N-Gage
Released on 7 October 2003, the N-Gage was Nokia's bold attempt to combine a phone with a handheld games console and lure players away from the Game Boy Advance. Games came on memory cards, and the N-Gage Arena service offered online multiplayer on some titles. Big publishers such as EA, Sega, Activision and Eidos signed up. The launch price was 299 US dollars, and in its first weeks in the US it was outsold by the Game Boy Advance 100 to 1. Within 17 days of launch, some US shops were offering 100 dollar rebates. Its sideways shape earned it the mocking nickname "taco phone". The redesigned N-Gage QD fixed many complaints, but only about 3 million units were sold in two years.
Sources: Wikipedia
- Screen
- 176x208 · TFT, 4096 colors · 2.1"
- Network
- 2G · GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
- Software
- Symbian 6.1, Series 60 v1.0 UI
- Music
- MP3 playback
- FM radio
- Stereo FM radio
- Bluetooth
- 1.1
- Launch price
- US$299 (US launch, 2003)
- Reported sales
- ~3 million in two years (a commercial failure)
Nokia 3650
First phone with an integrated camera announced for North America (as 3600) and the first Symbian phone in the US.
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