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title: "How was the first phone invented?"  
description: "A short explanation about the history of the first phone and who invented it"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-20  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2567/how-was-the-first-phone-invented  
category: "education, history"  
tags: ["facts", "history", "invention", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How was the first phone invented?

![How was the first phone invented](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5cd59d73-3bbf-4e72-86d9-bfeac5266b7c/images/29fcf4be-9663-49a6-9fa0-8dfe41001bcd.jpeg) ![How was the first phone invented](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5cd59d73-3bbf-4e72-86d9-bfeac5266b7c/images/935d8cea-72e1-4df1-a2d9-8ff7e80ae0b7.jpeg) Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone in 1876. ![How was the first phone invented](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5cd59d73-3bbf-4e72-86d9-bfeac5266b7c/images/935d8cea-72e1-4df1-a2d9-8ff7e80ae0b7.jpeg) He was a Scottish-born inventor who was interested in sound transmission across wires. ![How was the first phone invented](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5cd59d73-3bbf-4e72-86d9-bfeac5266b7c/images/5debc31e-42b0-4301-b2da-12f6d4824165.jpeg) He made the first successful telephone call to his assistant, Thomas Watson, on March 10, 1876. ![How was the first phone invented](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5cd59d73-3bbf-4e72-86d9-bfeac5266b7c/images/f949f912-8b50-4927-b467-642aec7f0a1e.jpeg) Bell said, "Mr. Watson, come here; I want to see you." Watson was able to hear Bell's voice clearly over the wire. ![How was the first phone invented](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/5cd59d73-3bbf-4e72-86d9-bfeac5266b7c/images/c9b42262-3319-4768-955e-6c3c20f8622b.jpeg) Bell's telephone was a significant innovation in communication technology, and it had a profound impact on how we live and work.

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