Microsoft
has now completed its acquisition of ‘Nokia’s mobile Empire’. However Nokia’s
journey doesn’t end here are as the mobile-phone manufacturing business isn’t
the only thing Nokia is into.
This
Finnish Technology giant still holds Nokia’s other key endeavors
like HERE maps, ‘Nokia Solutions and Networks’, as well as a large number
of patents.
In
1865 Fredrik Idestam started a ‘wood pulp’ mill. The name
‘Nokia’ came up when a second unit was opened on the banks of the river
“Nokianvirta”.
Further
expanding into numerous domains of businesses, the corporation began production
of ‘communication cables’, power generation machinery, etc. In the 80’s, Nokia
took another gigantic step and decided to focus its efforts solely on the
“telecom” industry. This was the beginning of the greatest telecommunication
company ever.
The Nokia that we are acquainted with today is
the output of the unresolved dedication of this corporation during the last 3
decades.
We have already listed Nokia’s iconic phones
before 2003 in the Nokia Old Phones-Part-1 article. Following are the iconic
Nokia phones from 2003.
Nokia 1100
Launched: 2003
In
times when the world was fast-moving towards smarter phones, Nokia managed to
pull out another smash-hit dumb-phone, the 1100. Apart from user-friendly
nature of the device, it was the built-in torch-light that attracted consumers
in many developing countries.
Selling over 250 million units, it's not just the
most successful phone, but also the best-selling consumer electronics device in
the world.
Key features:
- It had a Monochrome screen
supporting 4 lines.
- It had a built in flashlight.
- The battery was 850-mAh
battery (~1 hour).
- It also had replaceable back
covers.
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Nokia 7600
Launched: 2004
The Nokia 7600’s teardrop shape
was designed to make it tempting to fashionable youth. Today you won’t see any
of these people whipping out this phone in public. It was incredibly complex to
use and fairly disappointing for a 3G phone. It however serves as a warning to
companies: thinking outside the box may not always pay off.
Key features:
- It had a
- It was equipped with a VGA
camera.
- It also had GPRS service.
- It had an 850 mAh Li-ion battery.
Nokia 6630
Launched: 2004
The Nokia 6630 was the first
cell phone ever that allowed truly global roaming.
Previously GSM phones had near-global coverage except in Japan. The 6630 automatically shifted used the
W-CDMA network in Japan. Nokia 6650 and Nokia 7600 were also able to work in
Japan, but they did not support GSM1900, often needed in the United States and Canada.
Key features:
- It had 10 MB internal memory.
- It had a 64 Mb of expandable
memory.
- It ran on Nokia Symbian 8.0
OS
- It had a rear camera with 1.3
MP.
- It also had networking and
Bluetooth device.
Price: Rs 25,000 (approx.)
Nokia 7610
Launched: 2004
Nokia manufactured
the 7610 smartphone, Nokia's first smartphone,
featuring a 1 megapixel camera (1152x864 pixels),
in mid-2004. It was targeted at the "fashion conscious" individuals. End-users can
also use the 7610 with Lifeblog. Other pre-installed applications include
the Opera Mobile web browser and Kodak Photo Sharing.
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Key features:
- It had 8 MB internal memory
and 32 Mb RAM.
- It ran on Nokia Symbian 7.0
OS.
- It had a 1.3 MP camera and
took very clear shots.
- It’s had a Li-ion battery 900
mAh
Price: INR 10,000 (approx.)
Nokia 7280
Launched: 2004
Nokia 7280 was a phone that we'll really miss. The 7280,
was one of Nokia's “Fashion Phone” line-up. It was gorgeous and also gloriously
impractical. Why should one select ‘numbers and letters’ with buttons when a
scroll wheel can make the process so much more difficult and long-winded? Well
Nokia really outdid itself in designing but lost points for user-comfort.
Key features:
- Easy to access SIM.
- It had a VGA camera.
- Ridiculously useless design.
- Well suited for night life.
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Nokia 8800
Launched: 2005
Sadly the battery life was a complete disappointment and the users had to undergo the ordeal of charging their phones multiple times every day. Hopefully these users gained experience in handling the high power consuming smartphones of today!!
Key
features:
- It had an OLED display with
16M colors.
- It had a scratch resistant
glass and ~200ppi density.
- It had a 3.1MP autofocus
camera.
- It ran on 2G and 3G networks.
- It had a 1000 mAh Li-ion
battery.
Nokia N90
Launched: 2005
Having becoming the world's largest selling digital camera brand, Nokia decided to target the camcorder market with its ‘unique N90’. One of the two screens, supported a ‘270 degree’ spin action. It also came with a 2 MP rotating camera having Carl Zeiss lens, 31 MB internal storage, and also a 64 MB memory card out of the box.
Key features:
- It had a 2.1 inch primary
screen and a 65K color secondary screen.
- It had a pixel density of 260
ppi.
- It had 31 MB of Internal
storage and a memory card slot.
- It had a 2 MP rotation camera.
- It ran on Nokia Symbian 8.1
OS.
Price: INR 30,000 (approx.)
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Nokia N95
Launched: 2007
At the
time of its release the Nokia N95 was the world’s most powerful smartphone .It
was a true pocket computer that could do almost anything.
A two-way
sliding design, GPS ,5MP camera and a Flash-compatible browser made it a truly
resourceful, revolutionary device, and if it were not for the iPhone’s arrival
and subsequent changing of the smartphone market, the N95 would have been the
best smartphone of all time.
Key features:
- It had a 2.6 inch screen.
- It had 160 MB of internal
storage expandable up to 8 GB.
- It had 64 MB
- It had a 5MP autofocus camera
having Carl Zeiss optics.
- Operating system: Nokia Symbian
Series 60 9.2 OS
Price: INR 30,000 (approx.)
Nokia E71
Launched: 2008
While
the N95 was clashing it out with the new Apple iPhone, when Nokia decided to wage
a war on BlackBerry with its metal-clad E71. This Symbian 9.2 driven phone came
with a full-QWERTY keypad and Quick Office. Nokia Maps app was also another
useful addition.
Key
features:
- It had a 2.4 inch screen.
- It had 110 MB of internal
storage expandable up to 8 GB.
- It had 64 MB
- It had a 3.15MP autofocus
camera.
- Operating system: Nokia
Symbian Series 60 9.2 OS
Price: INR 48,000 (approx.)
Nokia N8
Launched: 2001
After releasing quite
a few disastrous touchscreen phones, Nokia decided to launch its first handset
with touch-friendly capacitive screen. The forte of this 3.5-inch phone was its
12 MP camera with the biggest camera sensor slapped onto a phone (at that
time).
Apart from
impressive photography skills, it bragged of an AMOLED screen, HDMI-out, Dolby
sound enhancements, USB-OTG, and GPS.
It was a Swiss Army
knife equivalent of cell phones.
Key features:
- It
had 3.5” screen AMOLED screen.
- It had 12
megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics.
- It had 680
MHz AMR 11 processor.
- Operating System: Symbian^3.
Price: INR 25,000 (approx.)
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CONCLUSION:
The journey of Nokia has been remarkable. With
its unparalled advances in mobile technology Nokia has immortalized itself in
the world of mobile technology. This mobile tycoon synonymous to durability and
quality will be truly missed by all.
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