lanigerous@feddit.uk to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoThat time when Microsoft bought and killed Nokia phone unitwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1541arrow-down19file-text
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minus-squareForeigner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-26 months agoNot a Nokia and I can’t find that exact model but it seems there were a couple of weird round phones floating around in the early to mid 2000’s: https://www.mobilephonemuseum.com/phone-detail/c800 https://www.mobilephonemuseum.com/phone-detail/xelibri-6 https://www.mobilephonemuseum.com/phone-detail/panasonic-g70 There were some other weird as hell designs around that period, like the ones in this article: https://medium.com/@samworldpeace/nokia-made-some-of-the-weirdest-phones-ever-a7e3412fa0c0 I recognise all but one of the phones in that link. The time just before smartphones was a weird moment in mobile phone history.
minus-squareTheFriar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoI think you did find it. Looks like that xelibri 6. What a weird, not convenient design.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoWant people to think you’re on birth control but you’re not? Get the xelibri 6!
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoI just watched a video essay about design that talked about this, basically before the iPhone manufacturers were trying all kinds of crazy shit, after the iPhone it was black rectangles all around.
minus-squareTheFriar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agohttps://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:2000/format:webp/1*PBXghb0XY5LEXJ-xhTDobQ.png Oh shit I had this phone! It was cool. For the time. But the left side felt really flimsy when you opened it up.
Not a Nokia and I can’t find that exact model but it seems there were a couple of weird round phones floating around in the early to mid 2000’s:
https://www.mobilephonemuseum.com/phone-detail/c800
https://www.mobilephonemuseum.com/phone-detail/xelibri-6
https://www.mobilephonemuseum.com/phone-detail/panasonic-g70
There were some other weird as hell designs around that period, like the ones in this article:
https://medium.com/@samworldpeace/nokia-made-some-of-the-weirdest-phones-ever-a7e3412fa0c0
I recognise all but one of the phones in that link. The time just before smartphones was a weird moment in mobile phone history.
I think you did find it. Looks like that xelibri 6. What a weird, not convenient design.
Want people to think you’re on birth control but you’re not? Get the xelibri 6!
I just watched a video essay about design that talked about this, basically before the iPhone manufacturers were trying all kinds of crazy shit, after the iPhone it was black rectangles all around.
https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:2000/format:webp/1*PBXghb0XY5LEXJ-xhTDobQ.png
Oh shit I had this phone! It was cool. For the time. But the left side felt really flimsy when you opened it up.