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Three phones that changed the world, and three phones that didn't

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oval_man Original post #1
Dec 2, 2008 at 12:22 AM
The three most influential phones in the past 5 years

Motorola RAZR V3​

*i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp357/oval_man/motorola-razr-v3.jpg​


Nokia N95​

*i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp357/oval_man/nokia-n95.jpg​


Apple iPhone​

*i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp357/oval_man/apple-iphone.jpg​

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..and the three most disappointing phones​

Motorola ROKR E1​

*i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp357/oval_man/motorola-rokr-e1.jpg​

Nokia 7700​

*i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp357/oval_man/nokia-7700.jpg​

Panasonic X300​

*i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp357/oval_man/panasonic-x300.jpg​


source: *www.mobilegazette.com/three-phones-08x10x16.htm


List ur choice............​
M
Dec 2, 2008 at 1:00 AM
Don't know about other, but the following phone changed my World :D Using it for 4 years ;)

*www.ferra.ru/images/149/149239.jpg
RCuber
RCuber #3
Dec 2, 2008 at 1:25 AM
why did ROKR E1 Fail? , my brother had a E398 and it was really good at that time, E1 looked the same , dono what was inside :p
M
Dec 2, 2008 at 1:27 AM
Good Post and also Nice way to advertise ;)
dd_wingrider
Dec 2, 2008 at 11:20 AM
Rokr E1 was a very good phone, my friend had one from dubai and its music capabilities including speakers were awesome atleast in back in 2005.
dreamcatcher
Dec 2, 2008 at 12:02 PM
*www.letsgomobile.org/images/news/sonyericsson/sony_ericsson_k800_silver.jpg

K790 (First phone with Xenon)

*img.alibaba.com/photo/10329678/Ericson_T68.jpg

T68-First phone with a color display and bluetooth

*www.lordpercy.com/k750_2.JPG

K750- 2 mp cam with quickshare

*www.mobilesdata.com/images/big/Sony_Ericsson/W800.jpg

W800-First walkman
Tech.Masti
Dec 2, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Nokia 1100 for low budget phone with torch
SE K700i for first successful phone with cam
trigger
trigger #8
Dec 2, 2008 at 2:02 PM
Don't know about other, but the following phone changed my World :D Using it for 4 years ;)

*www.ferra.ru/images/149/149239.jpg
what a coincidence, same phone, same city.. :D
MetalheadGautham
Dec 2, 2008 at 4:10 PM
I think the best phone ever made in its time will have to be Nokia 1100.

It was a revolution in its own right.

It had none of these frills found in modern phones, but it had what was actually useful - light weight, great durability, alarm clock with a highly useful feature called SNOOZE, a FLASHLIGHT which is hardly found on phones anymore, and, most importantly, a long battery life.
max_demon
max_demon #12
Dec 2, 2008 at 7:38 PM
SE k750
Apple iPhone
(not a phone but device) Playstation Portable
RAZR V3
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mrintech #13
Dec 2, 2008 at 7:41 PM
same phone with my sister.
loudest FM voice i have ever heard but really AWFUL battery
Awful when you are constsnt Radio listner... without radio, battery life is great ;)
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oval_man #14
Dec 3, 2008 at 1:15 AM
These two really old phones made life easy for many 'oldies' ???!!!!! So,they were Trendsetters

*i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp357/oval_man/450px-Nokia_5110.jpg *i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp357/oval_man/Nokia_3310.png

So,What are these??
M
mrintech #16
Dec 3, 2008 at 10:59 AM
^^^

OH! Great ;) I got confused from your Location set to Mumbai. BTW what you do?
trigger
trigger #17
Dec 3, 2008 at 5:09 PM
one another software engineer :)
krates
krates #18
Dec 3, 2008 at 5:22 PM
This phone has changed the life of thousands of people out there..........

*www.mobile-phone-games-world.co.uk/1100.jpg

And this phone changed mine life.........

