Nokia's most famous / original phones: remember what was

Yes, most likely, we will not see the new models of phones / smartphones from Nokia, because the company has sold its core business to Microsoft. Nevertheless, over the long years of leadership, the Finnish manufacturer has created quite a few interesting devices that can be considered the “icons” of the entire phone / smartphone sector. There were successful solutions that were not very good, but all this contributed to the development of the smartphone / phone market. There are a lot of photos under the cut, so be careful if you have paid traffic.


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Nokia 1011



This is not the first phone from the Finnish manufacturer, but this model, released in 1992, can be called the first modern phone that worked in GSM networks.

Nokia 2110



With this phone for the first time began to be delivered worldwide ringtone, which has become one of the most recognizable.

Nokia 8110



This phone, released in 1996, has become a business-oriented model. Three years later, the phone lit up in the movie "The Matrix", becoming world-famous.

Communicator 9000



Probably, it was the first such communicator, presented to the unprepared world. a giant 4.5-inch display, 24 MHz processor - all this has become a dream for gadget lovers. Of course, the communicator was also designed for businessmen.

Model 8210



This phone came out in 1999, and immediately after the release, it was described on almost all tehnoblog / sites. The fact is that the phone had an internal, not an external antenna. It was a new word in the "telephone construction". In addition, the device, despite its small size, was equipped with an infrared port, making it possible to exchange data.

Nokia 3310



Probably, this is one of the most famous phones of the Finnish manufacturer. A total of 125 million such devices were sold, which is quite a lot even by today's standards.

Nokia 7650



This is the first phone that came with Symbian. In addition, this is the first phone released by the company, which was equipped with a camera.

Nokia 6800



One of Nokia's successful experiments with a full-size QWERTY keyboard

N-gage



Gaming smartphone, which for some reason did not become popular. The photo shows the N-Gage QD.

Nokia 7600



It was one of the first 3G smartphones from the company, which was made in a very original form factor.

Nokia 7610



Released in 2004, the phone has become a bestseller, one of.

Nokia 7280



It is also a very interesting experiment from a Finnish manufacturer, which, however, has not become popular. This phone was very unusual.

Nokia 7710



The first attempt of the Finns to release a phone with a touch screen. Its strange form factor has scared off many potential buyers.

Nokia 9300



Another communicator from nokia, released for business representatives. At the same time, company representatives avoided calling the device a “communicator”.

Nokia 770 Internet Tablet



Yes, yes, this is a tablet that worked on Maemo (later MeeGo), the OS that was considered the future favorite of the company. From this, as you know, nothing came of it.

Nokia N93



A cool smartphone with Carl Zeiss optics, it was, as they sometimes say, “just a bomb”.

Nokia N95



An interesting model of the smartphone, positioned as the "killer iPhone".

Nokia N97



Powerful smartphone, which had a number of flaws. These shortcomings and led to the fact that the phone did not become a bestseller.

Nokia E71



The smartphone has been released as a competitor for some BlackBerry models. From this attempt, too, little came out, although the phone could become popular in its segment.

Nokia X7



The first phone from the X-Series with Symbian ^ 3.

Nokia N9



808 PureView



The latest phone with Symbian, the latest phone from the PureView series. By the way, the 41-megapixel camera still holds the record.

Lumia 800



After that, the phone went to other representatives of Lumia, about which much has already been said, and so far they cannot be called historical models.

And of course, the list is incomplete, for many other models were perfect / perfect. Therefore, I propose to continue and add to the list in the comments.

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