Flashback: Nokia's other taco phones and their surprise connection with Jay-Z

14 March 2021
The Nokia N-Gage is remembered with derision, but there was another "gaming phone" that made even the N-Gage look good.

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  • 18 Jun 2022

Mircea, 16 Mar 2021I had the 3300 (the n-gage lookalike), definitely is in my ... more"Unlimited" EDGE internet is proved to be deceptive info

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    • Icyshaker
    • TK9
    • 19 Mar 2021

    I have
    5510 blue
    3300 orange
    ngageQD gray
    These are greatest phone
    Till today it still works well..
    My battery n lcd I bought few with original spare part n cover.. Even box was well keep
    I never try Nokia window phone
    But I never dissapoint with new nokia
    Nokia 7.1
    Nokia 8.1
    However the price is higher than common phone
    It never fail me n never lag with high graphic game too

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      • ran
      • y6V
      • 17 Mar 2021

      I love my Nokia 5510

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        • Mircea
        • pwa
        • 16 Mar 2021

        I had the 3300 (the n-gage lookalike), definitely is in my top 10 Best phones. Had unlimited EDGE internet on it and opera mini, I was texting, posting on forums, gaming, listening to music. What a great phone.

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          • gyW
          • 16 Mar 2021

          Anonymous, 14 Mar 2021Design is better than current iphones. Hahahahaha, yes, now nobody can claim to be inspired by Goatse! :D

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            • Anonymous
            • 7Xq
            • 16 Mar 2021

            nokia 5210 rugged phone remake please

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              • Arte8800
              • mHu
              • 16 Mar 2021

              Beyond ugly nasty looking and cheap plastic weird looking.

              The Nokia 8 series were premium.
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              Scirocco
              8600
              8900

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                • Adeleye
                • Nu6
                • 15 Mar 2021

                Please can you help us
                That phone muah

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                  • JEt
                  • 15 Mar 2021

                  Back when people and companies cared about the look, aesthetic and color scheme of phones... Miss those days... All phones look pretty much the same nowadays... It's Why I like rugged phones cos I was into the Nokia GSHOCK phones back in the day

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                    • Anonymous
                    • pVv
                    • 15 Mar 2021

                    Yeah this model was weird, and so were many others from the same era, but at least nobody can blame Nokia for not trying different things (they had what, 15-20 models every year?) - all phones are essentially identical nowadays, it comes down to screen size and processor performance.

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                      • mYW
                      • 15 Mar 2021

                      i remember it fondly cause i wanted one so badly hahah never got to buy it though. i think the design in dope, especially the orange version!

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                        • rvx
                        • 15 Mar 2021

                        i still have my Nokia 3300, in its original box & excessories. It still works, battery in it s now a generic 3310 one. If i remember theres 5 Rammstein songs on it still lol

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                          • 15 Mar 2021

                          I had a 3300 it was a awful awkward thing to use but Nokia always liked to experiment out the box, which I am afraid no one will risk it these days hence every phone looks the same.

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                            • 15 Mar 2021

                            Anonymous, 14 Mar 2021Design is better than current iphones. Nice joke 👏

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                              • Maki
                              • gEt
                              • 15 Mar 2021

                              It seems like Nokia as a phone maker is dead. Almost no new phones and the slowest pace of Android 11 updates from all the phone makers..

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                                • Anonymous
                                • nYE
                                • 15 Mar 2021

                                Vita failed for different reasons, but it has a ton of games you can play on it... however most of the good ones are now on Switch (or PC) so there is less reason to get one, unless you want a more portable system than the Switch.

                                As for Xperia Play, I remember a friend having one when I just had my Vita (I still have it), fun phone but gaming wise a failure.

                                Why? You had the PS1 Crash Bandicoot port and Minecraft (the very first smartphone version of Minecraft on Android was Xperia Play exclusieve).

                                But that is it, sure he dumped a ton of GBA and SNES emulators on it and the games played (back then) superbly on the Play because of physical buttons, but emulators don't earn Sony any money and aside from not having other good games on it, it failed.

                                Meanwhile Vita failed because Sony dumped it, they wanted some quick cash without much effort and when that did not work out, they dumped the system in barely 2 years after it's launch (the only reason Vita gets games even now is because of the indie and Japanese devs, also it has a niche comunity but one that likes the system a lot)

                                Meanwhile Sony could have learn from Nintendo, 3ds it's launch was a huge fail but Nintendo in the end worked hard yo succesfully fix that issue, sadly same approach did not work with the Wii U.

                                Anyhow some trivia there.

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                                  • 15 Mar 2021

                                  Anonymous, 15 Mar 2021You get forgot about the American Idol version. I use to wo... moreDang i havent seen a sam goody's in quite awhile. They great deals at the time. Been about 21 years since i been to sam goody's. Hastings and d circuit city as well. 😞

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                                    • Fayth
                                    • XTA
                                    • 15 Mar 2021

                                    N-Gage QD was solid built, with rubber bumper as part of the design
                                    it's like a tank

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • wrb
                                      • 15 Mar 2021

                                      Aaaaa I bought that 3300 back in the day this really brings back the memories. Spent all my savings on that and it was amazing for a music phone. I rarely use it for phone call and only text and play games. There was a lot of java games for that game actually, downloaded some of that and play it during my collage years while listening to music.

                                      One day when I was sick, I slept with that phone on my hands and somehow the phone dissapeared or should I say stolen. I lived on boarding house at that time so most likely one of my housemates took it. Was heartbroken for a while haha.

                                        Kingslayer, 14 Mar 2021It's cool how far we've come from phone tech. Fro... moreWell that is basically one of the reasons why I'm still sticking with my Note8 from 2017; I just don't see any added improvements from new phones over what I have now on my 2017 Note8.