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Nokia 9000 Communicator
Quick View💎 Rarity Index: A (Rare)
⭐ WOW Factor: The earliest smartphone on the market
👁 Evaluation in my collection: Great – 9.5/10
⏱ Life timer: N/A | 📦 Boxed: NO
📅 Release Year: 1996 | 💰 Release Price: ~1000 $
📊 Units Sold: ~250k
📰 Why this phone matters: The Nokia 9000 Communicator was the first product in Nokia’s Communicator series, announced at CeBIT 1996 and introduced into the market on 15 August 1996.The phone was large and heavy at 397 grams (14.0 oz) but powerful at the time. It is powered by an Intel 24 MHz i386 CPU and has 8 MB of memory, which is divided between applications (4 MB), program memory (2 MB) and user data (2 MB).The operating system is PEN/GEOS 3.0. The Communicator is one of the earliest smartphones on the market,after the IBM Simon in 1994 and the HP OmniGo 700LX, a DOS-based palmtop PC with integrated cradle for the Nokia 2110 cellular phone, announced in late 1995 and shipped in March 1996.
It was highly advanced, featuring sending and receiving e-mail and fax via its 9.6 kbit/s GSM modem, and it also had a web browser and business programs. The Communicator is formed of a clamshell design that opens up to reveal a monochrome LCD display with a 640×200 resolution and a full QWERTY keyboard similar to a Psion PDA. It was priced £1,000 in the UK upon launch. Then-CEO of Nokia, Jorma Ollila, said in 2012 regarding the device: “We were five years ahead.”📝 Reviews when released: N/A 💔
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Nokia 9000iL Communicator: The Iconic Mobile Office
Quick View💎 Rarity Index: S (Ultra Rare)
⭐ WOW Factor: Nokia 9000iL isn’t just a collector phone –
it’s the U.S.-exclusive, upgraded version of the world’s first smartphone,
manufactured in Finland and equipped with advanced Internet capabilities that didn’t exist on the original 9000.
A true landmark device.👁 Evaluation in my collection: Great – 9.5/10
⏱ Life timer: N/A | 📦 Boxed: NO
📅 Release Year: 1997 | 💰 Release Price: ~1500 $
📊 Units Sold: ~150k
📰 Why this phone matters: The Nokia 9000iL Communicator is the rarest and most advanced version of the first-generation Communicator family. Released in 1997-1998 for the U.S. market only, it delivered true mobile computing capabilities years before any competitor. At a time when phones could barely handle SMS, the 9000iL could send email, browse early web pages, access corporate servers, send/receive faxes, and run productivity tools – all while doubling as a fully functional GSM phone.Powered by an Intel 486-class processor and running the GEOS-based Nokia Communicator OS, the 9000iL was essentially a miniature laptop disguised as a phone. Its iconic clamshell design with an external phone interface and a wide internal LCD display made it instantly recognizable – and a status symbol for professionals who needed real mobile data in the late 90s.
Your unit, with its pristine RAB-4N label, Made in Finland stamp, and correct IMEI layout, is exactly the type of 9000iL that U.S. carriers imported in controlled quantities. It is a foundational piece of mobile history and a must-have for any serious Nokia collector.
📝 Reviews when released: N/A 💔