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1989

Motorola MicroTAC 9800X The first truly portable phone. Up until its

release, most cellular phones were installed as car phones due to the

inability to fit them into a jacket pocket.

1992

Motorola International 3200

The first digital hand-size mobile telephone

Nokia 1011

This was the first mass-produced GSM phone. It was produced until 1994.

1993

BellSouth/IBM Simon Personal Communicator

The IBM Simon was the first PDA/Phone combo

1996

Motorola StarTAC

The first clamshell cellular phone. Also one of the first display screens featured on a cell.

Nokia 8810

Alternately called the “banana phone�, this phone

was popularized in the first Matrix movie.

Nokia 9000 Communicator ( il 6abooga :p )

The first smartphone series, driven by an Intel 386 CPU.

1998

Nokia 9110i 

This iteration of Nokia’s Communicator series

significantly reduced the weight of this precursor  to the smart phone

Nokia 5110

This cell phone was the most popular consumer model at the time of its release and for some

time afterwards.

1999

Nokia 8210 This phone was loved for its customizable design, but

hated for its screen fade.

Nokia 7110

The first mobile phone with a WAP browser.

Nokia 5210

This phone was known for its durability and splash-proof interchangeable casing.

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Benefon Esc! 

This was the first instance of a GPS being integrated

into a mobile phone and was sold mostly in Europe.

Samsung SPH-M100 Uproar The Uproar was the first cell phone to

have MP3 music capabilities.

Nokia 3210

The internal antenna and predictive T9 text messaging sold approximately 160 million of these

phones.

2000

Ericsson R380 The R380 featured a black and white touchscreen,

partially covered by a flip.

Nokia 3310

This popular phone sold 126 million models, and was particularly popular in Europe.

Ericsson R320

One of the first phones with a WAP browser. A version of this phone was released in China that

allowed Chinese character SMS.

2001

Nokia 5510

This phone featured a full QWERTY keyboard. It could also store up to 64mb of music.

Nokia 8310

This phone contained premium features not normally found on handsets of the time, such as

Infrared, a fully functional calendar and a FM Radio.

Ericsson T39 

This tiny handset was the first Bluetooth-capable phone.

Ericsson T66

This diminutive entry from Ericsson was the height of a cigarette.

2002

Nokia 3510(i)

The first Nokia phone to bring GPRS internet services to the mass market. The 3510i, pictured here, was a more advanced version with a colour screen.

Nokia 7650

This was the first Nokia set to feature a built-in camera and was featured in the movie Minority Report.

Sony Ericsson P800

This smartphone featured a touchscreen and up to 128mb of memory.

Nokia 6100

This model sold from 2002-2005. It featured an LCD screen and internet connectivity through GPRS.

Nokia 6310i

The 6310i quickly gained popularity in the corporate world for its simplicity and long battery life.

Sanyo SCP-5300

The first camera phone. Despite the low quality images it produced, it was the first.

2003

Nokia 1100

This extremely popular design has sold over 200 million since its introduction in 2003.  This phone is rumoured to have sold for up to $32,000 in online criminal communities due to its ability to intercept one-time banking passwords.

Nokia N-Gage

This phone/games system had a couple of award winning titles before it succumbed to its clunky interface design.

PalmOne Treo 600

2004     BlackBerries overtook them in popularity. Three or four days between charges and a successful merger of phone, PDA, and camera made this the business tool of choice.

Nokia 2100

This design was available in a wide range of colors and featured a monochromatic screen

Nokia 6600

Considered very advanced at the time of its introduction due to its Symbian OS-based Nokia Series 60 platform.  
Released in the US market as the Nokia 6620.

BlackBerry Quark 6210

BlackBerry 7210

Nokia 7600

One of the first 3G smartphones by Nokia, still one of the lightest and smallest.

2004

Motorola Razor V3

When this was introduced it set the standard for sleek design in the industry.

Sony Ericsson P910

An attractive flip smartphone with full internet connectivity.

Nokia 7610

Nokia first smartphone with a 1 megapixel camera.

Nokia 3220

The first entry-level Nokia phone that offered full internet access.

Nokia 6630

The first cell phone to allow for global roaming.

Nokia 7280

2005

One of the first 3G phones, the Nokia 6680 was considered to be high end at the time of its release.

HTC Universal

This was the first 3G Pocket PC phone at HTC and the first to come with Windows Mobile.

Motorola RAZR V3 Magenta

This hot pink phone gave the fashion set something to talk about

2006

HTC TyTN 100

This model was sold as the Orange SPV M3100 in the UK

Nokia N73

This immensely popular smartphone has sold millions of models worldwide, and is still in wide use as of 2009.

Motorola Q

BlackBerry Pearl

The first design-conscious entry from RIM, the Pearl is still being offered on the market today

KDDI Penck

A fabulous design available only in Japan.

O2 XDA Flame

The XDA Flame is the first dual processor PDA-phone in the 02 line.

LG Chocolate KG800

One of the first well-designed phones made for mass market use.

Samsung i607 BlackJack

Research in Motion sued Samsung over the name of this phone. The lawsuit was settled out of court.

2007

iPhone The original iPhone was released in June 2007 with an auto-rotate sensor, a multi-touch

sensor that allowed multiple inputs while ignoring minor touches, a touch interface that

replaced the traditional QWERTY keyboards, and many other features that helped to give Apple

an almost instant healthy market share on its release.

LG Prada KE850

LG Voyager

HTC Touch