Smartphones were still a minority in 2010: roughly one in five phones sold worldwide that year was a smartphone, according to Gartner. Most people carried feature phones, from Nokia candybars and Samsung and LG sliders to Motorola flips, with T9 texting, a basic camera, a WAP or Opera Mini browser and polyphonic ringtones.
- Maker
- Nokia, Samsung, LG, Motorola, Sony Ericsson
- Released
- 2010
- Platform
- Proprietary firmware with Java ME apps
Specifications
| Typing | T9 predictive text on a numeric keypad |
|---|---|
| Internet | WAP or Opera Mini over 2G/3G |
| Apps | Java ME games and Snake |
| Camera | Typically 1 to 3 MP |
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