# ‘I was heartbroken when Apple got the jump on this concept’: the Nokia 9000 Communicator, 30 years on — and why it’s still a traumatic memory for the Finnish phone giant

> What was the first ever smartphone? Ask most people and they'll understandably say the original Apple iPhone, which launched in 2007.

- **Source:** [TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/phones/nokia-phones/we-were-five-years-ahead-the-nokia-9000-communicator-launched-30-years-ago-today-and-squandering-its-smartphone-lead-will-forever-haunt-nokias-former-ceo?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a805747c4ca639e12336eb7)
- **Published:** 2026-08-15
- **Category:** Phones
- **Tags:** #iphone #apple #intel
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