Hilton even had her Sidekick hacked in 2005, almost a decade before celebrities like JLaw had their smartphones hacked in 2014’s Fappening scandal, proving that celebs never do learn, do they? Razr If we’re going to talk about strategic phone product placement, the original 2002 T-Mobile Sidekick may just be the most notorious. The Sidekick showed up in every music video and red carpet, even being hawked by the 2000’s-cool Paris Hilton in every bejeweled form.
LG’s big selling point: Chocolate is a phone that doubles as an MP3 player. This delectable mobile came in “white,” “dark,” “strawberry,” “mint,” and “cherry” colors. LG’s Chocolate phone was released on 2006 as a compact phone that would slide up to reveal a hidden keypad. The lesson here? Always keep a spare BlackBerry in your drawer in case of a massive hack. See also: Huge Smartphones Will Be Big In 2015-We Don’t Have Much Of A ChoiceĪfter Sony’s late-2014 hack that leaked emails and unreleased movies from the company, Sony employees turned to the old yet trusty BlackBerry to keep the business functional. In the days before the iPhone, people were so attached to their BlackBerrys, the device earned the name “CrackBerry.” The company announced in October 2014 that it would be returning to its roots by releasing the BlackBerry Classic Q20, proving that it too waxes nostalgic from time to time. The BlackBerry phone was first introduced in 1999 as a two-way pager, but gained notoriety in 2003 as one of the very first smartphones with email and Web browsing. Whether it was the novel joy of texting or the downtime spent playing Snake and Pong, nostalgic phones of the early-to-mid 2000’s will always be fondly remembered. Taking a tip from Apple’s dramatic “iVents,” major tech companies now save the mobile goods for their own individual launch spectaculars, leaving us all a little weepy for cellphones and the way things used to be.Īlas, even when phones were dumb, we loved them anyway.Īs we embark into the new year with 2015, we take a look back on five of your favorite early mobile era dumbphones. The annual International Consumer Electronics Show is ramping up for January, but it’s possible that we won’t be seeing many mobile announcements this year in Las Vegas.
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