Joke-Sounding Features of Nokia N-Gage

Features of Nokia N-Gage The strangest thing was that when you wanted to talk on the phone, you had to bring the side of it to your ear (side talking), which created a strange appearance. Nokia N-Gage was even called “taco” because of this feature. However, when we look at the other features and design of Nokia N-Gage, we cannot deny that it is an idea ahead of its time.

Nokia N-Gage, a device that could fit PlayStation 1 graphics into the phone in your pocket, also had MP3 player and radio features. Thanks to Bluetooth, you could play games with your friends. Additionally, a phone feature was added to differentiate it from the Game Boy Advance, which was indispensable at that time. Let’s see Nokia, which stands out with its interesting functions. N-Gage features what were they?

3.4MB memory:

“50MB memory “Enough for what?” You may be thinking, but considering the conditions of that period, it is a very sufficient memory. Moreover, he did not even have a camera and social media use was not as widespread as it is today. It could also be used with MMC memory card support. Thus, it did not cause any problems with memory.

2.1 inch screen:

Nokia N-Gage with a 2.1 inch screen was launched. Considering other phones of its time, it actually had an average screen. However, since the gaming feature came to the fore, the screen size could be a bit inadequate. Contrary to usual, the phone’s keypad was located to the right of the screen, not below it.“Is this a phone or a game console?” If you think about it, it was closer to the game console.

If you remember the portable game console called “PlayStation Portable (PSP)” that Sony released in 2004. It is quite similar to Nokia N-Gage. You will notice too. In fact, if you are one of the lucky children who owned a PSP in the past, you may be affected by the nostalgia effect and feel a little emotional…

1070 mAh Li-Ion removable battery:

Nokia N-Gage battery 3.5-4 hours was enough to talk on the phone. The waiting time was around 200 hours. However, a problem arose here: You had to remove the battery every time you wanted to change the game you installed inside.

In addition to being unnecessary effort, the time and date settings were reset every time you removed the battery and you had to set them from the beginning. Later Nokia N-Gage QD, an improved model of Nokia N-Gage Fortunately, when it came out, the need to remove the battery when you wanted to change the game was eliminated.

137 grams weight and 134x70x20 mm size:

Nokia N-Gage has a weight of 137 grams and dimensions of 134 x 70 x 20 mm.Since it also had a console function, it was a little thicker and heavier than the phones of the period. In other words, it could be difficult to carry compared to other phones.

However, when you consider game consoles such as PSP, it is not actually that heavy. For example, the PSP Street (PSP-E1000) weighed 223 grams. Nokia N-Gage is used as a phone Even though it weighs a lot, it’s not a bad weight compared to a console.

Symbian OS v6.1 operating system and 104 MHz ARM 920T processor:

According to some, it was one of the most successful operating systems of the period. Symbian OS was the operating system that Nokia N-Gage also had. It supported “.sis” and .jar” applications.

However, it was not compatible with legacy EPOC applications, UIQ, MOAP or other Symbian platforms, or applications developed for Symbian v9 and later. In addition, Nokia N-Gage, just like the Nokia 3660 model, It was introduced with the 104 MHz ARM 920T processor.

176×208 pixel resolution:

When we think of it as a phone on which we play games It may seem like a bit low resolution But let’s not forget that the year is 2002. Let’s even make a comparison if you want: The Nokia 6600 model phone, released in 2003, also had a resolution of 176×208 pixels. Considering that the iPhone 15 Plus has a resolution of 2796×1290 pixels, we can once again understand how much phones have developed in 20 years.

Here is a phone that was ahead of its time Nokia N-Gage features it was like this. Nokia N-Gage QD was released in 2004 due to some technical and functional problems. You could now swap playing cards without turning off the device, and battery life and display were improved. On February 24, 2006, sales of Nokia N-Gages were completely stopped.

Have you ever owned or looked at one of these phones? “I wish it was mine too.” Did you sigh? We are curious about your comments.

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