A newspaper quote from 1953 accurately predicted what telephones would look like in the future.
by fixing 70 yearsPresident of a small telephone company Accurately predicts what the phones of the future will look like. He did this during a speech in 1953, a time when telephones were very different from what we know today: they required the use of dials to dial, communication was not direct (requiring a person to connect through a switchboard) and, of course, , only those who can enjoy a healthy economy.
That’s why it’s so surprising Mark R. SullivanPacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. Its director shall launch a So accurate predictions What we now know as smartphones. speech, Reviewed and verified by Snopes portalgave some clues about the future phone, which They ended up accepting the letter.
“The Future Will Be Inescapable From Phones”
Although Sullivan’s “prophecy” was published 70 years ago, it has only recently begun to attract attention for how well it describes available mobile phones. You can read below Newspaper citations Tacoma News Tribune Where part of the speech was published, as well as its translation, is just below the image.
Newspaper quotes where future phones were predicted
In the future, there will be no escape from the phone
Pasadena – AP – The telephone of the future?
Mark R. Sullivan, president and director of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., San Francisco, said in a speech last night:
“What form the phone of the future will take is of course pure speculation. Here’s my prediction:
“In its ultimate development, the phone will be worn by the person, perhaps the way we wear a watch today. It probably won’t need a dial or the equivalent, and I think users will be able to see each other, if they want, when they talk.
Who knows it might translate from one language to another.”
It is undoubtedly wonderful Exactly how today’s mobile phone technology was defined 70 years ago. That’s what Sullivan predicted Phones will be “carried by the individual”. And they don’t stay in the same place, unless they have to Dial control or any similar process.
Probably more interesting predictions about The capabilities of such devicesVideo call or even Instant translation between different languagesA function that we can already find in many current smartphones.
This is not the first time we have encountered a similar case. Just a few months ago, a 100-year-old comic was published that already predicted the major disadvantages of today’s mobile phones, where the telephone was defined as “the last modern horror of invention”.
