When Phones Were Fun – And Nokia Was Crazy

3.7M views · 6 years ago · explainer · historical

MrMobile (Michael Fisher) looks back at the era when phone makers, Nokia above all, tried wildly different shapes, keypads and form factors. The video tours the odd and experimental handsets of that period.

HN people link it as the reminder of a time when phone design was varied and playful, before every phone became a slab.

“reminds me of the time when phones used to be so much fun and there was a lot of variety”

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@sanketpatrikar2022 · in “When Phones Were Fun – and Nokia Was Crazy”
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@themenomen2022 · in “There was a stretch where phone design went bananas”
Some of these in action from Michael Fisher's "When Phones Were Fun" playlist: ▶ this video
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@deadalus2021 · in “Off the Grid Messenger”
This Nokia e63 reminds me of the time when phones used to be so much fun and there was a lot of variety. All the phones are essentially the same now. When Phones Were Fun – And Nokia Was Crazy : ▶ this video
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@Abishek_Muthian2020 · in “Symbian Won”
There were MIDP profiles[1] as long the version matched, the apps worked fine in my experience on any device although the devices themselves varied in their key pad placements; Nokia went crazy in their phone designs[2]! [1]link [2]▶ this video