From The Matrix phone to Snake, that Nokia ringtone to Crazy Frog trying to sell you even more of them, it's been a wild ride to get to the Apple and Android handsets we carry around today. To mark 50 years since the first mobile phone call, here are 50 moments that got us to where we are.
's Game Boy got the colour treatment, the Siemens S10 was the first mobile to do it. Alas it couldn't even show all the colours of the rainbow - only managing red, green, and blue.The Game Boy would gain an unexpected rival when the Nokia 6110 arrived with Snake on board. Few games have been so synonymous with one device - it's up there with Tetris on the Game Boy and Wii Sports on the… Wii.
Throw in a £150 launch price and the arrival of pay-as-you-go SIM cards and parents would soon find out that Tamagotchis just weren't going to cut it any more.Not content with the 3210, Nokia also launched the 7110 model in 1999 - the first web phone. It could give you news, email, and - get this - even download new ringtones.You may not have heard of the Sharp J-SH04, given it was only available in Japan.
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