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Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by Nobody: 2:00pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
Ask teens these days what phones people used just 10 years ago, and you might find the answers are far from reality. Indeed, there’s been a profound change in technology, a gigantic leap forward that has completely overhauled the mobile phone landscapes. In this article, we go back 10 years in time to 2005, the dark ages of phones. No, not even smartphones: there were none of those (by today's definition with a fully developed app store and an ecosystem), instead people talked about PDAs and communicators. Hilarious from the point of view of today, isn't it? Clamshell phones? You rarely see them today, but they were all the rage back in 2005. Push-to-talk? Revolutionary 10 years ago. 4G LTE? Forget about it, people were happy if they had connectivity to the Internet at all, and have EDGE was considered great (3G was a luxury). So what were the hot phones in 2005? Let’s waste no time and go back in history. Motorola Moto RAZR V3 (Matte Black) The Moto Razr took the phone world by surprise in 2004 when the V3 version was selling like hotcakes, and in 2005, Motorola followed up on the success with a matte black edition of the likable thin clamshell phone. Tiny screen, all buttons, no real smarts, but sleek and good looking. Sony Ericsson K750 The Sony Ericsson K750 was a little wonder in 2005 that hinted for a great future for camera phones. What was the excitement all about? A 2-megapixel camera! Don’t laugh, it was all the rage, spurring a bunch of camera comparisons, tests, and thoughts whether the days of point-and-shoots are numbered. We all know how that turned out, don’t we? Nokia N70 Call it a communicator, call it a PDA, the Nokia N70 was the great-great-great grandfather of the modern smartphone. Boy did it have a huge (2.1 inches!) display, running the super advanced Series 60 UI on a whopping 220MHz TI OMAP 1710 system chip. Don’t ask how many cores were in it. BlackBerry 7100 2005 was right in the midst of the golden age for BlackBerry. Everyone was on the Crackberry, and despite this little 7100 series wonder having merely 65K colors (less than the 256K others flagship of the time sported), its advanced BlackBerry OS with support for email was the real hit. Nokia 8800 A stainless steel piece of beauty that draws inspiration from the very successful slide-phones of days past 2005, the Nokia 8800 features a 1.7” display and an SVGA camera. Its color display also sports 256K colors, plenty for the time, but a far cry from today’s 16 million standard on phones. Motorola Q8 Motorola was also playing in the game of communicators/PDAs, and the Q8 was its most advanced model for the time with a 5-way navigation button and a full physical QWERTY keyboard that business users could not live without. The star of the show, however, was the advanced Windows Mobile version 6.0. Nokia 1100 Finally, the Nokia 1100 might not have been among the most advanced phones of the time, but when people were conisdered priviliged to even have a cell phone, the 1100 was a blessing. As such, it was the best selling phone of the year with sales of 150 million units, far above all other technological wonders of 2005. source 42 Likes 9 Shares |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by taiocol: 2:05pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
Those where the machine backthen not this shitty Android 25 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by iyatrustee(f): 2:09pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
Time flies! I used the Motorola, Sony Ericsson and Nokia N70. I loved the Nokia 8800 but never used it Looking back now, they no try at all 11 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by Ezedon(m): 2:09pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
I didnt see Sagem MY X-5 107 Likes 8 Shares |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by Pinkiedearie(f): 2:16pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
That nokia ehn..especially the light blue one. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by Jboyossai(m): 2:23pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
My dad still use that nokia 1100 till today...all this modern phones look like shiit to him cox he never learnt how to use it.... 21 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by Nobody: 2:25pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
wow |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by Nobody: 2:29pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
And many more will come still.. Stop fretting over 50MP camera phones or Lollipop OS this and that. Invisible phones, Self-thinking phones, Phones that could look into space and tell you what's there, etc, are still coming.. 14 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by swaggzo(m): 2:40pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
COOL STUFF. .. I STILL SEE THE MOTOROLA RAZOR AROUND THOUGH. 1 Like 2 Shares |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by Abrahamweb(m): 3:16pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
youngpol:boss,fone to look into space and tell you what? Na joke o. 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by goldfish80(m): 3:43pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
Ezedon:LOL.. That was my first camera phone back in 2005 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by sinkhole: 3:58pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
Hmmmm, vanity upon vanity, all na vanity In those days people can kill to get those phones and phones of nowadays will soon be trash too! 14 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by Osakah24(m): 4:47pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
youngpol:abeg if you dey where them dey do the phone,tell them to add app wey go help person dey chop nairabet well well. 18 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by Osakah24(m): 4:54pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
I was chairman back in 2k5 when i bought my flat bird phone with flourescent light. 6 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by bigt2(m): 5:04pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by Hawlahscho(m): 5:05pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
OP, where is that Motorola C115 that looks like bathing soap na. Partiality, you didn't mention my phone. 10 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by ednut1(m): 5:05pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
i remember my friend day in 2006 using k750 to buga me, my moto L6 cud only accept 2 songs, but dat machine had memory card, all this tech stuff are vanity upon vanity, the range rover Fela Kuti use buga pple den, LATSMA dey use am toll vehicles now 12 Likes |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by hemartins(m): 5:05pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
I remember my Nokia N70. Then I was seen as one of the biggest boys in ss3. Those days we used inferred to transfer files. Deep down I want those days back but life is changing so we gotta change too else we fizzle out. 6 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by Nobody: 5:05pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
I Rep Sagem, "My X-5" 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by Misogynist2014(m): 5:06pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
On point |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by nairaman66(m): 5:06pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
Na where Samsung Blue face? Men in those days, I did used the Motorola razor, Sony Ericsson w800i, Nokia communicator..Nokia N900 etc. I buy phone sha!! 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by LewisO: 5:06pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
Back then, when phones were very valuable. When u use them people sees u as Dangote's personal assistant. 7 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by Nobody: 5:07pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
i used dem all except RIM 7100 1 Like |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by tbmas(m): 5:07pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
And some girls raised their legs back den...... girls dat iphone 6 u seek wt u selling assets will become a thing of d pst, within 3yrs sef.... nt saying u shldnt buy tho...jaye 1 Like |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by arusoncd(m): 5:07pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
your sister carry belle because of that phone. 3 Likes |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by BTT(m): 5:07pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
The Motorola Razr was my dream phone at the time and I saved long and hard to have it. And to think I held down one of 3 armed robbers because of my Nokia 1100 torch light phone. God bless MTN Xtra Cool wih that faithful phone. I will buy one again if I find it today. The corpse of my N70 should be somewhere in my tech corner till date. The reason we should worry less about the 'reigning' techs of today. 'You bought the car today, it's worth less from that moment they took the cheque' - Carl Benz 1908 (Don't search the quote. The joke's on you) 7 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by Pesuzok(m): 5:07pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
I see sony ericsson K700 and K750. With baddass earphones.... |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by dridowu: 5:07pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
Like my Nokia n72 |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by Nobody: 5:08pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
Most of this phones are no more in existence but d like of N70, nokia 1110 or so stil exist 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by Dyt(f): 5:08pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
No sagem? Bird? 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by tiamiyukunle69(m): 5:08pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
Samsung blue face 3 Likes |
Re: Photos: Checkout The Phones That Were In Use 10 Years Ago by maxit2(m): 5:08pm On Apr 14, 2015 |
9h yes |
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