The Invention of Telephones and how it has changed our lives today.

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Introduction

Telephone is used for communication, it helps transmit human voice from one end to the other simultaneously. The efficiency and importance of telephone invention cannot be overemphasized and it is easy to use.

Brief History About it’s Invention

The telephone was invented by a scientist named Alexander Graham Bell with his assistant Thomas Watson in the year 1876. There are other scientists who are given credit to the invention of telephone but Alexander Graham was awarded patent by U.S.A March 10 1876 and because of this award he is known to be the father of this invention.
There is quite a story as to the telephone invention, initially the scientist Alexander Graham was trying to attach lots of letters(messages) on a single wire, with his assistant trying to activate a telegraph transmitter he heard a sound and this made him think he could not only transmit messages but also voice over the wire. We could say that the birth of the telephone came from the telegraph because this was initially used to send messages, first using Morse codes and later alphabets

What the telephone is made of

The telephone as we know it is made up of important parts that aids in it’s working capabilities. They include;

●A power source

●A dialer

●A ringer

●A switch hook

●A transmitter

●An anti-sidetone circuit

What was life before the invention of telephone

Before telephone invention, messages needed to be written and sent out, either through the post office or through a traveler, this method took days and sometimes weeks for the message to arrive to it’s recipient.
Later on there was the birth of telegraphs which aided communication via messages

Upgrades over the years

When the telephone was first invented in the year 1876, it had a separate receiver and mouthpiece end, that is to say a long wire connects them for the sound to be heard over a distance.

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Over the years, during 1920’s the candle stick design was still used, Later on a design having numbers and carriage for the handset was invented, with this change numbers could be called directly unlike the previous designs where there was an intermediary to connect your call through.

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Also, in the early 1900’s the cordless phone designs where made but it’s operational range is limited.

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Late 1990’s ~ Early 2000s, the telephone designs become more portable and easy to carry about (mobile phones), messaging and call where even more convenient, here the birth of flip phones, Nokia 3310 and its likes.

Flip phone

The first phone with an inbuilt camera (-Kyocera VP 210) was launched in the year 1999in Japan, but there are information showing the first camera phone launch to be in South Korea in 2000 the (-SCH v200).

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SCH v200

In 2008, the first android was launched (-HTC) bringing about better user experience.

How life has change

Since the invention and use of telephone, there is easy and convenient communication with a person not in the same community as you, there is no need to wait a long time for your message through a middleman to be delivered or the response to be received. Calling and messaging is now very seamless since it can be done from your comfort area and also to any location.

Negative effects of telephone

There are no much negative effects of the telephone invention. The few negative effects include addiction, this can lead to sleep loss and also car accidents. Also radiation

Conclusion

The invention of telephone has helped society and also various business and countries in so many ways but the basic is the easy communication and that is a big plus.

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