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The Evolution of Cell Phone Sizes from the 1990s to Today [Graphic]

How has the size of mobile phones changed over time?

Mobile phones have come a long way since their inception. Technology has advanced tremendously during this time, so today we can put everything in a smartphone for which we once needed even a desk space. Along with technological progress and trends, the size of mobile phones has also changed. At first, this steadily declined until the point when touch screens or smartphones began to appear. Since then, the size curve has gone up again. Now it seems we have found the perfect one? Are we really?

Mobile phones in the 1990s, when they became accessible to ordinary mortals, they leapfrogged grew in popularity, but at the same time they shrunk more and more. The trend has reversed again in favor of larger mobile phones about ten years ago, with the difference that they were no longer heavy and cumbersome. And although in today's society the mobile phone it is no longer a luxury but a necessity, it wasn't always like that. In the 1990s, many people still probably thought that they would never have the money to buy such a device, which, due to its size, weight and shape, seemed to require weapon sheet.

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Mobile phones are like babushka dolls. From humble beginnings, they have become one of the most powerful devices into which we can cram things that once took up a lot of physical space.
Mobile phones are like babushka dolls. From humble beginnings, they have become one of the most powerful devices into which we can cram things that once took up a lot of physical space.

In the cute graphics, check how the mobile phone is made the "brick" of the phone transformed into a smart device with a slim body and how they are "ambitions" have grown on the screen over the years. What do you think will be the trend in the next five years? Will the phones get even bigger or are we going back to more pocketable versions?

How the size of mobile phones has changed over time, or how the screen and the case have played a role of "stealing the earth".
How the size of mobile phones has changed over time or how the screen and the case have played the role of "stealing the earth".

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