# The most iconic mobile phones of all time

From Motorola's "brick" to the Nokia 8110 seen in The Matrix and the Razr everyone wanted: the phones that changed our pockets. What was your first phone?

- 3 votes · 25 items
- Oct 31, 2023 · Teemu Lahtinen
- https://even.best/en/l/2820/the-most-iconic-mobile-phones-of-all-time

## Top 25

1. **Motorola DynaTAC 8000x (1983)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The mother of all mobile phones.
2. **Sony CMD-Z5 (2000)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A small flip phone with a fishing game.
3. **T-Mobile Sidekick 2 (2004)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — An excellent QWERTY keyboard.
4. **Nokia 1011 (1992)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The first mass-produced GSM phone.
5. **Nokia 8110 (1996)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The spring-loaded "banana" from The Matrix.
6. **Motorola StarTAC (1996)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The first clamshell phone.
7. **Sony Ericsson P800 (2002)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A big touchscreen and a flip-down keypad.
8. **Nokia 6310i (2002)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A reliable business phone with a long-lasting battery.
9. **BlackBerry 7230 (2003)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The first BlackBerry with a colour screen.
10. **Sony Ericsson T610 (2003)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A camera and Bluetooth in a small package.
11. **Motorola RAZR V3 (2004)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The thin metal clamshell that sold over 130 million.
12. **Orange SPV C500 (2004)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A powerful Windows Mobile smartphone.
13. **Nokia N70 (2005)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 3G and Symbian.
14. **Nokia 9300 (2005)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A communicator that opened up like a tiny computer.
15. **O2 XDA II Mini (2005)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A small Windows Mobile device made by HTC.
16. **Sony Ericsson W880i (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The slim Walkman phone.
17. **Sony Ericsson K800i (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A camera phone with a xenon flash.
18. **Samsung SGH-X820 (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The thinnest phone of its time.
19. **Nokia 6300 (2007)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A stylish and reliable basic phone.
20. **Nokia N95 (2007)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — GPS, a 5-megapixel camera and a two-way slider.
21. **BlackBerry Bold 9000 (2008)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The peak of physical-keyboard BlackBerrys.
22. **Apple iPhone 3G (2008)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — It brought the App Store and took the iPhone mainstream.
23. **HTC Hero (2009)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The first Android to seriously challenge the iPhone.
24. **Samsung Galaxy S II (2011)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A superb AMOLED display.
25. **Nokia Lumia 930 (2014)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Windows Phone flagship.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.