Nokia's Communicator flip phone went on sale in August 1996 and was equipped with a fax function, calendar and calculator, ushering in the golden era of smartphones. – dpa
"The office in your back pocket." That was Nokia's promise 25 years ago when it launched a mobile phone that could pass as the forefather of today's smartphone.
But compared to the phones today, you needed a generous back pocket: The Nokia 9000 Communicator was almost 4 centimetres thick and weighed just under 400 grams.
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