Mobile Phone Overview and History
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ScribdTranslationsDEFINITIONS
• A mobile phone, portable phone, or cellular phone is a device
TELECOMMUNICATION ELECTRONICS, NORMALLY PORTABLE, OFFERING A FUNCTION OF
MOBILE TELEPHONY AND CAN BE USED OVER LONG DISTANCES SUBJECT TO A
NETWORK COVERAGE.
• STUDIES RELATED TO MOBILE PHONE EQUIPMENT, WHETHER INTERNATIONAL OR
NATIONAL DISTINGUISHES TWO MAIN CATEGORIES OF MOBILE PHONES:
BASIC MOBILE PHONES PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE TELEPHONY FUNCTION
SMARTPHONES, OR MULTIFUNCTION PHONES, MORE ELABORATE, OFFERING MANY OTHER
POSSIBILITIES
HISTORY
• THE INVENTION OF THE CELLULAR PHONE IS ATTRIBUTED TO DOCTOR MARTIN COOPER.
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AT MOTOROLA WHO MADE IT
DEMONSTRATION IN THE STREETS OF NEW YORK ON APRIL 3, 19737.
• THE FIRST COMMERCIAL MOBILE PHONE, DESIGNED BY MOTOROLA, WAS LAUNCHED ON MARCH 6
1983 IN THE UNITED STATES: THE MOTOROLA DYNATAC 8000
THE STANDARDS
GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS (GSM)
• GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS (GSM) (HISTORICALLY 'GSM GROUP')
IS A SECOND GENERATION (2G) DIGITAL STANDARD FOR MOBILE TELEPHONY. THE GROUP
THE WORK RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFINING THIS STANDARD WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1982 BY THE EUROPEAN CONFERENCE
POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATIONS (CEPT).
• THIS STANDARD WAS DEVELOPED BY ETSI (EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS INSTITUTE)
TELECOMMUNICATION.
THE STANDARDS
• THE GSM STANDARD WILL SERVE AS THE BASIS FOR 3G STANDARDS (UTMS), 4G (LTE) AND NOW 5G
• WELL ESTABLISHED AT THE EUROPEAN LEVEL, THESE STANDARDS ARE USED ALL OVER THE WORLD BY
MORE THAN 5 BILLION PEOPLE (FIGURES FROM 2019), ALLOWING ROAMING BETWEEN DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES.
THE MAIN MANUFACTURERS
Samsung 28.33%
Apple 27.48%
Xiaomi 12.97%
Oppo 6.28%
Huawei 4.98%
Live 4.59%
SIM card and USIM
• A chip card, called a SIM card (Subscriber Identity Module), must be inserted into a
MOBILE GSM PHONE, OR A USIM IN UMTS AND LTE DEVICES, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO USE
ITS MOBILE PHONE FUNCTIONS
• THE SIM CARD (OR USIM) CONTAINS THE SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFIER (IMSI NUMBER) AND THE OPERATOR
MOBILE WHO PUBLISHED THE MAP
THE INTEGRATED FEATURES
SMS and MMS
• A PHONE ALLOWS YOU TO SEND AND RECEIVE SMS AND MMS. AN SMS IS A TEXT,
OTHERWISE SAID A TEXT MESSAGE, THAT WE SEND TO THE DESIRED RECIPIENT. A MMS IS AN IMAGE, A
PHOTO THAT CAN BE SENT BY MESSAGE TO THE DESIRED RECIPIENT.
THE INTEGRATED FEATURES
Cameras
• MANY PHONE MODELS FEATURE A CAMERA OR PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVICE
DIGITAL, OR EVEN MULTIPLE CAMERAS.
• THE TERM PHOTOPHONE IS SOMETIMES USED TO DESIGNATE A MOBILE PHONE CAPABLE OF
TAKING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS. SOME USE THE TERM PHONOGRAPHY TO
TAKING PHOTOS USING A MOBILE PHONE.
THE INTEGRATED FEATURES
• GPS (GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM)
• A mobile phone can integrate a GPS chip allowing for better positioning than
THE ONE ALLOWED BY ANTENNA RELAY TRIANGULATION.
THE APPLICATIONS
• THE FIRST HIGH-END SMARTPHONES WITH A PROPRIETARY OS USED THE LANGUAGE
JAVA ME TO ADD GAMES OR APPLICATIONS BECAUSE THIS FORM OF PROGRAMMING IS VERY
STABLE DEMAND FEW RESOURCES.
• UNLIKE CLASSIC PHONES, SMARTPHONES AND THEIR SYSTEMS
PLATFORMS (EX: ANDROID, IOS, WINDOWS PHONE, FIREFOX OS, SYMBIAN OS, ETC.) ALLOW
UNINSTALLING APPLICATIONS, PROVIDING MANY FEATURES NOT PRESENT AT
FROM THE PURCHASE.
IN ADDITION
• HTTPS://[Link]/COURSE-ANDROID-BEGINNER/
• HTTPS://[Link]/COURSE-IPHONE-IPAD-BEGINNERS/
• HTTPS://[Link]/WATCH?V=L4BS_W9GJMW&LIST=PLJXLS-
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