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  Alcatel One Touch Com

  💎 Rarity Index: B (Uncommon)

  👁 Evaluation in my collection: Good- 8.5/10

  ⏱ Life timer: N/A | 📦 Boxed: NO

  📅 Release Year: 1997 | 💰 Release Price: N/A

  📊 Units Sold: ~1.2M

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  📰 Why this phone matters: The year is 1997. Nokia has just brought out the “Matrix cell phone” 8110, the Communicator is said to be another 3 years away. At Siemens you get either the S6 cooking spoon or the S10 with a three-color display. Ericsson has nothing to do with Sony yet, and the GF768 had to – and could – live with a single-line display. Until then, Alcatel was best known for the super cheap One Touch Easy series, but is now launching the One Touch Com. Alternatively, you can also order it from Sharp in the form of the identical MC-G1.

  📝 Reviews when released: N/A 💔

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  Alcatel OT 808

  💎 Rarity Index: B (Uncommon)

  ⭐ WOW Factor: Made for Gossip

  👁 Evaluation in my collection: Good – 8/10

  ⏱ Life timer: N/A | 📦 Boxed: NO

  📅 Release Year: 2010 | 💰 Release Price: ~100 £

  📊 Units Sold: ~300k

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  📰 Why this phone matters: Alcatel OT-808 is a shiny clamshell with QWERTY keyboard. It features a QVGA display, 2MP camera, stereo Bluetooth, microSD slot and music player.

  📝 Reviews when released: Cnet.com 🔗

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  B&O 9800

  💎 Rarity Index: S (Ultra Rare)

  👁 Evaluation in my collection: Good – 8/10

  ⏱ Life timer: N/A | 📦 Boxed: NO

  📅 Release Year: 1999 | 💰 Release Price: N/A

  📊 Units Sold: ~10k

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  📰 Why this phone matters: Battery chargers for mobile phones are not the most exciting objects in the world, but Bang & Olufsen have a continual habit of making a virtue out of what others see as ordinary. By combining the battery charger with a specially designed holder, BeoCom 9800 suddenly became a mobile phone that users really wanted others to see!

  Weighing less than 100 grams and able to fit snugly in a pocket, the BeoCom 9800 mobile phone was one of the world’s smallest cellular phones when it was introduced, with an equally impressive list of features. Tell it the name of the person you wish to telephone and BeoCom 9800 dialled it. The inclusive BeoCharger combined holder and battery charger in an attractive package.

  Features:
  Caller ID; Call Forward; SMS; Voice Dial; Call Duration; Call Hold; redial function for last 10 numbers; 90 minutes’ battery talk time with 100 hours standby; graphic display; keypad lock; clock; data/fax connection; 100g with standard battery

  Accessories:
  BeoCharger; extra battery; hands-free car kit

  📝 Reviews when released: BeoWorld 🔗

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  Philips Genie

  💎 Rarity Index: C (Common)

  👁 Evaluation in my collection: New – 10/10

  ⏱ Life timer: N/A | 📦 Boxed: NO

  📅 Release Year: 1999 | 💰 Release Price: N/A

  📊 Units Sold: ~1M

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  📰 Why this phone matters: one of the first phones with voice recognition

  📝 Reviews when released: N/A 💔

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  Philips Xenium 9@9

  💎 Rarity Index: A (Rare)

  👁 Evaluation in my collection: Great – 9/10

  ⏱ Life timer: N/A | 📦 Boxed: YES

  📅 Release Year: 2000 | 💰 Release Price: N/A

  📊 Units Sold: ~400k

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  📰 Why this phone matters: Premium by Philips and Internet back in 2000

  📝 Reviews when released: N/A 💔

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  Sony CMD-C1

  💎 Rarity Index: B (Uncommon)

  👁 Evaluation in my collection: Great – 9/10

  ⏱ Life timer: N/A | 📦 Boxed: NO

  📅 Release Year: 1999 | 💰 Release Price: N/A

  📊 Units Sold: ~400k

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  📰 Why this phone matters: N/A

  📝 Reviews when released: N/A 💔

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  Sony CMD-Z1

  💎 Rarity Index: A (Rare)

  ⭐ WOW Factor: A jog dial, aircraft-style mic extension, extend-to-answer mechanism, and precision mechanics made it one of the most futuristic GSM phones of the 90s.

