Nokia’s internal presentation to the iPhone announcement in 2007.

The Nokia Design Archive was opened to the public on January 15, 2025, and it has some interesting, previously confidential documents, including a reaction to the iPhone launch with a presentation titled:

Apple iPhone was launched (yes, it is “iPhone” *)

The asterisk led to the footnote:

*) Apple has agreed with Cisco on using the name, details not known.

We don’t know the details either, but let’s just say Apple got the better end of that deal.

The title sounds like they're mocking the iPhone, but the presentation tells a story of panic, fear, and stiff competition.

Not sure if this presentation should be in their Design Archive, but seeing references to the S60 Symbian OS and other Nokia phones was nostalgic.

This is as close to being a fly on the wall you could have been in Nokia’s executive meeting.

Full PDF of presentation in case they take it down.