The most iconic mobile phones of all time
The top 3 according to 3 votes from people: Motorola DynaTAC 8000x (1983) · Sony CMD-Z5 (2000) · T-Mobile Sidekick 2 (2004). (Updated Oct 31, 2023.)
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?
Automatically translated (original in Suomi). See the original
Top 25
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1
Motorola DynaTAC 8000x (1983)
The mother of all mobile phones.
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2
Sony CMD-Z5 (2000)
A small flip phone with a fishing game.
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3
T-Mobile Sidekick 2 (2004)
An excellent QWERTY keyboard.
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4
Nokia 1011 (1992)
The first mass-produced GSM phone.
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5
Nokia 8110 (1996)
The spring-loaded "banana" from The Matrix.
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6
Motorola StarTAC (1996)
The first clamshell phone.
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7
Sony Ericsson P800 (2002)
A big touchscreen and a flip-down keypad.
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8
Nokia 6310i (2002)
A reliable business phone with a long-lasting battery.
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9
BlackBerry 7230 (2003)
The first BlackBerry with a colour screen.
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10
Sony Ericsson T610 (2003)
A camera and Bluetooth in a small package.
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11
Motorola RAZR V3 (2004)
The thin metal clamshell that sold over 130 million.
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12
Orange SPV C500 (2004)
A powerful Windows Mobile smartphone.
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13
Nokia N70 (2005)
3G and Symbian.
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14
Nokia 9300 (2005)
A communicator that opened up like a tiny computer.
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15
O2 XDA II Mini (2005)
A small Windows Mobile device made by HTC.
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16
Sony Ericsson W880i (2006)
The slim Walkman phone.
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17
Sony Ericsson K800i (2006)
A camera phone with a xenon flash.
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18
Samsung SGH-X820 (2006)
The thinnest phone of its time.
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19
Nokia 6300 (2007)
A stylish and reliable basic phone.
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20
Nokia N95 (2007)
GPS, a 5-megapixel camera and a two-way slider.
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21
BlackBerry Bold 9000 (2008)
The peak of physical-keyboard BlackBerrys.
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22
Apple iPhone 3G (2008)
It brought the App Store and took the iPhone mainstream.
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23
HTC Hero (2009)
The first Android to seriously challenge the iPhone.
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24
Samsung Galaxy S II (2011)
A superb AMOLED display.
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25
Nokia Lumia 930 (2014)
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.
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