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Europe gave us GSM[0]. At a time when everyone in Europe had a GSM phone penetration in the US was embarassingly low. It's hard to remember now, but Nokia expl
by riffraff 5y ago
Europe gave us GSM[0]. At a time when everyone in Europe had a GSM phone penetration in the US was embarassingly low.
It's hard to remember now, but Nokia exploded in the consumer market at a time when mobile phones were still niche in the US.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM
- midasuni 5y agoBack in 2000 everyone and his dog had a payg Nokia 3310 in the U.K. The US was (as always) late to the party, arrived in force, drove everyone else away, then claimed it was their party all along.