Nokia
Once-dominant mobile maker
Nokia is a Finnish telecommunications company that dominated the mobile phone market in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
The brand became synonymous with durable, reliable handsets—the Nokia 3310 achieved legendary status for its near-indestructibility.
After losing the smartphone wars to Apple and Android, Nokia pivoted to network infrastructure.
The name still evokes nostalgia for an era of simpler phones: My old Nokia could survive anything.
Held telephone component
- cellularComposed of small units
- smartphoneHandheld connected computer
- keypadButton array for input
- touchscreenInput-sensitive display panel
SMS · texting · MMS · voicemail · battery life · flip phone · slider · antenna
Current mobile network standard
- LTEWireless broadband standard
- 4GFourth-generation mobile technology
- GSMCellular communication protocol
- CDMAWireless transmission protocol
infrastructure · base station · Ericsson · Huawei · carrier · spectrum · antenna · cell tower
- ringtonePhone's incoming call sound
- monophonicHaving one voice
- polyphonicHaving multiple melodic lines
- indestructibleImpossible to damage permanently
candy bar · brick phone · feature phone · dumbphone · burner phone
Short-range wireless protocol
- Wi-FiWireless network standard
- hotspotArea of notable activity
- SIM cardPhone's network identity chip
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
signal · coverage · bandwidth · data transfer · NFC · USB · charger · pairing
Finland's capital city
- FinnishLanguage of Finland
- NordicOf northern Europe
- ScandinavianOf Denmark, Norway, Sweden
- saunaHeated room for sweating
Sibelius · Angry Birds · Moomins · Arctic · boreal · conglomerate · multinational
handset
Held telephone component
- cellularComposed of small units
- smartphoneHandheld connected computer
- keypadButton array for input
touchscreen · SMS · texting · MMS · voicemail · battery life · flip phone · slider · antenna · clamshell
5G
Current mobile network standard
- LTEWireless broadband standard
- 4GFourth-generation mobile technology
- GSMCellular communication protocol
CDMA · infrastructure · base station · Ericsson · Huawei · carrier · spectrum · antenna · cell tower · backhaul
Snake
- ringtonePhone's incoming call sound
- monophonicHaving one voice
- polyphonicHaving multiple melodic lines
indestructible · candy bar · brick phone · feature phone · dumbphone · burner phone
Bluetooth
Short-range wireless protocol
roaming · signal · coverage · bandwidth · data transfer · NFC · USB · charger · pairing · tethering
Helsinki
Finland's capital city
- FinnishLanguage of Finland
- NordicOf northern Europe
- ScandinavianOf Denmark, Norway, Sweden
sauna · Sibelius · Angry Birds · Moomins · Arctic · boreal · conglomerate · multinational
- smartphonesSamsung, smartphone, cellphone, Google, mobile phone
- 2000siPhone, Wii, MySpace, YouTube, Hurricane Katrina
- European CompaniesAirbus, Allianz, AstraZeneca, Barclays, Bayer
- European exportsSwiss watches, Italian leather, French wine, Belgian chocolate, BMW
- European industryAirbus, Siemens, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo
- obsolete techfloppy disk, VHS, dial-up modem, cassette tape, floppy disks