A mobile phone collection detailing the history of the device has been launched as an online museum with more than 2,000 handsets dating back to 1984.
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The Mobile Phone Museum, founded by industry veterans Ben Wood and Matt Chatterley, includes high-resolution photos and stories about many of the phones on the list.
The museum began as a personal collection started by Wood more than 25 years ago and has now grown to more than 2,100 devices.
To mark the opening of the museum, a special one-day exhibition is taking place in London, with students from a local primary school visiting to experience a demonstration and talk with Mr Wood and the museum's educational team about the history of the mobile phone and its significance.
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The museum will have the mobile phone company Vodafone as a sponsor for five years.
“This all started as a passion project over 25 years ago, so it’s incredibly exciting to be working with Vodafone to open the museum and to see so many industry veterans and other friendly faces at the exhibition,” said Wood.
“None of this would be possible without the extraordinary generosity and effort of all these willing volunteers, donors and sponsors, so I want to sincerely thank them for their contributions.”
"No other recent invention has shaped our way of life more fundamentally than the mobile phone."
“From mobile payments to news updates, everything on social media, and the ability to work anywhere, it’s hard to overstate the importance of mobile.”
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“It is a privilege to be able to recognize the devices and people that have made such a significant contribution to the world, as we preserve this history and make it available to everyone by opening the Mobile Phone Museum today.”
You can tour the Mobile Phone Museum yourself by following this link.
Information source: metro.co.uk
