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Nokia 1280

A simple phone that was also Nokia's last cell phone with a monochrome display.
It was re-released in 2012 as the Nokia 103 in selected developing countries.

At first glance, the size, capabilities and interface are reminiscent of models such as the 1600 or 1208, but the 1280 was released much later and does not have a color screen.

A very cheap, humble and sturdy phone that offers long battery life and comfortable use. The puzzling feature is the device's speaker, which simultaneously serves as a call speaker, ringer and hands-free mode speaker and... a vibration generator (much like Sony's old cell phones, such as the CMD-J6 and CMD-J70). Someone made a good effort by cutting costs. Unfortunately, such an arrangement makes it easy for bystanders to eavesdrop on a phone conversation. Interestingly, the exact same speaker module with vibration was used again in Microsoft's Lumia 532/435 smartphones.

Getting back to the phone itself, like the Nokia 1616 it offers a flashlight on the top edge of the device, which can be activated by double-clicking up on the desktop or temporarily lit by holding down the same key for a moment. And like the aforementioned 1600 model, it offers a talking clock system that can be activated by holding down the “*” key. This function reads the time as in the recording below:

The sound was recorded from the phone's audio output. It is normally played through the speaker.

This is probably the only Nokia phone to offer both Snake and Bounce games. Usually only one of these games is available.

Built-in games:

• Beach Rally (third-person view racing game)
• Bounce (the same edition as, for example, in 6610)
• Snake Xenzia (the same edition as, for example, in 1600)

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