We've never even seen him play Snake, Angry Birds or Call of Duty: Mobile. James Bond is a bit of a technophobe, if you can call a gadget-toting superspy that - he barely uses his smartphones for anything beyond calling and texting, with few secret functions hidden in these devices. In No Time To Die, it’s HMD Global (makers of Nokia phones) which steps up to the podium - more like Nokia Time To Die. Alongside mediocre lagers and expensive watches, mobile phones are among the products that we often see in the hands of 007 and his comrades.Īs the distributor of most of the Daniel Craig Bond films, Sony has lots of devices in these films - though it’s not the only company to have its devices grace Bond’s palm. Since the Brosnan days, Bond films have become glorified product placement reels, with stories seemingly written to give 007 moments to look cool with whatever products Eon has been paid to show off. But the Bond films have a history of mobile phones at this point, slotting into his selection of gadgets as the series entered the modern age. In fact, in your average day-to-day life, you probably use smarter processing, connectivity and photography tech than 007 ever has in a film or book. Okay, okay - we’ve never seen a smartphone used like that in a James Bond film. Bond selects this, and adds the message 'wish u was ere', then puts the phone away. The finger taps the send button, and on the list of options that appears, we see a WhatsApp icon with Q’s face. Bond selects his recent photo, and it appears large on the screen. PHONE SCREEN: We’re looking at the Gallery app.

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