*www.cellphonebeat.com/images/nokia_n73_music_edition_.jpg
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raj_in #19
Dec 4, 2008 at 5:37 PM
*i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp357/oval_man/Nokia_3310.png
u hav u luv this mobile
i used it before i bought the motoflip
which is gud in its own way
*imshopping.rediff.com/shopping/pixs/3907/m/motow220.JPG
dhan_shh
dhan_shh #20
Dec 5, 2008 at 12:20 AM
IMHO the very look at any mobile changed from Nokia 6600,"HISTORIC MOBILE"

I would even call "pre-6600 era" and "post-6600 era"

*i483.photobucket.com/albums/rr199/dhan_shh/Nokia6600.jpg *i483.photobucket.com/albums/rr199/dhan_shh/nokia-6600-3.jpg

*i483.photobucket.com/albums/rr199/dhan_shh/nokia-6600-6.jpg *i483.photobucket.com/albums/rr199/dhan_shh/nokia-6600-2.jpg

I love my Nokia 6600,it was a gr8 phone during 2003-04 (I remember purchasing 6600 for 27K on 29Nov'03 with 2 years warranty and 1 yr free Insurance cover)

Good old days!!!!
B
Bandu #21
Dec 5, 2008 at 12:27 AM
what a coincidence, same phone, same city.. :D


Ha... another coincidence same phone (until 3 days back), but different country :D

Couple of days ago I got myself a Nokia 6288 :p
sandeepkochhar
Dec 5, 2008 at 12:43 PM
Three Phones that changed our world:-

1. Nokia 1100, 3310, 3315:- Revolutionized the low end phone market in India.

2. Nokia 6600:- Revolutionized the perception of people towards mobiles..Mobile market would not have been the same if this model wasn't there..The most successful phone model in India till date..

3. Motorola Razr, L6,L7:- Revolutionized the thickness of the phone..Slim is in coutersy these..

Three Phones that Didn't:-

1. Nokia N91:- The first high end N SERIES device which failed to make the desired impact due to its weight, physical HDD, and Sound Qulaity to some extent.

2. Moto Razr 2:- Didn't enjoyed a quarter of the success of its predecessor

3. Sony Ericsson K850:- One of the first 5 MP phone launched in India and that too at an affordable price..Still couldn't make the impact and SE has to shelve it earlier than expected..


My World Changed by Motorola E398 which I bought 4 years back and it still Rocksssssss.

And now my world revolves around my vkewl (Huawei C5330) from Virgin which gives free unlimited wap browsing on my handset along with the other usual stuff..Even the download on mobile is free..What more u can ask for?
gdatuk
gdatuk #23
Dec 8, 2008 at 10:48 AM
Nokia's flagship Camera phone 7520 made the camera available at the aam aadmi's mobile.. and yes i do agree iPhone and N95 changed the modern mobile industry. The less famous Nokia 6510 started to make people love compact mobile.. way before RAZr was introduced... P900 series UIQ phone brought a revolution in the Mobile PDA devices
dreamcatcher
Dec 8, 2008 at 11:34 AM
No one beats the T68i when it comes to mobile revolution.It was the first phone ever to have a color screen and sport bluetooth.Imagine a phone without these.

SE k700i, first phone with a 1.3 mp camera

SE P800i, first PDA to sport a touchscreen and a qwerty keyboard.
dreamcatcher
Dec 8, 2008 at 3:10 PM
Oh yea, sorry. Thanx. also the first phone to sport a CCD lens. S700. :D
krazzy
krazzy #27
Dec 8, 2008 at 4:43 PM
also the first phone to sport a CCD lens. S700. :D
No I don't think so. Sharp was making phones with CCD cameras before S700. Don't remember the model numbers though.
dreamcatcher
Dec 8, 2008 at 5:25 PM
I am talking about commercial models.Technically, if you speak, there are models in Japan and other parts which had incorporated mobile camera and color screens long before it was available to the european and the asian market.
krazzy
krazzy #29
Dec 8, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Sharp did make commercial models. They were sold in Europe and Asia. It's just that later on they lost some steam, not that they were going very strong to begin with. India never got a taste of Sharp's handsets but they were pretty popular in Europe. Some people have still clung on to their Sharps.
gaurav_indian
Dec 8, 2008 at 10:51 PM
:rolleyes: :rolleyes:


*img70.imageshack.us/img70/2681/701blackzn4.th.jpg
v4u_luv2004
Dec 9, 2008 at 3:14 AM
^^ lol~ m vth u this really changed evry1's lyf
hahaha :p
krates
krates #32
Dec 9, 2008 at 9:27 AM
*www.gsmarena.com/nokia_5510-pictures-284.php*img.gsmarena.com/vv/pics/nokia/no5510_00.jpg

The Nokia 5510 is Nokia's first phone with a built in MP3 player and it has a 64 megabyte memory for storing MP3s. It also has a full QWERTY keyboard and an 84 x 48 monochrome display.

*img.gsmarena.com/vv/pics/nokia/no2300_00.jpg

first phone with radio...