In 2005, the Motorola ROKR E1 was actually the first phone which integrated Apple’s iTunes, with the next phone being the iPhone in 2007. It also featured a tiny screen on the front of the device to notify the user when receiving calls or messages. The V3 is a flip phone, with a numeric keyboard on one side and a colour screen on the other. In fact, it was one of the slimmest phones ever created at that time and became a style statement. The Motorolla RAZR V3 is a legendary cellphone, remembered best for its unique, slim design. Writing this article is making us feel some serious nostalgic pangs.
It also featured a stellar battery life, the charge-it-and-forget-it for 3000 days kind. It is no surprise that this tank of a phone is one of the best selling phones of all time, despite its no-frills design. This cellphone was so durable that it generated an array of memes and cultural references to signify toughness or durability. 2003: Nokia 1100Īh, the Nokia 1100 (double one, double zero). The phone even had Bluetooth, making it a true all-rounder. The device ran on Symbian OS and had sported the super cool mechanism of a sliding numeric keyboard. The 7650 had a 0.3MP camera, a large colour display (which was not just monochromatic, phew) and also integrated MMS (multimedia messaging service). The Nokia 7650 amalgamated all the new features introduced in cellphones in 2002 and bundled them into one device. The phone also sported a compact design at that time, making it a popular choice. We bid adieu to the boring black and white display and welcomed a single-colour display, in this case, the colour was blue. The Nokia 8250 kicked things off in 2001 by introducing the world’s first monochromatic display in a phone. (You may find some ‘special mention’ devices as well, we couldn’t help ourselves.) 2001: Nokia 8250 Let’s look at 18 game-changing phones, one from each year from 2001 to 2019, and see how they contributed to the overall evolution of smartphones. These devices would be considered futuristic just a decade or so ago. Today we see compact, sleek-looking smartphones that can accomplish just about any task in no time. The ‘smartness’ of phones also took years to develop and achieve, in hindsight. Devices that date back even a few years, arguably look primitive to people that are used to the experience of the blazing-fast and efficient smartphones we have today. Cellphones, as they were called in the yesteryears, have evolved rapidly since their inception in the 1970s.
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