to be the world's most basic cellphone, allowing the user only to make and receive calls, with none of the features of modern smartphones such as a camera, internet access and text messaging.
That first cell phone began a fundamental technology and communications market shift to making phone calls to a person instead of to a place. [ 6 ] [ 19 ] Bell Labs had introduced the idea of cellular communications in 1947, but their first systems were limited to car phones which required roughly 30 pounds (12 kg) of equipment in the trunk. [ 21 ]
Phones with screens larger than 5.2 inches are often called "phablets". Smartphones with screens over 4.5 inches in size are commonly difficult to use with only a single hand, since most thumbs cannot reach the entire screen surface; they may need to be shifted around in the hand, held in one hand and manipulated by the other, or used in place ...
Babylonokia. Babylonokia (also Babylon-Nokia, Alien-Mobile, and Cuneiform Mobile Phone) is a 2012 artwork [1] by Karl Weingärtner in the form of a clay tablet shaped like a mobile phone, its keys and screen showing cuneiform script.
Two decades of evolution of mobile phones, from a 1992 Motorola DynaTAC 8000X to the 2014 iPhone 6 Plus. A mobile phone, or cell phone, [a] is a portable telephone that allows users to make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while moving within a designated telephone service area, unlike fixed-location phones (landline phones).
This page is a listing of articles about fictional technologies and technological devices featured in works of fiction. See also: Category:Hypothetical technology and Category:Science fiction Subcategories
4G is the current mainstream cellular service offered to cell phone users, performance roughly 10 times faster than 3G service. [ 4 ] One of the most important features in the 4G mobile networks is the domination of high-speed packet transmissions or burst traffic in the channels.