Siemens, then a major phone brand in Europe, embarked on a quest to corner the nascent fashion phone market with its Xelibri series. With the 8110, mobile phones stopped being phones but portable, and transformed into status symbols. But simply besting its Finnish rival wasn't enough; Siemens wanted to do it in style, and at the same time, corner the then-nascent fashion phone market. Thus, the Xelibri phone line was born. While it ended as a massive failure, the Xelibri series remains one of the most unique phone lines ever, still turning the heads of retro phone enthusiasts more than two decades after its debut.