The acquisition of Nokia's mobile-phone empire by Microsoft is finally complete. However unburdening itself with mobile-phone manufacturing business isn’t the end for Nokia.
This Finnish Tech giant still retains Nokia’s other ventures like HERE maps, Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN), and a large number of patents. Nokia is one of the biggest telecom and mobile companies that we know of but its roots date far back to times when Finland was a still a part of the Soviet Empire.
In 1865, Fredrik Idestam started a wood pulp mill. The name ‘Nokia’ came to light when a second processing unit was opened on the banks of the river “Nokianvirta”. By the year 1922, Nokia had acquired ‘Finnish Cable Works’ and the ‘Finnish Rubber Works’.
Venturing further into multiple fields of businesses, Nokia began to produce communication cables, tyres, plastics, electricity generation machinery, papers, footwear, capacitors, robotics, chemicals and aluminium. However in the 80s, Nokia made a historical decision and diverted their focus to the “telecommunication” industry. Thus Nokia’s mobile phone empire was formed.
The Nokia that we know today, is the sum of all the phones it has manufactured in the last 3 decades.
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Let us go through the memory lane and revisit this amazing series of iconic mobile phones that has made the name Nokia famous across the globe and synonymous to cell phones.
Nokia Mobira Cityman 900
Launched: 1987
Price: INR 4,00,000 (approx.)
Back in the musical 80s the phones were phones used to be as heavy as 5 Kgs, Nokia launched its Nokia Mobira Cityman. It was the lightest mobile phone back then and weighed about 800 grams which is outrageous by today’s standards. But hey, compared to 5kg it’s nothing!!
Key features:
- Monochrome screen.
- Could display 8 numbers.
- 1000-mAh battery (~1 hour).
- Operated on NMT (Nordic Mobile Telephone) network (now-defunct).
Nokia 9000 Communicator
Launched: 1996
Price: Rs 53,000 (approx.)
It was the first business mobile phone by Nokia. It is a testament to the earlier visions of smartphone by Nokia. This device had the features of email, web browsing and sms and don’t forget in 1996 these features swept the user community off their feet.
Key features:
- 2 ‘grey scale’ LCD displays.
- Primary screen 640x200 pixels
- GEOSTM 3.0 OS
- SMS, Email and web Browser supported.
- Intel 386 processor running at 24 MHz.
- 8 MB ‘flash’ memory.
- Full-‘QWERTY’ keypad.
Nokia 5110
Launched: 1998
Price: Rs 40,000
This phone was targeted at the business community. It was on of the most popular mobile phones of its time. This was one of the first mobile to feature the SNAKE game. It also had the customizable/replaceable faceplate.
Key features:
- Monographic display
- 5 lines display
- Downloadable ‘monophonic’ ringtones
- 3 games available ( Snake, logic games, Memory games)
- Battery- Li-Po ~600 mAh(40-180 hours)
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Nokia 3310
Launched: 2000
Price: INR 12,000
The comfortable and handy design of this phone made it a massive hit. Dubbed as ‘Chuck Norris mobile’ because of its hard and tough build quality, this phone had games like Space Impact and Snake which were outrageously famous.
Key features:
- Monochrome Screen with 5 line text display.
- User customizable front and back covers.
- 1000 mAh battery.
- Indestructible (‘citation’ needed)
Nokia 7650
Launched: 2002
Price: INR 53,000
It was Nokia’s first camera mobile phone and was an instant hit in the market. This phone had the slider feature too which made it impossible to be ignored. After being shown in Minority report movie this device was a must have phone for geeks.
Key features:
- LCD screen providing 4096 colours
- Display of 176x208 pixels.
- Processor: 104 MHz ARM,
- Internal Storage: 4 MB.
- Bluetooth, VGA camera, Java MIDP 1.0 support, Web Browser.
- OS: Symbian 6.1, Series 60.
- Battery: 750 mAh.
Nokia 1100
Launched: 2003
Price: INR 53,000
Nokia turned the tides in the mobile phone market with the launch of Nokia 1100. Simple in design and easy to use this phone was to be found in every household. The built-in flashlight made in a hit in the developing countries as well. It is the best selling consumer electronics product ever with net sales of over 250 million units. It is definitely the most successful Nokia phone ever.
Key features:
- Monochrome display that support 4 lines of text.
- Built-in flashlight.
- Replaceable covers.
- 850 mAh battery.
