From Nokia 7600 To Sony Ericsson W995, Man Shares Wacky Phone Designs From 2000s In Viral Twitter Thread
Much before smartphones with touchscreens took over the world, people used Nokia, Motorola, and Sony Ericsson phones with all those buttons that we actually got to press. They came with tiny, rectangular screens and were the best you could buy.
Much before smartphones with touchscreens took over the world, people used Nokia, Motorola, and Sony Ericsson phones with all those buttons that we actually got to press. They came with tiny, rectangular screens and were the best you could buy.
While mobile phones now come in all shapes and sizes, they don't feel the same.
Man shares phone designs from 2000s in Twitter thread
In the early 2000s, the designs were likable, but they might seem strange now. A Twitter thread on the same is now going viral and making people nostalgic. A user named Gerry McBride shared pictures of different designs of phones from the early 2000s.
"After the early bricks but before smartphones, there was a stretch where phone design went absolutely catshit bananas," the user wrote while sharing an odd-looking model of a Nokia phone.
After the early bricks but before smartphones, there was a stretch where phone design went absolutely catshit bananas (1/?) pic.twitter.com/QWUF6K8dVF
〞 Gerry McBride (@GerryMcBride) November 13, 2022
※This thing was ideal for if you had to take photos of Russian documents while undercover in Moscow, also yes that is a tag on it like it＊s a t-shirt," wrote the Twitter user as he shared a bizarre model.
This thing was ideal for if you had to take photos of Russian documents while undercover in Moscow, also yes that is a tag on it like it's a t-shirt pic.twitter.com/XGc302ubGk
〞 Gerry McBride (@GerryMcBride) November 13, 2022
They literally designed this entire thing for Dads who couldn't get the hang of T9 pic.twitter.com/a8CRlYuNLd
〞 Gerry McBride (@GerryMcBride) November 13, 2022
"People don't like phones that flip anymore"
〞 Gerry McBride (@GerryMcBride) November 13, 2022
"OK... what if instead of it flipping, it PIVOTED"
"FUCK YEAH" pic.twitter.com/P5flEtK1Il
One more- here's a phone I had, the Sony Ericsson W995. Nothing unusual about it really, slide out keypad etc. But it had a little kickstand that let you prop it up to watch videos! isn't that something?! Where's that innovation nowaways?! pic.twitter.com/xSjw7Vfxi6
〞 Gerry McBride (@GerryMcBride) November 14, 2022
"One more- here's a phone I had, the Sony Ericsson W995. Nothing unusual about it really, slide out keypad etc. But it had a little kickstand that let you prop it up to watch videos! isn't that something?! Where's that innovation nowaways?!" the user said.
I had another 3310 and then I went for the Sharp GX10, and boy did I think I was hot shit with this thing. Yeah, it takes pictures. COLOUR pictures. Watch, just stand there.
〞 Gerry McBride (@GerryMcBride) November 14, 2022
Don't move.
Ok, two seconds, don't move.
Don't mo- ah crap, you moved. Well yeah it's blurry, you moved! pic.twitter.com/LWXAmaEt6U
※I had another 3310 and then I went for the Sharp GX10, and boy did I think I was hot shit with this thing. Yeah, it takes pictures. COLOUR pictures. Watch, just stand there. Don＊t move. Ok, two seconds, don＊t move. Don＊t mo- ah crap, you moved. Well yeah it＊s blurry, you moved!" the Twitter user wrote as he shared a flip phone.
※What am I missing? Let me know. Anyways I really miss phones with moving parts. Maybe that＊s why I always get a cover for my iPhone that makes it look like a little leather book/ wallet thing," the user wrote as he asked other users to share their phone designs.
Twitter users shared the old phones they owned
People shared the old phones they had.
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〞 Mimirun? /(立? ℅ ?立) (@UsagiMimiChu) November 14, 2022
S赤, a迆n funciona. pic.twitter.com/fobPg2pQ9i
This was awesome until the rotate mechanics failed pic.twitter.com/Ahc4Bv0ERH
〞 GPGon (@GPGon) November 14, 2022
The Nokia 8910i. The coolest phone I've ever owned. pic.twitter.com/SGnxeWFe5w
〞 Krishanth Jayarajah (@krishanth87) November 15, 2022
Not massively odd but the scroll wheel was nearly impossible to use. LG shine pic.twitter.com/IXpmkNyhVO
〞 Christian Kemp (@CMKemp24) November 13, 2022
Could lose a call if it retracted as you tried to slide it up to answer it. ? pic.twitter.com/5xfTRIgI1i
〞 Herr ? Riain ?????? (@DrHeineken) November 13, 2022
My first touchscreen phone...only thing i remember about it was it had a weird haptic feedback when you touched it. pic.twitter.com/yNGSmUqBWz
〞 Mairtin Conneely (@MJConneely) November 13, 2022
The white and pink was a lot more exotic＃ pic.twitter.com/jrn1quNugp
〞 Beno?t M (@Vantongerloo) November 14, 2022
You missed the first ever phone with a notch＃ 10 years before iPhone X. The Motorola F3 wackiest but the battery lasted for eternity on the almost indestructible Eink black and white display＃ also one of the only phones I＊ve had that had better visibility under sunlight! ? pic.twitter.com/iK0jxkaVn7
〞 Hasan (@Hasanzz) November 14, 2022
Working at Nokia in this era was incredibly fun. People sometimes (legitimately) mock those wild designs but miss that the company was an engineering and supply chain powerhouse. So many mobile tech firsts slipstreamed in behind those crazy designs, and to millions of people.
〞 Lane Cipriani (@ozlanus) November 15, 2022
"Working at Nokia in this era was incredibly fun. People sometimes (legitimately) mock those wild designs but miss that the company was an engineering and supply chain powerhouse. So many mobile tech firsts slipstreamed in behind those crazy designs, and to millions of people," a user said.
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