Talk:History of mobile phones

May 2017
Hello All, I consider that the statement "In Europe, several mutually incompatible mobile radio services were developed." is very derogatory as well as being factually incorrect. Europe had the big disadvantage of language difficulties between licencing authorities but in spite of this developed GSM so a few years after the initial incompatible start had a well integrated system. It was many years after the Europeans had roaming throughout Europe with GSM that you could still not purchase a phone in one part of the USA and expect it to work in other parts. Japan and south Korea have still not managed to cooperate to this day (2017). I would hope that the original author would be good enough the correct this "Put down" of Europe before someone else does.

Ted Slevin Chief Engineer at Burndept UK at the time in question

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The BBC is pushing the concept that the British invented the mobile phone. Why isn't this listed as a british invention? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:630:12:1090:ECC4:5605:C7AC:D7A3 (talk) 14:08, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

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Date corrections
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I have just corrected the dates of some literary references in this article. The article erroneously listed 1707 as the date for a Punch Magazine article which came out in 1906. It also cited another literary reference from 1931 as having been published in 1631. I am somewhat concerned that this may be evidence of vandalism, as it seems to me unlikely (though still possible) that these would both be legitimate mistakes. In addition, London is referred to as "Løndon", which I haven't corrected. 187.147.2.114 (talk) 20:51, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

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The image of the Micro-USB interface has recently been replaced by an image of a USB-C interface by User:Jurian15 claiming the previous image to be outdated for smartphones. This might be true for the higher end smartphones but Micro-USB is still found on the lower end smartphones as well as feature phones. I would like to remind readers that this article is about the history of mobile phones in general (not just smartphones). Tk420 (talk) 20:50, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
 * By 'lower end' I mean the cheapest models (mainly under £100 in UK terms but I have found some USB-C ports on smartphones under £150). According to a source, cited for the increase in USB-C ports, USB-C has the additional cost of semiconductor content compared to an interface integrated circuit (IC) needed for a traditional USB Type-A or USB Type-B port which is possible reason for the current continued use of micro-USB in the cheaper models. Tk420 (talk) 20:40, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

In response to a claim of mini-USB being part of the common standard, as far as I can gather this is not the case although I know Motorola did use the mini-USB interface on its phones around the mid-2000s and I know the interface was used on other portable devices e.g. MP3 players possibly in anticipation of a common standard. I read in a Wikipedia article (I forget which) in 2009 before the standard was implemented that some media outlets incorrectly reported mini-USB as the common standard instead of micro-USB which might be where the claim is from. Tk420 (talk) 10:28, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Reverted vandalism from IP user 199.20.27.59
Clear bad faith edit - a date changed to one obviously false for history of telecommunications. Other recent user activity also apparent vandalism. Recognitor (talk) 17:23, 18 May 2024 (UTC)