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I actually had the Nokia 7600 pictured at the top of the thread. It's often ridiculed, but I don't know anyone else who had one who can fairly pass judgement. I
by tweetle_beetle 4y ago
I actually had the Nokia 7600 pictured at the top of the thread. It's often ridiculed, but I don't know anyone else who had one who can fairly pass judgement. It had genuinely good ergonomics - not disimilar to the fancy split keyboard philosophy. Each thumb had clear acces to specific buttons and the distance between them was maximised, easing strain on the wrists. In the era of T9, it was great. It was also hand friendly for phonecalls - remember them?
In response to sibling comment, comparing it to the iPhone is silly. The iPhone OS 1 was half a decade away when th 7600 was launched and started at $499. This was a cheap, fun phone using well trodden software on a budget. Nokia dominated the market and market segmentation is a natural strategy in that situation - especially before touchscreens allowed customisation/personalisation in software.
- pavlov 4y agoI had the 7600 too, and enjoyed the “lemon” form factor! But it certainly wasn’t a cheap phone when it launched. The typical Nokia cost around $150. This was the high-end model of Nokia’s feature phone range, and they highlighted it in ads with fashion brands. (The fashion touch was a leather strap you could attach to the lemon phone’s corner.) The 7600 did include technical innovation: it was the first Nokia model ever to include 3G, and IIRC it was also the first European phone to shoot video (stamp-sized 144p clips).
- tweetle_beetle 4y agoThat's interesting, I stand corrected. I was on a budget at the time and definitely wouldn't have had lots of disposisble income to spend on a phone. Maybe I bought it as it was being phased out.