Its unconventional keyboard, with two letters sharing a key rather than three, and its dedicated keys for frequently used punctuation, made it a discreet and understated mobile phone with all of the features. In its heyday, the E55 was the pinnacle of design and functionality for the business user who wanted to be able to read their office e-mail in traffic. Though only capable of capturing images at a resolution of 640×480, when it was launched in late 20 pioneered the idea of putting a camera in a mobile phone to the delight of citizen journalists and the dismay of gubernatorial candidates in years to come. With its wide array of multimedia capabilities and hardware such as a GPS and an accelerometer, the N95 was one of the first mobile phones deserving of the “smartphone” moniker, which, for a time, made it the handset most desired by geeks the world over.Īnother of Nokia’s forays into “slider” form factor, the 7650’s claim to fame was its built-in digital camera, Nokia’s first in a phone. Moving it one way revealed a regular numeric keypad, while sliding it the other way allowed access to dedicated media playback controls. This 2007 device, released in the same year as the original iPhone, slid open in two directions. Reviewers at the time heaped praise on the N9, with some bemoaning Nokia’s decision to move to Windows Phone for its smartphones exclusively. Despite being doomed to early obsolescence from a software perspective, so popular was the N9 that consumers petitioned the company to continue developing for MeeGo. The first and last device to run Nokia’s ill-fated MeeGo operating system, the N9 provided plenty of design inspiration for the Windows Phone-based Lumia range that followed. Which Nokia phones would be on your list? Tell us in the comments section below.

In light of this shift, TechCentral has decided to pick what it thinks are the 10 best and most memorable handsets Nokia ever made before former outgoing CEO Stephen Elop pushed the company from the “burning platform” and committed itself to Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform. Nokia has sold the Lumia and Asha trademarks to Microsoft as part of their €5,4bn deal, announced on Tuesday, but Nokia’s name will vanish from smartphones.Ĭuriously, Microsoft will continue to use the Nokia brand name on low-end feature phones, but high-end Lumia devices will no longer bear the name that once synonymised mobile phones.

Soon the Nokia name will vanish from high-end devices.

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