Museum of Global Communications launches "Going Mobile" exhibition: more than 2700 devices, including 364 Nokia phones

CTOnews.com, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) Global Communications Museum Competition Porthcurno has partnered with CCS Insight to launch the "Going Mobile" exhibition, which claims to "explore the 40-year history of mobile phones", which is scheduled to open until October 2024.

According to the official press release of ▲ Picture Source Going Mobile Exhibition, "Going Mobile" will display more than 2700 devices, including 346 Nokia phones. In the exhibition, users can experience important devices such as the world's first mobile phone, Motorola DynaTAC 8000X (signed by its inventor Marty Cooper), the first mobile phone with built-in camera, the Sharp J-SH04, the first mobile phone with built-in GPS mapping function, the Benefon ESC, and the first mobile phone with built-in MP3 player, Samsung SGH-M188.

▲ source Going Mobile exhibition official press release the Museum of Global Communications claims that these historic devices can inspire the next generation of engineers and designers to explore more different fields and remind people of yesterday:

In 1973, the first handheld mobile phone was invented. The new technology quickly became a status symbol for executives and the super-rich. By 2002, mobile phones had become the main technology of voice communication, surpassing the use of fixed-line phones. Since its establishment, mobile phones have evolved from a 'voice-centric' private phone to a multi-functional communication device 'connected to the Internet'.

Today, mobile phones always exist, carrying users' digital memories. People would rather not eat than give up their mobile phones, according to a survey.

In 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that mobile phones are an integral part of an individual and an extension of a user's personality. Here, we can learn more about the history of this everyday communication device and its extraordinary evolution from an 'expensive identity symbol' to a 'best friend'.

CTOnews.com found that officials also launched the "Mobile Museum" website earlier, which can be visited by interested friends.