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Nokia 7610
Launched: 2004
Price: INR 9,500
This phone was targeted at the users looking for stylish design and vibrant colours. The mobile was later launched with a different keypad design and software for the business community as well.
Key features:
- 32 MB RAM
- 8 MB Internal Storage
- OS: Symbian v7.0
- Size: 108.6 x 53 x 18.7 mm
- Camera:1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 Pixels
- Bluetooth v2.0
- Battery: BaLi-Ion 900mAh
Nokia 6630
Launched: 2004
Price: INR 12,000
Nokia 6630 is the first ever 3G mobile phone to be announced to the 3G community. This phone was the first to have global coverage including the 2G networks in Japan.
Key features:
- Internal memory 10 MB
- External memory 64 MB
- Nokia Symbian OS v8.0
- Size 110 x 60 x 21 mm
- Camera 1.3 MP, 1280 x 960 Pixels
Nokia N90
Launched: 2005
Price: INR 30,000
Having conquered the mobile camera realm Nokia set out on a new venture to target the camcorder market. The N90 achieved this with its 2 MP rotatable camera.
Key features:
- Primary Screen: 2.1’’ screen with 352x416 px (260 ppi).
- Secondary Screen: 65K colours display with 128x128 px.
- 31 MB internal storage
- Extended Memory card slot.
- Processor: 220 MHz ARM.
- Camera: 2 megapixel rotatable.
- Platform: Symbian OS 8.1.
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Nokia N95
Launched: 2007
Price: INR 30,000
The N95 was a symbol of Nokia’s dominance over the smartphone market. This was an all-round phone with a great camera and various other functionality. Nokia was at the peak of success during the launch of this phone.
Key features:
- 2.6 inches screen with 240x320 px.
- 160 MB internal storage
- Micro SD card slot (8 GB).
- 332 MHz ARM 11 processor
- 3D Graphics HW support
- 64 MB RAM.
- Other features: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Infrared, Mini-USB port.
- Camera: 5 megapixel autofocus (Carl Zeiss optics).
- Platform: Series 60, Symbian 9.2 OS.
Nokia E71
Launched: 2008
Price: INR 20,000
While N95 gave a competition to Iphone the E71 was designed to compete with BlackBerry. This phone had all the business features and also Nokia Maps that was not available in BlackBerry phones.
Key features:
- Display: 2.4 inches Display with 320x240 px.
- Internal memory: 110 MB
- Memory: MicroSD card slot
- Processor: 369 MHz ARM 11
- 128 MB RAM.
- Other features: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Infrared port.
- Camera: 3.15 MP
- Platform: Series 60, Symbian 9.2 OS.
Nokia N8
Launched: 2010
Price: INR 25,000
After failures at launching a good touchscreen phone Nokia launched N8. It was equipped with all the great features available at that time and a great camera of 12MP. However Nokia kept using the ageing Symbian Os.
Key features:
- Display: 3.5 inches screen AMOLED screen.
- Camera: 12 MP camera (Carl Zeiss) optics.
- Processor: ARM 11 processor 680 MHz.
- Platform: Symbian^3 OS.
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Nokia 808 PureView
Launched: 2012
Price: INR 32,000.
Nokia came out with yet another amazing phone. This phone was pushed to technological limits with its amazing 41MP camera. The only drawback was the inefficient software Symbian Belle.
Key features:
- Camera: 41 MP camera (Carl Zeiss) optics.
- Processor: ARM 11 processor 1.3 GHz
- GPU: Broadcom BCM2763 GPU.
- Memory: 16 GB internal, Micro SD card (32 GB).
- Other features: Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi, NFC, USB, GPS, FM transmitter and HDMI port.
- Platform: Nokia Belle (Symbian) OS.
Nokia Lumia 1020
Launched: 2012
Price:INR 40,000
Probably one of the best smartphones of recent times Nokia Lumia 1020 was a major success in the markets. Equipped with the new WP8 OS this sleek phone with 41MP camera was truly a masterpiece.
Key features:
- Display: 4.5 inches AMOLED screen with Clearblack tech (768x1280 px) ~334 ppi.
- Display features: Readability in Sunlight, Curved Corning Gorilla Glass 3.
- Main camera sensor: 41 MP auto-focus with Zeiss Optics.
- Processor: 1.5 GHz Dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4
- RAM: 2 GB.
- Platform: Windows Phone 8.
CONCLUSION:
The journey of Nokia has truly been magical and without a competitive market created by Nokia technological development may not have been as prominent as it is today.
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