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The Rise and Fall of Nokia phones

By Sammy Pham

  • Nokia Founded

    Nokia Founded
    When Finnish Engineer Fredrik Idestam set up his initial wood pulp mill in Southern Finland in 1865, he took the first step in laying the foundation of Nokia’s capacity for innovating and finding opportunity. Sensing growing pulp product demand, Idestam opened a second mill a short time later on the Nokianvirta River, inspiring him to name his company Nokia AB.

  • First telephone

    In 1982, Nokia introduced both the first fully-digital local telephone exchange in Europe and the world’s first car phone for the Nordic Mobile Telephone analog standard.

  • Mobira Cityman

    Mobira Cityman
    1987: Nokia unveiled the Mobira Cityman mobile phone; they really don't make mobile phones like that any more. Believe it or not, this was actually one of the first 'compact' mobile phones Note Eagles soundtrack.

  • Nokia 8110 Banana Phone

    Nokia 8110 Banana Phone
    CommercialThe Nokia 8110 Banana phone. The Nokia 8110 is the first of its kind in terms its ergonomics. It feels good in the hand and fits into any pocket. The revolutionary curved design fits the natural shape of your face. It has unique sliding mouthpiece for maximum voice quality

  • World leader in mobile phones

    World leader in mobile phones
    By 1998, Nokia was the world leader in mobile phones, a position it enjoyed for more than a decade.

  • Fax phone and internet connection

    Fax phone and internet connection
    Nokia 9110iA Nokia 9110 which has a fax phone and internet connection

  • Nokia phone with SMS

    Nokia phone with SMS
    The Nokia Nokia 3310 featured advanced messaging, personalisation with Xpress-on covers and screensavers, vibra feature, time management functions, voice dialling, picture messaging, predictive text input and games. It also had the Nokia Friends-Talk service, which allows users to have conversations using SMS (Short Message Service)

  • Nokia phone with colors display

    Nokia phone with colors display
    Nokia 6800 which supports MMs and Java technology and has a colour display and fold-out QWERTY Nokia 6800

  • N-Gage

    N-Gage
    N-GageNokia N-Gage mobile phone and handheld game system

  • Nokia 7710

    Nokia 7710
    First Touch-screen Nokia phoneNokia 7710, the first Nokia phone to have a touchscreen

  • Hard Drive installed-phone

    Hard Drive installed-phone
    Review of N91Nokia N91 featuring a 2-megapixel camera and a 4GB (8 GB in a revision released later that year) hard drive to store approximately 3,000 songs

  • Nokia N95 with GPS

    Nokia N95 with GPS
    N95The Nokia N95, with GPS, a 5 megapixel digital camera with Carl Zeiss optics, video recording and Bluetooth