This first battery for operating a cell phone was actually a car battery that was hooked directly to the phone, instead of being a separate battery like today’s cell phones. Most early cell phones could only be used in a vehicle because they needed such a large amount of battery power. The small batteries available now had not yet been invented.
One of the most enduring batteries, the lead-acid battery, was invented in 1859 and is still the technology used to start most internal combustion engine cars today. It is the oldest example of rechargeable battery. A typical car battery. Flickr/Asim Bharwani, CC BY-NC-ND
These were used to illuminate train carriages and are still widely employed today in ignitions for conventional cars. In 1888, German physician Carl Gassner (1855–1942) developed the Leclanché cell, an early form of electrical battery, into what became the first zinc-carbon battery.
The Parthian Dynasty existed between 250 BCE to 250 CE . The journey which lead to the creation of the battery as we know it today involved one invention after another. Take a look at the historical timeline of the battery and how ideas for this development came to be.
Most early cell phones could only be used in a vehicle because they needed such a large amount of battery power. The small batteries available now had not yet been invented. Plus, these early phones were very large, heavy, and bulky. For example, Eriksson had a mobile phone in the 1950s that weighed an astonishing 80 pounds!
These phones looked nothing like the sleek, tiny flip phones and Smartphones we have now, and they could only run for 30 minutes without the cell phone battery needing a charge. In addition, these short-lived batteries took a full 10 hours to recharge!