10 years is an eternity in the world of smartphones (and technology in general). Thus, although we don’t have a special occasion for this, we decided to take a look at some of the greatest smartphones introduced 10 year ago – not just to see how far we’ve come, but also to take a moment and appreciate the precursors of the awesome handsets that we own today.
Back in 2004, we didn’t have
and
, the two platforms that dominate the smartphone market now. We didn’t have Windows
, either, and yet Microsoft was an important player in the smartphone industry (thanks to Windows Mobile), alongside Palm, BlackBerry, and – of course – Nokia and its Symbian army.
Without further ado, here are some of the top smartphones that were advanced, expensive, and highly coveted a decade ago (in alphabetical order):
BenQ (a Taiwanese company) is mainly known for LCD monitors and digital cameras, but it also makes phones from time to time. Introduced in the first half of 2004, the P50 is one of the few Windows-based BenQ smartphones. It ran Windows Mobile 2003 SE for Pocket PC, featuring a full QWERTY keyboard, a 2.8-inch resistive touchscreen display with 240 x 320 pixels, stylus, Wi-Fi, and a 1.3 MP rear camera. The
was powered by a 416 MHz Intel PXA270 processor aided by 64 MB of RAM. 64 MB was also the amount of internal memory, and you could expand that with an MMC, or SD card.
BenQ P50
BenQ P50
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2.
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BlackBerry 7730 / 7750 / 7780
BlackBerry 7730
BlackBerry 7730
1.
HP iPAQ h6300 series
HP iPAQ h6300 series
HP iPAQ h6300 series
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HTC Typhoon
HTC Typhoon
HTC Typhoon
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2.
Motorola A1000
Motorola A1000
Nokia 6630
Nokia 6630
Nokia 6630
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2.
Nokia 9500 Communicator
Nokia 9500 Communicator
Palm Treo 650
Palm Treo 650
Sony Ericsson produced several Symbian UIQ smartphones over the years (before Sony took over to put an end to the joint venture), and the P910 was among them. Seen by many as one of the greatest smartphones of 2004, the Sony Ericsson P910 had an alphanumeric keypad that could be flipped to reveal a QWERTY keyboard. Other features included a 2.9-inch resistive touchscreen display with 208 x 320 pixels and 256K colors (a rarity at the time), stylus, a 156 MHz processor, 64 MB of RAM, 64 MB of expandable internal memory, and a VGA rear camera. Measuring 115 x 58 x 26 mm, the Sony Ericsson P910 is about 5 mm thicker than a stack containing an
6, a
Galaxy Alpha, and a Sony Xperia Z3.
Sony Ericsson P910
Samsung i700
Samsung i700
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