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The Nokia tune (also called Grande Valse) is a phrase from a composition for solo guitar, Gran Vals, by the Spanish classical guitarist and composer Francisco Tárrega, written in 1902.^[1] It has been the icon of Finnish corporation Nokia since the 1990s, becoming the first identifiable musical ringtone on a mobile phone.^[2]

History[edit]

In 1992, Nokia used Francisco Tárrega's Gran Vals as the background music in a commercial for the Nokia 1011. The excerpt of Gran Vals used includes the phrase that would later be used for the Nokia tune ringtone.^[3]

In 1993 Anssi Vanjoki [fi], then Executive Vice President of Nokia, brought the whole Gran Vals to Lauri Kivinen (then Head of Corporate Communications) and together they selected the excerpt that became 'Nokia tune'.^[4][5] The excerpt is taken from measures (bars) 13–16 of the piece.

The Nokia tune first appeared on the Nokia 2110 released in 1994, under the name ringtone Type 7, showing that it was just one of the normal ringtones. The tune's original name varied in the ringtone list, being listed as Type 13 on some phones, or Type 5 on others. In December 1997 with the introduction of the Nokia 6110, ringtones were each given a specific name, and the tune received the name 'Grande valse'. Some later Nokia phones (e.g. some 3310s) still used Type 7 as the name of the Nokia tune.^[6] In 1999, 'Grande valse' was renamed as 'Nokia tune' and effectively became Nokia's flagship ringtone.

In December 1999, Jimmy Cauty, formerly of The KLF, and Guy Pratt released the mobile telephone-themed novelty-pop record 'I Wanna 1-2-1 With You' under the name Solid Gold Chartbusters which heavily samples the theme.^[7] It was released as competition for the UK Christmas number one single but only got to number 62.^[8] The release of this song prevented the Super Furry Animals from releasing their song 'Wherever I Lay My Phone (That's My Home)' from the album Guerrilla as a single, on the grounds that it was also based on a mobile phone theme.^[9][10]

Evolution[edit]

It has since been evolved into many different types with the evolution of mobile phones' audio capabilities:

• The original tune from 1994 until 2002 was in monophonic form, where one note is played at a time. With the release of Nokia 6110 the tone was called 'Grande valse'. This Nokia tune is in the .NRT file format.
• The first known polyphonic MIDI version of the Nokia tune was introduced in 1999 with the release of two South Korea-exclusive devices, the Nokia 8877 and the Nokia 8887. They were also the first mobile phones in the world to feature polyphonic ringtones.
• In 2002 the Nokia 3510 introduced the polyphonic MIDI Nokia tune to other parts of the world. Several different variants of these exist which differed between every phone's MIDI capability. This Nokia tune has also been used in much later Nokia models (even after a newer one was introduced), the final Nokia phone using this Nokia tune was the Nokia 7070 Prism from 2008.
• The Nokia 9500 Communicator in 2004 introduced a realtone recorded piano version. It was used on some other phones until 2008.
• In 2008 a new extended guitar-based version was made introduced with the Nokia N78, the shortened version (for Series 30 phones only) was introduced in 2009 with the release of the Nokia 5030 XpressRadio. The full version for all other phones was used until 2011.
• The Nokia N9 in late 2011 introduced a new tune based on bells and marimba, and was present on early Lumia devices and was also used on the Nokia Android smartphones in 2017. The shortened version was introduced in 2013 on basic Nokia phones and also appeared on Nokia 3310 (2017).
• With the release of Nokia 108 in 2013, a bells tune in polyphonic MIDI form was introduced and is still used today for basic (Series 30+) Nokia phones.
• A similar, but higher-pitched version of the N9 bells and marimba tune was available in 2013 on Lumia and Series 40 devices.
• In 2014 the Nokia 220 introduced a different polyphonic variant thanks to the MT6260 chip by MediaTek and was used on other Series 30+ phones.
• A new version of the Nokia tune was introduced in 2018 with the Nokia 6.1.

There are a few more versions of the Nokia tune that were uniquely used on one model, such as those on Nokia 9110, Nokia 2300 (produced by its unique polyphonic sound output), Nokia 8800 (a slowed down piano recording), and the Nokia 8800 Sirocco (a slow guitar version composed by Brian Eno)^[11]. An official dubstep version was made in 2011 as part of Nokia's crowdsourcing campaign the Nokia Tune Remake competition;^[12] this is available alongside the traditional Nokia tune on certain models of that time.

Legacy[edit]

The tune was prominently featured in a recurring sketch on the British hidden camera/practical joke reality television series Trigger Happy TV.

