Nokia

If you’ve ever found yourself squinting at a mobile screen and wondering which of the twenty identical buttons you’re supposed to press to find your mum’s number, the Nokia 3110 is here to save your sanity. Launched in early 1997, this isn’t just another black box; it’s the debut of the ‘Navi-Key’. …

Released in the tail end of 1996, the Nokia 8110, affectionately dubbed the “Banana Phone” for its prominent curvature, is Nokia’s first real attempt at a premium, design-led handset. While the rest of the market is obsessed with making things smaller, Nokia has gone for “ergonomic,” which is Finnish for “it actually …

Released in August 1996 for a jaw-dropping £1,000 in the UK, the Nokia 9000 Communicator isn’t so much a mobile phone as it is a brick that happens to have a PhD in computer science. At 397 grams, it weighs nearly as much as a full can of Coke, and carrying it …