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| Nokia's crazy hardware experiments |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-10-09 15:39:26 |
| Sorry for linking to a long picture (why this isn't an article I don't know, but bear with me for a second), but this is an excellent overview of some of the crazy hardware experiments Nokia has performed during its golden years. For me, this is the best device Nokia ever made - and also, my personal best and favourite mobile phone I've ever owned. You hear people talking about how solid the iPhone 5 or the HTC One X feels? Fisher Price compared to the 8800. They don't make 'm like that no more. |
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| Comment by BeamishBoy |
| By BeamishBoy on 2012-10-10 00:49:37 |
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I never really liked any of the Nokia phones apart from the 3310 and the 6300. I was more of an Ericsson kind of guy. Speaking of which, the Ericsson T28 remains - to this very day - my favourite phone. Everything else I've tried since then feels like a let down. |
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| The n810 |
| By tomz on 2012-10-10 01:43:47 |
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They had tablets years ago. The n700, then the n800, then the marvelous n810, later one with wimax 4g years ahead. Sunlight readable transflective screen. Browser, bluetooth, wifi. And then the n900 phone which led to the n9. My samsung galaxy player finally comes close. And the n950 - the n9 plus slide-out real keyboard, like the n900 and n810. Oh, the n810 had a kickstand so didn't need an easel. Then came ++Elop... I'm awaiting Jolla. They could sell the n950 tomorrow and blow Lumia sales out of the water. |
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| RE: Comment by NuxRo |
| By ggiunta on 2012-10-10 02:09:29 |
| +1 to 6310i: battery would last weeks, solid as a rock, os was still a version of symbian designed for the hw specs it was actually running on (i.e. fast and zippy) |
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| Nokia 7110 |
| By bansal98 on 2012-10-10 06:15:06 |
| Nokia sure used to make some great phones. I used my 7110 literally for 10 years and had to change it very reluctantly when it started developing problems. Even after 10 years, it looked none the worse for all the abuse it took. |
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| Nokia most interesting design experiments. |
| By spiderman on 2012-10-10 07:03:42 |
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The Nokia 888: http://www.nokia888.net/ The Nokia Morph: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nok... Those 2 phones just show how much our current phones, be them smart or dumb, suck ass. If Nokia would release the Nokia 888 it would get back it's #1 status instantly and for 10 years. |
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| RE: Comment by NuxRo |
| By ggeldenhuys on 2012-10-10 07:50:55 |
| +1 from myself and a few people I know. |
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| RE: Comment by NuxRo |
| By unclefester on 2012-10-10 08:48:38 |
| You can easily buy refurbished Nokia 6310 models on ebay for about $40. |
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| RE: Comment by BeamishBoy |
| By unclefester on 2012-10-10 08:53:04 |
| I had one. Great phones but very expensive. |
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| Nokia 8800, 3310 and Alcatel OTE |
| By _QJ_ on 2012-10-10 13:05:19 |
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I must admit that my Nokia was^H^H^H IS a rock solid device. I owned a 3310 which I left fall almost 20 times. Breaks into small pieces, rebuild it in the dark like a gun @ the army. But the indestructible one is my Alcatel One Touch Easy. Still working with AAA accumulators. As big as a cabin. Fall in the water, no matter. Fly from the window of my car ? No matter (really true, I was leaving a parking lot and the phone goes out the car!). This phone can almost block the wheels of a truck stuck in a steep street. :-) |
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| Loved it... |
| By Odisej on 2012-10-10 13:18:40 |
| ... although I really did but the relationship did not last forever. Used 5110, 7710, 6210, 6310i and so on. But as much as I loved them the later models became less and less stable/usable. Mother's Nokia locks up, crashes in so many ways you wouldn't believe. And they continue to sell the model. I believe it's C3-05. One basic model 3000 something would not even charge properly. They never fixed it. So much for the glory of Nokia. |
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