Netflix Earnings Are Driven by Investment in Original Content

Re:Netflix Earnings Are Driven by Investment in Original Con... by flurdy on Monday January 23, 2017 @05:04AM (#13461090)

Nokia's banana phone and Matrix comes to mind. I assume it was a product placement or they just picked what at the time was a good looking phone, though it seems odd now.

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Re:Netflix Earnings Are Driven by Investment in Original Con... by ascagnel_ on Monday January 23, 2017 @08:37AM (#13462045)

The phone from the movie was just to look cool -- while Nokia did make the slider phone, they never made the spring-loaded version in the movie.

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Re:Netflix Earnings Are Driven by Investment in Original Con... by DanBC on Monday January 23, 2017 @05:45PM (#13466880)

The Nokia 8110 is the one used in the Matrix. The later model, the 7110, was spring loaded. I still have mine. The spring broke, which is a bit frustrating. At the time it was a really nice phone though.

http://neuro.me.uk/bitsnbobs/matrixphone/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_7110

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Re:Netflix Earnings Are Driven by Investment in Original Con... by drzaiusapelord on Monday January 23, 2017 @10:03AM (#13462603)

It helps to remember what phones look like at the time. They were all fairly ugly and blocky. The spring loaded mouthpiece was fairly cool looking. Of course, it doesn't exist. That phone never had a spring in it. That was a modification for the movie and I'm fairly certain you couldn't make out the logo or brand. So I'm guessing this probably wasn't product placement. Imagine the angry customers flocking to the store to see that the phone doesn't do what it did in the movies.

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