The Evolution of Cell Phone Design Between 1983-2009

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BlackBerry Bold
Blackberry’s “middle ground” solution for those who wanted a 3G phone and a QWERTY keyboard.

 

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Samsung Behold
Cell Fanatic found this entry by Samsung offered superior image quality over the Apple iPhone 3G and the BlackBerry Storm.

 

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Samsung Gravity
The Samsung Gravity is their first to feature a slide-out keyboard that has proved popular in other brands.

 

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Motorola Krave
The Krave design features a transparent flip that acts as a secondary touch surface to access additional features.

 

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Samsung Omnia
The Samsung Omnia features a simple touchscreen interface and a speaker on the back.

 

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Nokia E63
Billed as the budget business smartphone.

 

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LG Dare
The handwriting recognition and simple touchscreen styling of the Dare is enhanced by the easy-grip back.

 

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Sony Ericsson W760i
Includes the “Sensme” music feature, as well as all of the other features from the Walkman phone brand.

 

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Nokia N79
The Nokia N79 has a Naviwheel, GPS, a 5 megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss Optics Tessar lens and more.

 

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HTC Touch Diamond
This attractive smartphone featured a resistive touch screen which is better for Asian character recognition.

 

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LG KC910 Renoir
The LG Renoir has an 8-megapixel camera with xenon flash and Schneider-Kreuznach optics.

 

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Nokia E71
The steel frame of this sleek smartphone from Nokia fits into your palm.

 

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2009
Prada II or LG KF900
The second iteration of the Prada phone designed by LG. The sliding QWERTY keyboard is new, as is its 3G capability.

 

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LG Arena
The first phone with LG’s 3D S-Class user interface. This UI reorients with the rotation of the phone and allows you to scroll film-reel style through available apps.

 

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BlackBerry Curve 8900
Released in February 2009, the Curve features an improved trackball and a higher resolution screen. Still a 2G.

 

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LG Versa
Comes with an attachable QWERTY keyboard and a virtual keyboard on the touch screen.

 

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Sidekick LX 2009
This 3G incarnation of the Sidekick includes improved support for social networking applications.

 

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Samsung Magnet
The Samsung Magnet is a cheap alternative for pricier smartphones with much of the same functionality and a cool design.

 

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LG Xenon
Another slide-out QWERTY keyboard and compact design. Comes with AT&T’s Navigator, AT&T’s turn-by-turn GPS service.

 

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HTC Magic
The next HTC entry to sport Google’s Android operating system. No US carriers have yet been confirmed for this model, but T-Mobile has been rumoured to be the carrier of record. Vodafone has exclusive rights to the phone in all markets that they service