There were some really good. Nokia Symbian phones and some not so good ones. An issue back then was that not all apps were available for all phones. They would probably have fixed this if it hadn’t been for Elop killing them.
Which, honestly, was another thing I’ve come to love about the old Nokia! They weren’t just phones, they were accessories as well! Every model had a clear personality and a target audience! I remember my mum had a thing for changing her phone often, especially with models only found in other countries (she would find THE weirdest salespeople, who brought in phones from friggin’ Spain and such, and they were way cheaper than retail), and… while I don’t agree with her somewhat rampant consumerism, I gotta say, every single model had a Vibe!
Besides my 5800, my other favourite from Nokia was my steel 6303 Classic. That was a downright sexy phone, and rugged to boot!
Edit: as opposed to the contemporary “my glass slab of phone from Asus has more personality than Samsung’s glass slab of phone because they set the cameras differently…” I made myself sad…
Edit 2: Smartphone Banana phone (I’m talkin’ the Matrix kind, with foldable screen, turns into AR glasses, and watch/wristlet-type thing when retracted!
Have you watched the Blackberry movie? Its a great insight into how Apple just crushed all of that market with the iPhone.
I wish Nokia had opened their system for third Party developers. They already had the capabilities for an app store on the devices, my E62 had a “store”. But it was just so empty and horrible
Yeah, I remember the closed nature of their system was the main thing which killed any planned OS updates for the 5800 - they were planning on adding more video support, but nothing through which to deliver it, so they just kinda’ dropped the whole thing. I was left with Symbian 60, I believe:-?
And by the time they did start opening it up, with the Es, it was already too late, because the Marketing Wars began.
I haven’t seen the Blackberry movie, thanks for recommending it! I remember those being a big thing, too, mum always wanted one (and a PT Cruiser, so take it with a grain of salt) and I seem to remember pretty much everyone giving a Blackberry-like a shot. Nokia certainly had a full physical QWERTY model, one of my exes had one. But I remember it being, like… no different than the standard keypad Nokia at the time, except with a wider screen and a keyboard.
There were some really good. Nokia Symbian phones and some not so good ones. An issue back then was that not all apps were available for all phones. They would probably have fixed this if it hadn’t been for Elop killing them.
To be fair, Nokia flodded the market every year with a ton of different phones
Which, honestly, was another thing I’ve come to love about the old Nokia! They weren’t just phones, they were accessories as well! Every model had a clear personality and a target audience! I remember my mum had a thing for changing her phone often, especially with models only found in other countries (she would find THE weirdest salespeople, who brought in phones from friggin’ Spain and such, and they were way cheaper than retail), and… while I don’t agree with her somewhat rampant consumerism, I gotta say, every single model had a Vibe!
Besides my 5800, my other favourite from Nokia was my steel 6303 Classic. That was a downright sexy phone, and rugged to boot!
Edit: as opposed to the contemporary “my glass slab of phone from Asus has more personality than Samsung’s glass slab of phone because they set the cameras differently…” I made myself sad…
Edit 2: Smartphone Banana phone (I’m talkin’ the Matrix kind, with foldable screen, turns into AR glasses, and watch/wristlet-type thing when retracted!
The banana was the shit. Sooo cool. So expensive.
Have you watched the Blackberry movie? Its a great insight into how Apple just crushed all of that market with the iPhone.
I wish Nokia had opened their system for third Party developers. They already had the capabilities for an app store on the devices, my E62 had a “store”. But it was just so empty and horrible
Yeah, I remember the closed nature of their system was the main thing which killed any planned OS updates for the 5800 - they were planning on adding more video support, but nothing through which to deliver it, so they just kinda’ dropped the whole thing. I was left with Symbian 60, I believe:-?
And by the time they did start opening it up, with the Es, it was already too late, because the Marketing Wars began.
I haven’t seen the Blackberry movie, thanks for recommending it! I remember those being a big thing, too, mum always wanted one (and a PT Cruiser, so take it with a grain of salt) and I seem to remember pretty much everyone giving a Blackberry-like a shot. Nokia certainly had a full physical QWERTY model, one of my exes had one. But I remember it being, like… no different than the standard keypad Nokia at the time, except with a wider screen and a keyboard.