HMD Global’s Nokia was expected to take the wraps off some of its new phones but was among the first brands to announce it won’t be attending MWC 2020, even before the event was cancelled.  One of the phones that were expected to be announced is the Nokia TA-1212 feature phone. The device was earlier certified by TENAA but the images of the device weren’t made available at that time.

The images have now been posted by TENAA showing us what the device looks like. The Nokia TA-1212 images highlight a design which looks like the Nokia XpressMusic of yore. The XpressMusic series was a very popular one right from when the first model was released in 2006. The TA-1212 feature phone has a similar red accent side edges where the volume rockers and power button should sit. The device features an alphanumeric keyboard as well as a Candybar form factor just like the XpressMusic.

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In terms of the specifications, the device packs a 2.4-inch TFT LCD screen with a resolution of 340 x 320 pixels. The phone weighs just 88g with a dimension of 123.75 x 52.43 x 13.1mm. The device will get its power from a 1200mAh battery. Under the hood, is a single-core processor clocked at 0.36GHz paired with 0.8MB of RAM and 16MB of native storage. The storage is expandable up to 32GB). The Nokia TA-1212 also packs a single 0.3MP rear camera with an LED flash but no selfie camera. The phone will only be available in Dark Gray colour option with a red accent on the side.

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In today’s throwback tech Thursday, we go back to 2008, the year when we saw the launch of the extremely popular Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. For a company that was obsessed with keypad phones, the 5800 XpressMusic came in as a pleasant surprise. It wasn’t the first-ever touch screen phone from the brand but it most likely is its first popular one. The phone was so popular that it sold 8M units in its first year alone! In fact, in India, it broke the record for the most sales by selling 58,000 units sold within three weeks of its launch. Given its popularity, there’s a very good chance that you’ve used the 5800 at some point in your life.

Why was the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic so popular?

First, it was the early days of the iPhone, and touchscreens were slowly gaining popularity. Second, it was a touch screen smartphone from Nokia which was a very popular brand back then.

The phone came from the XpressMusic family and music was a big deal back then (for that matter, even now!). The phone came with a compact design and weighed just 109 grams. There were three colors available: Blue, Black, and Red.

The biggest highlight of the new device was its sharp 3.2-inch touchscreen panel. You could use your finger, a stylus that neatly slid in its dedicated slot after use, and even a plectrum which the Finnish company added inside the box. Also, the phone was paired with a decent quality headset out of the box. And with a 3.5mm jack, the 5800 XpressMusic was indeed a treat for music lovers from Nokia.

Other specs of the phone include 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, a 3.2MP Zeiss optics camera with dual-LED flash, BL 2.0 with A2DP, stereo speakers (yay), and MicroUSB 2.0. The 5800 wasn’t exactly a high-end device, but Symbian S60 OS did well in keeping the users interested. What’s great was that the company kept improving its software over time through regular updates.

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But 5800 XpressMusic wasn’t without issues

One of the biggest drawbacks of the device was its touch sensitivity. The display on the 5800 featured resistive touch, which meant you had to press really hard to register touches. It was no way near as good as an iPhone phone which featured a capacitive touch screen. As for the OS, Symbian S60 touch was decent but again, it couldn’t compete with iPhone’s UI which was made for touch right from the ground up.

Also, unlike in some markets like India where the pricing was competitive, in the US it was closely priced as the iPhone 3G. It retailed for nearly $400 and at the same price, you could get an iPhone 3G unlocked at that time.

Nevertheless, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is a phone that’ll probably be remembered as the company’s first touchscreen phone used by the masses. It’ll have a special place for people who used it as their first-ever touch screen device!

Check out some of our previous Throwback Tech Thursday articles below!

• Throwback Tech Thursday: We Revisit the Best Selling BlackBerry Curve Series
• Throwback Tech Thursday: Engaging the Legendary Nokia N-Gage!
• Throwback Tech Thursday: We Revisit Samsung’s Crazy 10X Optical Zoom Smartphone
• Throwback Tech Thursday: We Revisit Nokia’s Crazy Lipstick Phone (7280)
• Throwback Tech Thursday: Nokia N9’s Weird Selfie Camera Revisited
• Throwback Tech Thursday: World’s First Android Phone Revisited
• Throwback Tech Thursday: We Revisit the World’s First Camera Phone & Its Selfie Camera

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