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Cell phones have come a long way from their debut to the public in the early ’80s. Take a look at their evolution.

1982

Motorola DynaTAC 8000X

It weighed 2 pounds and could be used for one hour after being charged.

1993

BellSouth/IBM Simon Personal Communicator

The first phone with PDA features. It had a pager, a calculator, an address book, e-mail and fax all in one $900 package.

1996

Motorola StarTAC

One of the smallest of its era, it weighed in at 3.1 ounces.

2000

Nokia 8260

Color is added to the cell phone arsenal.

2002

BlackBerry 5810

The first BlackBerry to feature voice capabilities.

Sanyo SCP-5300

The debut of the camera in cell phone design.

2004

Motorola Razr v3

The uberslim design made this phone a hit.

2007

Apple iPhone

A camera, Web browser, iPod…

What doesn’t it have?