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317 points rguiscard | 1 comments | 30 Aug 25 12:31 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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rootsudo ◴[30 Aug 25 13:21 UTC] No.45074426[source]▶
Many Americans such as myself had Nokia cell phones.. they were ubiqitious in USA culture... so I don't get the American jab at all, the only real competitor between 95-2005'ish was Motorola. Blackberry came from that time, and then android around 2010'ish but I would say yes - Nokia was the main phone for over a decade IMO.
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flkiwi ◴[30 Aug 25 14:08 UTC] No.45074819[source]▶
The 6190 might have been the most successfully executed technological device I’ve ever had. (Also an American wondering about the assumption we didn’t have Nokia.)
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lstodd ◴[30 Aug 25 14:27 UTC] No.45074962[source]▶
I beg to disagree.

The 5210 was the best, it was indestructible, cheap, kept its charge and still was functional even if you rode over it in your bulldozer.

The 8110 was the second imo, but only for the style.

And the 3310-ish were the runners-up. Cheaper than 5k series, and almost as useful.

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1. flkiwi ◴[30 Aug 25 18:59 UTC] No.45077117{3}[source]▶
I don't disagree individually, but I felt like the 6190 was an excellent balance. If a 5210 (or 5190) rolled a 10 STR, the 6190 was a 9, but a 10 CHR if the 5210 was a 9. It looked good pulled out of an ubiquitous Targus laptop bag but was small enough to be carried in a pocket.

I mean, I'm not going to fault your choices. Reasonable people can disagree on the details here. We're talking about an absolutely stacked lineup here.