Telexes replaced by faxes (1980-1990) and faxes are used less

Phonographic cylinders

Compact cassettes

Compact discs (1980-2000)

VHS (DVD) (2000-2010)

Gramophone recording

Photography

Cinematography

Television/radio

Analog mobile 1G to 4G (*)

Digital television (2020-2030) and radio

Tablet computers and tablets (2015)

Smart phones (2015); a class of mobile phones and multi-purpose mobile computing devices

Cell phones: 2.5 m (1990); 1.5b (2002); 4b (2010); more than 7.95b globally (2019), of which 2.9b in China & India

Digital record-keeping

Internet users: 2.8 m (1990); 631 m (2002); 1.8b (2010)