Mobile Phone [Nokia 6101]

Maker and role
Nokia Corporation, Manufacturer
Vodafone New Zealand, Retailer
Production date
2007
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Object detail

Accession number

2021.41.4

Maker

Nokia Corporation
Vodafone New Zealand

Production period

2000s

Description

Nokia 6101 Mobile Phone.

Part 1: Black and Silver Nokia 6101 flip-top mobile phone. An aerial extends from the top of the object. The front of the closed phone has a camera at the top. “NOKIA” has been printed in silver under this above a glass screen. The phone can be flipped open on a hinge to reveal a large screen and keypad. “NOKIA” is printed above the screen in silver. “[logo] vodafone” is printed beneath the screen. The base of the phone has a series of function buttons. Under these, a series of twelve buttons laid out in a grid can be found. These are printed with the number from 0-9, special characters, and the full alphabet. At the bottom of the phone there is a charging point.

On the back of the base, “NOKIA” is embossed above the removable back panel. Behind the panel, is a cavity for a battery with a SIM card slot set into it. A sticker has been adhered with printed black text reading “Nokia Corporation / Model: 6101 Type: RM-76 / 434 / N342 / 358360/00/776966/0 / 0529330 / FCC ID: PPIRM-76 IC:661U-RM76 / MADE IN CHINA”.

Part 2: Removable back panel from Nokia 6101 mobile phone. “C2-1 / V3.1 / >PC+ABS< / 040-008512” is embossed onto the reverse of the back panel.

Part 3: Black Nokia charger for Nokia 6101 mobile phone. “NOKIA” has been embossed onto the face or the wall plug. Underneath, “NOKIA / AC-3A / INPUT: AC 100-240V/50-60HZ/65mA / Made in CHINA / FWHK / N342 / Q050373 / 3997916403171301076 ; 0675374” has been printed.

Brief History

Cameras first appeared in mobile phones around 2000 in models manufactured by Sharp, Samsung and Kyocera. By the time this Nokia 6101 flip phone was released in 2005 cameras had become a standard feature of mobile phones. Photos taken on this phone weren’t however easy to download or transfer to another device and were expensive to send to another phone at 50 cents per ‘pxt’ or picture message. As the quality of mobile phone cameras and the images produced improved from the early low-resolution photos taken by mobile phone cameras such as this, mobile phones began to impact on the digital camera market.

Marks

NOKIA Printed
NOKIA Printed
[logo] vodafone Printed
NOKIA Embossed
Nokia Corporation / Model: 6101 Type: RM-76 / 434 / N342 / 358360/00/776966/0 / 0529330 / FCC ID: PPIRM-76 IC:661U-RM76 / MADE IN CHINA Printed
C2-1 / V3.1 / >PC+ABS< / 040-008512 Embossed
NOKIA Embossed
NOKIA / AC-3A / INPUT: AC 100-240V/50-60HZ/65mA / Made in CHINA / FWHK / N342 / Q050373 / 3997916403171301076 ; 0675374 Printed

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Synthetic/Plastic
Processed Material/Metal
Processed Material/Glass

Other name

Cell Phone
Cellular Phone

Credit Line

Nokia Corporation et al. 2007. Mobile Phone [Nokia 6101], 2021.41.4. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Related resources

https://www.motat.nz/collections-and-stories/stories/a-history-of-mobile-phones//