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On September 14 Lipton revealed a nostalgic concept drop on Instagram, asking followers: “Which Liptopia district would you visit?”

The post features 4 fictional ice tea inspired by 2000s aesthetics: Frutiger Aero, Frutiger Metro, DORFic and vaporwave.

We still don’t know whether these are legitimate upcoming drinks or simply a nostalgia-bait marketing campaign. Lipton has not announced an official release date or even ingredients yet.

The lore around the 2000s crazy iPhone concepts is a nostalgic part of internet history defined by viral fan-made 3D renders that promised impossible features like built-in hologram projectors, laser-projection keyboards or even razor-thin transparent glass bodies.

With by the huge tech leap of the original 2007 iPhone, the internet genuinely believed these insane features were real Apple leaks just a few years away.

Today this is remembered as an example of Frutiger Aero optimism, when we expected smartphones to become futuristic holographic gadgets rather than highly optimized rectangles (sometimes foldable like the newest iPhone Duo) for scrolling social media.

Sony Ericsson was a popular phone company formed in 2001 when Sony (Japan) teamed up with Ericsson (Sweden).

• The team-up (2001): Ericsson had great wireless tech and Sony was famous for gadgets, so they joined forces to make better mobile phones together.
• The big hits (2005): they became huge in the mid-2000s by turning phones into media players. The Walkman line made listening to music easy, while the Cyber-shot line put genuinely good digital cameras into pockets.
• The smartphone shift (2008 to 2011): when Apple’s iPhone and modern touchscreens took over, the company fell behind. They tried catching up by launching Android Xperia smartphones, but sales dropped.
• The end (2012): Sony bought Ericsson’s share for about $1.5 billion, dropped the « Ericsson » name, and started making phones entirely on their own.