10 years is an eternity in the world of smartphones (and technology in general). Thus, although we don’t have a special occasion for this, we decided to take a look at some of the greatest smartphones introduced 10 year ago - not just to see how far we’ve come, but also to take a moment and appreciate the precursors of the awesome handsets that we own today.
Back in 2004, we didn’t have Android and iOS, the two platforms that dominate the smartphone market now. We didn’t have Windows Phone, either, and yet Microsoft was an important player in the smartphone industry (thanks to Windows Mobile), alongside Palm, BlackBerry, and - of course - Nokia and its Symbian army.
Without further ado, here are some of the top smartphones that were advanced, expensive, and highly coveted a decade ago (in alphabetical order):
Back in 2004, we didn’t have Android and iOS, the two platforms that dominate the smartphone market now. We didn’t have Windows Phone, either, and yet Microsoft was an important player in the smartphone industry (thanks to Windows Mobile), alongside Palm, BlackBerry, and - of course - Nokia and its Symbian army.
Without further ado, here are some of the top smartphones that were advanced, expensive, and highly coveted a decade ago (in alphabetical order):
BenQ P50
BenQ (a Taiwanese company) is mainly known for LCD monitors and digital cameras, but it also makes phones from time to time. Introduced in the first half of 2004, the P50 is one of the few Windows-based BenQ smartphones. It ran Windows Mobile 2003 SE for Pocket PC, featuring a full QWERTY keyboard, a 2.8-inch resistive touchscreen display with 240 x 320 pixels, stylus, Wi-Fi, and a 1.3 MP rear camera. The device was powered by a 416 MHz Intel PXA270 processor aided by 64 MB of RAM. 64 MB was also the amount of internal memory, and you could expand that with an MMC, or SD card.
BenQ (a Taiwanese company) is mainly known for LCD monitors and digital cameras, but it also makes phones from time to time. Introduced in the first half of 2004, the P50 is one of the few Windows-based BenQ smartphones. It ran Windows Mobile 2003 SE for Pocket PC, featuring a full QWERTY keyboard, a 2.8-inch resistive touchscreen display with 240 x 320 pixels, stylus, Wi-Fi, and a 1.3 MP rear camera. The device was powered by a 416 MHz Intel PXA270 processor aided by 64 MB of RAM. 64 MB was also the amount of internal memory, and you could expand that with an MMC, or SD card.
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