1987: Nokia unveiled the Mobira Cityman mobile phone; they really don't make mobile phones like that any more. Believe it or not, this was actually one of the first 'compact' mobile phones Note Eagles soundtrack.Photograph: Ian Shaw/Alamy1989: Mikhail Gorbachev makes a call on a Nokia Mobira Cityman mobile phone from Helsinki to his communications minister in Moscow. The phone became known as the GorbaPhotograph: Lehtikuva OY/Rex Featuresc 1995: Nokia NHK-1XA with aerialPhotograph: Creative Element Photos / Alamy/Alamy
1996: The Nokia 8110 Banana phone. The Nokia 8110 is the first of its kind in terms its ergonomics. It feels good in the hand and fits into any pocket. The revolutionary curved design fits the natural shape of your face. It has unique sliding mouthpiece for maximum voice qualityPhotograph: Alamyc 1998: Men stand near a large model of a Nokia 3210 in DusseldorfPhotograph: John Robertson / Alamy/www.alamy.com1999: A Nokia 9110 which has a fax phone and internet connectionPhotograph: Alex Lentati/Evening Stand/Rex Features2000: The Nokia 3310 featured advanced messaging, personalisation with Xpress-on covers and screensavers, vibra feature, time management functions, voice dialling, picture messaging, predictive text input and games. It also had the Nokia Friends-Talk service, which allows users to have conversations using SMS (Short Message Service)Photograph: Lenscap/Alamy2002: Nokia 6800 which supports MMs and Java technology and has a colour display and fold-out QWERTY keyboardPhotograph: Nokia2002: Nokia presents its new mobile phone 3410 featuring Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) at the CeBIT computer trade fair in Hanover Photograph: Rainer Jensen/EPA2002: Nokia 7650 with a large colour displayPhotograph: Nokia2003: Nokia N-Gage mobile phone and handheld game systemPhotograph: PR2004: A mobile user takes a picture of the British Airways London Eye using the built-in camera on a Nokia picture-messaging phonePhotograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA2004: Nokia 7710, the first Nokia phone to have a touchscreenPhotograph: Nokia2006: Nokia 6131 clamshell phone with a 1.3-megapixel digital cameraPhotograph: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images2006: Nokia N91 featuring a 2-megapixel camera and a 4GB (8 GB in a revision released later that year) hard drive to store approximately 3,000 songs Photograph: Nokia2007: Nokia N93i highend clamsehll smartphone with digital camcorder Photograph: Nokia2007: The Nokia N95, with GPS, a 5 megapixel digital camera with Carl Zeiss optics, video recording and BluetoothPhotograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian2009: A woman uses her mobile telephone as she passes a Nokia advert for the N97 intended to rival and outsmart the iPhone, the 150g handset boasts a 3.5-inch touch screen, QWERTY keyboard and customisable home screenPhotograph: Luke MacGregor/Reuters2010: Nokia X6 smartphone and portable entertainment devicePhotograph: Nokia2012: Nokia Windows smartphones - the Lumia 920 runs on the latest Windows Phone operating softwarePhotograph: Nokia/EPA2013: The Nokia Lumia 1020, a Windows Phone with a 41-megapixel camera Photograph: Timothy Clary/AFP/Getty Images
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