Private GSM Collection: vintage mobile phones, prototypes and rarities

The Collector’s Vault · 3D

Walk through the collection

Every phone, year by year, in a 3D time tunnel. Prototypes, lost colours and special editions, from 1992 to today.

331 pieces · 1992 → 2018Open the vault →Real phones, real photographs. Nothing here is AI-generated.
The Collector’s Vault: the 3D tunnel

Find your era

Which one was yours?

One small discovery

The first Sony Ericsson phone with Windows Mobile 6.5.3. Recognise it?

Choose the phone this clue belongs to.

Go a little deeper

More than familiar faces.

Never released

Nokia 7700 Prototype F5.0 White Nokia 7700 · 2003 Ericsson Futaba Ericsson Futaba · 2000 Nokia 7700 Prototype F5.0 Black Nokia 7700 · 2003 Motorola E18 Ivory Unreleased Prototype Motorola E18 · 2008 Motorola Aura R1 Unreleased Prototype Motorola Aura R1 · 2008 BenQ P31 Unreleased Prototype BenQ P31 · 2004 Nokia 6650 Prototype B1 6.2 Nokia 6650 · 2002 Nokia 5710 Unreleased Prototype B3.0 Nokia 5710 · 2006 Nokia 7500 Prism Prototype B3.0 Nokia 7500 · 2007 Nokia N92 Prototype S3.4 Nokia N92 · 2005
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Inside the world of engineering prototypes.

Design icons

Nokia 7380 Nokia 7380 · 2005 Nokia 7280 Prototype F4.0 Nokia 7280 · 2004 Nokia 7600 Nokia 7600 · 2003 Xelibri 1 - Champagne Xelibri 1 · 2003 Samsung Serenata B&O Samsung Serenata B&O · 2005 Xelibri 6 - Platinum blush Xelibri 6 · 2003 Xelibri 8-Diamond Pink Xelibri 8 · 2003 Samsung Serene B&O Samsung Serene B&O · 2007
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Unexpected shapes. Unmistakable identities.

Special editions

Nokia 8110 Michael Schumacher Limited Edition No.0296 - The Impossible-to-Find Edition Nokia 8110 Michael Schumacher Limited Edition No.0296 - The Impossible-to-Find Edition · 1997 Nokia 2110i Nokia 2110i: Special Festival de Cannes 1995 No. 0929 of 1000 · 1994 Motorola StarTAC 70 "Rainbow Edition" Motorola StarTAC 70 "Rainbow Edition": The Ultra-Rare Multicolor Icon of the GSM Era · 1996 Nokia 3110 Blue VW Edition Nokia 3110 Blue VW Edition · 1997 Bosch 608 Bosch 608 | Coca Cola Edition · 1998 Hagenuk F10 Ferrari Edition - Giallo Modena Hagenuk F10 Ferrari Edition - Giallo Modena · 1998 Ericsson S868 Ericsson S868: Swedish Bronze Edition · 1998 Ericsson A1018s Ericsson A1018s: Coca-Cola Edition The Golden Age of Brand Collaborations · 2000 Samsung SGH-A408 "Egeo Edition" Samsung SGH-A408 "Egeo Edition": Rare Custom Blue-Gold Variant · 2001 Sony Ericsson F100i Jalou Dolce Gabbana Sony Ericsson F100i Jalou Dolce Gabbana · 2006
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The collaborations that made them different.

Nokia 6650 Prototype B1 6.2 Nokia 6650 · 2002 Nokia 6810 Prototype B3.0 Nokia 6810 · 2004
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Behind the device / Field notes

A glimpse inside Nokia’s engineering labs.

Unreleased colour. Experimental firmware. Different casing and Hardware

The paper archive

Before the bookmarks.

Original manuals, sales guides and magazines.

Nokia Academy Sales Guide, 2004 Nokia materials CONNECT magazine, April 2004 CONNECT archive
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