Classic Mobile Phones. Top 10 Mobile Phones that made the differance.

Mobile phones have progressed at an alarming speed over the years The mobile phone industry continues to grow by leaps and bounds as it has in the past few decades. Even though it started a little more than 20 years ago, manufacturers have created an abundance of new technologies that keep mobile phone users coming back for more. They continue to increase the number of capabilities and services to accommodate the growing needs of today’s “on the go” culture. Waiting anxiously is the only way to find out what they will think of next.

There has been hundreds and thousands of phone come and gone, but which phone has made the big impact and will be known as the classic? 


Below are pick of phones that I believe are the classics and  made the differance

Motorola StarTAC (1996)
This was the first ever clamshell mobile phone and
very small relative to the competition. The StarTAC was the must-have

gadget of its day and one of the first phones to feature a vibrating call alert. 

Back in the day, if you were lucky enough to own a StarTAC, you were the top 

man in town 

Nokia 8110 aka Banana Phone (1996)

Released in 1996 the Nokia 8110 was the first of Nokia's high-end, 8xxx series of phones. Its distinctive styling (which at its release earned it the nickname of "banana phone") was the first example of a so-called 'slider' form factor, with an active sliding cover over the buttons, which extended down to bring the microphone nearer the mouth when speaking. In reality, the phone's sliding keypad cover was not spring loaded, but moved by hand; the spring feature was added for the film "The Matrix"     

Nokia 3210 (1999)
You might be wondering why this humble handset has made it on the list, but this simple-looking phone was straightforward to use, didn't have an aerial and most importantly let you customise its covers. Not only did this phone sell by the boatload, it put Nokia firmly on the map as the easy-to-use handset manufacturer who made attractive, well-built mobiles. And it had Snake.

 

RIM BlackBerry 6210 (2003)
Launched in 2002, the first BlackBerry phone from RIM allowed business types to compose emails, make phone calls, send faxes and browse the web, all from their mobile handset. Back at the turn of the millennium being able to keep tabs on your email while away from the office was a massive deal and it's only very recently that rivals have caught up with RIM’s initial innovation. 

Hailed as a convergence classic, RIM's line of devices has gone on to become something of a behemoth in global terms, accounting for one fifth of the total global market for smartphones

Nokia N –GAGE (2003)

Nokia developed the N-Gage, a device that integrated these two devices. N-Gage is the first device of its kind - an always connected game deck with fully functional GSM phone and organiser. You can play online games via GPRS, local multiplayer games via Bluetooth as well as standard, single player games. The N-Gage also included MP3 and Real Audio/Video playback and PDA-like features into the system

The N-Gage is an impressive device. This was the phone was well ahead of it times. Probably came out couple of years too early.  You could play games with friends from all over the world via GPRS, install favourite Series 60 applications, listen to MP3 music and radio stations and browse the Internet

It didn’t too well in the market this was due to poor sales performance. Can be attributed to the poor selection of games compared to its competitors and its cost at launch; it was more than twice as expensive as a Game Boy Advance SP on release day.

Motorola Razr V3 (2004)
When the  RAZR first hit the shelves people went bananas over it, and amazingly it's still selling today, due to smooth design and cool looks. This incredibly thin clamshell phone marked a turning point in mobile design - a pocket-friendly phone that looked great.

The only problem was that the Razr's interface was below par and many users complained of a variety of bugs. But it still remains a classic in terms of chassis design and truly changed how we viewed mobiles - particularly in the US, where the Razr arguably made phones be seen as desirable consumer electronics, rather than utilitarian devices

Nokia 6230 (2003)

Maybe one of the most popular and appreciated Nokia classic cell phones is the Nokia 6230. The Nokia 6230 is a mobile phone based on the Nokia Series 40 platform. It was announced in the fourth quarter of 2003 and released in the first quarter of 2004. When it was first released in the markets, it became a hit and it became very popular. Even today, when people own a Nokia mobile phone that was made many years ago, it is usually a 6230. This was first mobile device to have everything. Camera, video recording, voice recording and expansion to add more memory on SD card.

Samsung D500 (2004)

This was the first mobile phone from outside Europe that took on the very popular Nokia and Sony ericsson. Who were the big heavyweights. The D500 won the prestigious award "the worlds best cell phone at the 3GSM world congress in Cannes, 2005. The D500 was popular with consumers because of the large screen-size to front-surface ratio, the smooth button and sliding action, powerful flash, and good video/photograph/sound quality. The D500 was regarded as compact and as having a good feature set for its time. Samsung experienced remarkable success with the introduction of the D500 and has therefore introduced several other slider-style mobile phones in recent years, some fairly successful, others not so much. This phone helped to popularise the 'active' sliding phone concept across all brands.

Nokia N95 (2007)

Nobody could ever accuse the Nokia N95 of being a fashion phone.. announced in 2006, the N95 defined an entirely new class of handsets that were stuffed with just about every feature you could think of.

Featuring 3.5G support, WiFi, GPS, a superb 5 megapixel camera, a large screen, powerful multimedia player and a clever two-way slider, the N95 was the most advanced phone that we had ever seen.

The N95 demonstrated that there was a market for high-end and expensive mobile phones, and it became the benchmark to beat. Even three years after launch, the N95 is still a very popular phone and there are only a tiny handful of devices that can beat it.

Apple iPhone (2007)

The Apple iPhone was announced early in 2007, and it's a love-it-or-hate-it device. But there's no doubting that it is a highly influential device that has inspired competitors to come out with a raft of "me too" devices.

The original iPhone lacked 3G or GPS, had a pretty poor camera and a number of other disappointments.. but it was the most polished phone to date with a fantastic user interface that won admiring glances.. even from those who claimed not to like the thing.

To many people the Apple iPhone is arguably the most important mobile phone release of all time, changing the way that consumers interact with their mobile phones forever – introducing the concept of a handset individually tailored to you thanks to a massive suite of apps.

The newest iteration of the iPhone showcases pin-sharp Retina display and a super-fast processor capable of playing host to some truly amazing 3D games. With the backing of Apple and a hugely successful App Store packed with games, applications and other programs, the iPhone’s importance in the current mobile market cannot be understated. 

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