In 2009, it was reported that the tune was heard worldwide an estimated 1.8 billion times per day, about 20,000 times per second.^[13]

Tapio^[who?] of the Nokia design sound team said that the 2011 remake competition, in which 2,800 people from 70 countries revamped the tune, shows how passionate people are about the Nokia tune and how it remains as an integrated part of the company.^{[citation needed]}

The tune has been registered by Nokia as a sound trademark in some countries.^[14][15]

Covers[edit]

Hong Kong singer Khalil Fong, a Nokia spokesperson for Greater China, composed a song called 'Coconut Shell' (椰殼) which features a segment of the Nokia tune played on the erhu, a Chinese two-string instrument.^{[citation needed]}

Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin wrote a short composition entitled Valse Irritation d'après Nokia based on the tune.^[16]

The Indonesian rock band The Changcuters included the segment of the Nokia tune on their song 'Parampampam'. The song was included on their 2011 album Tugas Akhir.^[17]

Nokia celebrated the 20 year anniversary of the ringtone in 2014 by recording an a cappella version.^{[citation needed]}

References[edit]

1. ^Tony Skinner; Raymond Burley (2002). Classical Guitar Playing: Grade Seven (LCM). Registry Publications Ltd. p. 10. ISBN1-898466-67-X.
2. ^Ryzik, Melena Z. (10 July 2005). 'The Nokia Fugue in G Major'. The New York Times. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
3. ^Peters, Luke (25 April 2014). 'Nokia Tune: more than just a ringtone'. Lumia Conversations. Microsoft Mobile. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015.
4. ^Juutilainen, Esa-Markku & Kukkula, Tapio (2007). Lukion Musa 1 (in Finnish). WSOY. p. 41. ISBN978-951-0-30756-4.
5. ^Moisio, Aleksi (18 February 2010). 'Uusi Yle-pomo osasyyllinen Nokian tunnusmelodiaan' (in Finnish). Taloussanomat. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
6. ^'The Nokia story – The mobile revolution'. Nokia. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012.
7. ^Solid Gold Chartbusters
8. ^'Official Singles Chart Top 100 19 December 1999 – 25 December 1999'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
9. ^Bresnark, Robin (19–25 January 2000). ''I like the idea of creating cultural havoc''. Melody Maker: 28–30.
10. ^Long, April (22 January 2000). 'The Fan-ish Inquisition'. NME: 16–18.
11. ^https://www.kirkville.com/ringtones-composed-by-brian-eno-for-the-nokia-8800-scirocco-phone/
12. ^'Nokia Tune Remake'. Audiodraft. 7 October 2011.
13. ^'Julian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects us'. TED. July 2009.
14. ^United States Patent and Trademark Office
15. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
16. ^Thompson, Damian (17 January 2010). 'The Nokia ringtone turns into… music!'. The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
17. ^The Changcuters – 'Parampampam' on YouTube

External links[edit]

• Francisco Tárrega: 'Gran Vals': Scores at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

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How To Identify A Fake Nokia 3310 (2017)

The first pointer to spotting a fake Nokia 3310 (2017) is to look, very well, at the white outer lining that frames the screen and the three big keys (the navigation key, the option keys, and the call keys), below the screen. In the original 3310 (2017), the outer lining is elegant and radiant in colour white, while on the fake, the lining is off-white, in a dirty white colour.

Still on the lining, the white lining of the original phone doesn’t occupy the whole side space beside the screen: the main colour of the phone, which runs from the back of the phone to the interspace between the alpha-numeric keypads, lines the outer edge of the white lining.

When the removable battery of the original Nokia 3310 (2017) is removed, the electronic circuit board, in colour green, of the phone is directly visible; its SIM slots and memory card slot are tucked in so that when the SIMs and the memory are inserted, only a small part of the memory card is visible, with the SIMs totally invisible, totally covered.

As for the fake model of the new 3310, the green electronic circuit board isn’t visible from the back; it is covered by a layer of plastic, which doubles as the seat of the dual SIMs. The SIM slots are open and visible, not tucked in, and the memory card slot is on a slightly raised level above the SIM slots. This isn’t only a way to identify a fake Nokia 3310 (2017), it is a way to identify Chinese scrap phones.

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Screen display on the original phone is curvy, while it is flat on the fake, and aside being flat, the fake phone also has a sort of protective glass covering its screen. A closer look at the screen display of the original and the fake phones gives more information that will help to identify a fake Nokia 3310 (2017).

For example on the original 3310 (2017), the battery icon (which shows the battery level) lies horizontally alone in the topmost right corner of the screen. The network signal bars and the names of the dual SIMs are displayed at the top left corner, SIM 1 signal bar and name lying above SIM 2 signal bar and name.

In the fake, the battery icon and the network signal bars of the two SIMs are all aligned in a single row at the top of the screen. Curiously, the fake phone maker put the SIMs names in the middle of the phone’s screen.

On the keypads of the original Nokia 3310 (2017) phone, the keypads, except the three big ones in the white lining, are flat at almost at the same level as the phone’s front surface. But on the fake, all the keypads are vividly raised above the surface of the phone.

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