Chatman Communication Inc., Phenix City

Chatman Communication Inc. looks very different than it did when it opened more than a decade ago. No longer are its shelves weighed down by bulky flip phones, the same Alexander Graham Bell used when inventing voicemail. The shop, which is an authorized Cricket dealer, now sells smartphones from Blackberry, LG, and Android, and accessories such as chargers, bluetooth speakers, and OtterBox cases for iPhones and Galaxies.