Believe it or not, the Nokia 3210 is now over 10 years old. Selling over 150 million units, the 3210 was the first mobile to truly hit the big time and it was many people's first time phone.
Who doesn't remember playing Snake and composing a personal ringtone on the 3210? Back then, phones were used for making phone calls, texting was a new phenomenon and WAP was so hi-tech it was scary.
Equally scary is the notion that actually if you were born in the '90s, you're probably too young to have any knowledge of such exciting times.
Still, the phone industry is now so humungous it's worth over $24bn in India alone. Some stats suggest that the global mobile industry will be worth $200bn by 2012 – that's $33 for every human being on the planet.
And what's driving this recession-beating performance? It's the technology, stupid!
So here we have our 10 favourite mobile phones of the current crop, in reverse order, ending with what we consider to be the best mobile phone available today...
Your comments (14) Click to add a new comment
rsmits
November 2nd
8. I never could understand why Europeans call all cell phones mobiles when in North America they're all cell phones. Mobile phones to us are cell phones designed or adapted for use in vehicles. None of these phones qualify as "mobile" phones since none of them appear to be designed for use in vehicles. Most of them would be difficult to use and the article fails to mention at all whether there are custom hands free kits for various makes of cars, etc.
I don't expect Europeans to change what they call cell phones but in my part of the world cell phones aren't practical without car kits since it's illegal to use them while driving otherwise.
Alert a moderator
ninjasirat
October 30th
7. lol Iphone 2nd i guess i could belive but i think the motorola dext shud be a bit lower since the looks are amazing!!
Alert a moderator
nitebot
October 30th
6. What? iPhone not the winner?! Right, that's you lot with your backs to the wall when the revolution comes! :)
Alert a moderator
backstroker
October 30th
5. And ditto (not out yet, etc) it would have been nice to see where you ranked the N900. Latest delivery I've heard is 16th November
Alert a moderator
louis058
October 30th
4. Well, it's nice to see a change for once. Iphone still the best imo, but HTC Hero has done quite well.
Alert a moderator
beefstirfry
October 30th
3. Where you actually scared to put the 3GS at number 1? Or was it because you wanted the fanbois to send you death threats?
Alert a moderator
Tell us what you think
You need to Log in or register to post comments