Today we take for granted that we can take relatively good pictures with our mobile phones. These incorporate increasingly sophisticated cameras and some manufacturers are even taking the first steps to place the front sensor below the screen. However, two decades ago this feature was a real novelty.
In 1999, the world’s first camera mobile phone was launched. It was the Kyocera VP-210, a terminal that, like many other models, was only sold in Japan. The device featured a 0.11-megapixel CMOS sensor and a 5-centimeter (2-inch) reflective TFT LCD screen capable of displaying 65,000 colors.
The first with a camera and front!
A curious detail, as we can see in the images, is that it was a front camera. The internal storage space (and the only one available) allowed a maximum of 20 JPEG images to be taken, which could be sent by email. In addition, the mobile phone
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