Nokia 1011
There was a time when Nokia was the only cell phone company that mattered, as any mobile phone geek can tell you. It developed several of the world’s most successful phones from the 1990s until the arrival of the iPhone and Android. Relive some of Nokia’s biggest hits and most daring leaps of faith with me.
It has to start somewhere, right? That was the 1011 with Nokia. It wasn’t the first GSM handset or the first commercially available mobile phone, but it was the first mass-produced GSM phone. It could just make calls and send text messages, but that was all Nokia needed to get started on a global scale.
Date of First Publication: 1992
Nokia 2110
The 2110 wasn’t much for looks or features, but it was the first Nokia phone to have the company’s iconic ringtone.
Date of first publication: 1994
Nokia 6110
The Nokia 6110, which has a similar look to the Nokia 2110, earned its place on this list by being the first Nokia to have the extremely addictive game Snake.
It was first introduced in 1997.
Nokia 8110
The Nokia 8110 was the first phone from Nokia to use a slider design. “Banana phone” (it had a curved shape when the slider was open) and “‘The Matrix’ phone” were two additional names for it (it appeared in the film). At this stage, the features were still limited; you didn’t even receive an alarm clock. Nokia reintroduced the 8110 in bright yellow at Mobile World Congress 2018. And it was 4G this time.
Year of First Publication: 1998
Nokia 7110
Next came the 7110, which added the spring-loaded slider we saw on the film version of of the 8810. It was also the first Nokia phone to have a mobile browser and T9 predictive text.
Introduced: 1999