  👁 Evaluation in my collection: As New – 9.8/10

  ⏱ Life timer: N/A | 📦 Boxed: NO

  📅 Release Year: 1999 | 💰 Release Price: 1000DM

  📊 Units Sold: ~300k

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  📰 Why this phone matters: High tech of the 90’s from Sony. A very innovative phone with an unique way of speaking. No fold, no slide, but just a stick used as a microphone. Also has the ability to record and play voices.

  📝 Reviews when released: N/A 💔

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  Sony CMD-Z1 Plus: Rare Complete Set, Mint Working Condition

  💎 Rarity Index: A (Rare)

  ⭐ WOW Factor: A jog dial, aircraft-style mic extension, extend-to-answer mechanism, and precision mechanics made it one of the most futuristic GSM phones of the 90s.

  👁 Evaluation in my collection: As New – 9.5/10

  ⏱ Life timer: N/A | 📦 Boxed: YES

  📅 Release Year: 1999 | 💰 Release Price: 1200 DM

  📊 Units Sold: ~300k (base model Z1 family)

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  📰 Why this phone matters: A beautifully preserved Sony CMD-Z1 Plus, one of Sony’s most iconic pre-Sony Ericsson GSM phones, presented here in full box with all original accessories – a rarity even among seasoned collectors.
  Manufactured in France, this model represents the peak of Sony’s mid-90s mobile engineering before the joint-venture era.

  The CMD-Z1 Plus stood out in its time for its elegant curves, premium materials, and Sony’s distinctive Jog Dial interface, which gave it a futuristic one-handed navigation system years ahead of competing brands. Another signature touch of this model is its extendable stick-style microphone, a precision sliding module that not only enhanced voice pickup but also acted as a control mechanism: extending the mic answered a call, and retracting it ended the call. This mechanical interaction became one of the most memorable and stylish features of Sony’s early GSM lineup.

  The minimalist, industrial Sony aesthetic of the late 90s is captured perfectly in this device: compact, robust, and unmistakably high-end. Your unit’s complete condition – original packaging, matching accessories, fully functional handset, and intact label – places it among the top-tier collectible examples of the model, especially as most surviving units are worn or incomplete.

  The “Plus” variant refined the original CMD-Z1 with software improvements, enhanced memory handling, and a smoother UI, making it the more desirable version of the lineup.

  📝 Reviews when released: N/A 💔

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  Sony CMD-Z5

  💎 Rarity Index: B (Uncommon)

  👁 Evaluation in my collection: Great – 9/10

  ⏱ Life timer: N/A | 📦 Boxed: YES

  📅 Release Year: 2000 | 💰 Release Price: N/A

  📊 Units Sold: ~500k

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  📰 Why this phone matters: ake the cute-as-a-button Sony CMD-Z5, for example. Released in 2000 at a time when the idea of a phone having a colour screen was the stuff of a madman’s dreams, this sleek and pocket-sized blower looked truly amazing; it was a desirable piece of tech which could fit snugly in the palm of your hand.

  Sure, the 96×72 pixel monochrome screen looks crude by modern standards, but at the time it was pin-sharp compared to the competition, and was even capable of hosting some decent games thanks to the inclusion of Sony’s unique ‘Jog-Dial’ wheel on the side of the phone; we spent many a happy bus trip playing the bundled fishing and clay pigeon shooting games. The Jog-Dial could also be used to navigate the phone’s carousel-style menu system.

  Released just before Sony joined forces with communications giant Ericsson to create the Sony Ericsson brand, the CMD-Z5 – and its successor, the Z7 – have all the hallmarks of phones designed to fulfil a singular purpose, rather than cater for a wide range of functions.

  📝 Reviews when released: Know Your Mobile 🔗

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