Telephone / Antiques of the Present

Synonyms

Phone; fixed-line phone

Definition

A telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly. A telephone converts sound, typically and most efficiently the human voice, into electronic signals that are transmitted via cables and other communication channels to another telephone which reproduces the sound to the receiving user.

Invention

1876 A.D. by Alexander Graham Bell, Scotland

Obsolescence

2020 A.D. - 2025 A.D.

Derivation

Greek τῆλε (tēle, far) and φωνή (phōnē, voice), together meaning distant voice.