The Weight of Cell Phones, Twenty Years Later: Lighter, Then Heavy Again
October 25, 2026
From a median of 215 grams in 1995 to 86-88 in 2003-2007, then back up to 132 by 2013: in the archive, phone weight never drops in a straight line.
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In-depth looks and curiosities from the archive's real data.
How Much a Cell Phone Cost When It Launched
September 26, 2026
The launch price of 658 models released between 2006 and 2010: the median peaks in 2007 at €247, and sits at €163 in 2010. 3G, however, never got cheap.
Italian Brands in the Archive
August 17, 2026
Telit, Onda, NGM, Drin.it: 99 Italian-branded phones, 12,495 votes, and 1,832 reader comments. An industrial story no foreign archive tells.
The External Antenna: How It Disappeared
August 16, 2026
In 1997 nearly every phone had one, by 2007 almost none did. The archive's most physical field tells the story of the cell phone's aesthetic transformation.
Dual SIM: the Archive's Last Big Innovation
August 10, 2026
It arrives late, in 2007, with just two models. Six years later it's on nearly four phones out of ten—the last wave this archive managed to record.
Bluetooth and Infrared: The Changing of the Guard
August 9, 2026
For years, files were exchanged by lining up two phones. In 2005, Bluetooth overtook infrared, and within five years erased it from the archive.
Nokia 3310: why it became a legend
August 8, 2026
1,007 real votes and 227 comments in our archive for the phone that internet culture made indestructible.
WAP: The Archive's Fastest Rise
August 7, 2026
From 4% in 1999 to 84% in 2001: no other technology in our archive became standard so quickly.
Brands That No Longer Exist
August 6, 2026
Our archive holds 505 models from brands that, in one way or another, no longer exist today.
Samsung, LG, Nokia: Three Brands, One Third of the Archive
August 5, 2026
107 brands cataloged, yet 30.6% of all models carry just three names — a true portrait of market concentration.
2003, a snapshot of the year
August 4, 2026
229 real models released in a single year, told through the ratings and comments of those who actually used them.
The Year the Camera Became Normal
August 3, 2026
From 3% to 73% in two years: how camera phones went from rarity to standard, according to real data from our archive.