History Of Nokia Tune 2020 Update 1995 - 2018

The Evolution:
-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.
The current version is on Nokia 8110 4G
The tune has been registered by Nokia as a sound trademark in some countries.
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). An official dubstep version was made in 2011 as part of Nokia's crowdsourcing campaign the Nokia Tune Remake competition; this is available alongside the traditional Nokia tune on certain models of that time.

Nokia celebrated the 20 year anniversary of the ringtone in 2014 by recording an a cappella version.