{"id":37018,"date":"2023-11-22T01:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T09:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?p=37018"},"modified":"2023-11-13T13:38:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T21:38:25","slug":"from-cell-to-smart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/from-cell-to-smart\/","title":{"rendered":"From Cell to Smart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Consumers are agog over the Samsung Galaxy, Motorola Razr, Apple iPhone, Google Pixel and other advanced smartphone models. These devices can make calls, send texts, take photos, respond to verbal instructions, provide a games platform, access digital assistants, navigate routes, generate budgets \u2013 the list of capabilities gets longer just about every day.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/11\/rsz_adobestock_301801104.jpg?w=1280\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37019\" style=\"width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/11\/rsz_adobestock_301801104.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/11\/rsz_adobestock_301801104.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/11\/rsz_adobestock_301801104.jpg?w=400 400w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/11\/rsz_adobestock_301801104.jpg?w=500 500w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/11\/rsz_adobestock_301801104.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/11\/rsz_adobestock_301801104.jpg?w=720 720w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/11\/rsz_adobestock_301801104.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/11\/rsz_adobestock_301801104.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/11\/rsz_adobestock_301801104.jpg?w=1200 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Starting in 1908, when a U.S. patent for a wireless telephone was granted, mobile phone capability evolved into two-way radios and networks with very powerful base stations that covered wide areas; signals weren\u2019t passed among cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Motorola prototype<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A major milestone came in 1973, when Motorola mass-produced the first handheld mobile phone. This was 0G of the 5G technology progression. Motorola engineer Martin Cooper initiated the first handheld cellular phone call in New York City on April 3 of that year using a 2-1\/2 pound prototype nearly the size of a shoebox. \u201cI\u2019m calling you on a personal, handheld, portable cell phone,\u201d Cooper told the call\u2019s recipient, an executive at Motorola competitor Bell Labs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Motorola launched commercial cell phone service 10 years later with its 2-pound DynaTAC 8000x, which retailed for $3,500\u2014$4,000. In the 1990s the modern cell phone took shape with much smaller and more user-friendly products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRoughly every ten years since 1979, each newer generation has changed how we communicate, further improving our way of life,\u201d says CENGN, a coalition of Canadian technology interests. As of 2021, 97% of Americans owned some type of cell phone, Pew Research Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Smartphones take off<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between 2004-06, \u201csmartphone\u201d entered the vernacular. That\u2019s when, according to British IT services provider Air IT, \u201cphones began to seriously bridge the gap between something you used to make calls and send text messages, to something altogether more useful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 50-year progression of cellular technology generations, from 0G to 5G, has seen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Smaller models<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Faster download speeds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Encryption<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The advent of text and multimedia messaging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gateways to social media and the internet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facial and fingerprint recognition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High-quality cameras<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Payment and banking functionality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The ability to work outside the office<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Video streaming, videoconferencing and live video that<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 among many other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A future full of \u2018extraordinary leaps\u2019<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So what\u2019s next? \u201cThe next generation of wireless cellular tech will enhance machine-to-machine connectivity, brining in a new automated society. Technologies such as AI, IoT and Cloud Computing will make extraordinary leaps over the next few years,\u201d CENGN predicts. \u201cIt will change almost every aspect of our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amid all the breathtaking advances in mobile phone technology and capability, the man who helped start it all maintains an uncomplicated perspective. \u201cToo many engineers are wrapped up in what they call technology and the gadgets, the hardware, and they forget that the whole purpose of technology is to make peoples\u2019 lives better,\u201d Cooper, now 94, told CNN. \u201cWe are trying to improve the human experience. That\u2019s what technology is all about. Overall, I think the cell phone has changed humanity for the better and that will continue in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consumers are agog over the Samsung Galaxy, Motorola Razr, Apple iPhone, Google Pixel and other advanced smartphone models. 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