Nokia 3310, One of Blast from The Past
Nokia 3310, One of Blast from The Past
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LONDON - The darling of Mobile World Congress and retro tech fans is finally here, but does the new Nokia 3310 live up the hype? Is it everything your rose-tinted view of the year 2000 is crying out for?
Not many things can genuinely be described as “iconic”, let alone pieces of technology that are here today and gone tomorrow. The original Nokia 3310, loved the world over for Snake, its apparent indestructibility and simplicity, is probably about as close as gadgets get.
The “new” Nokia 3310 is more like a homage to the original than a straight-up remake. It looks vaguely like the original, thanks to its blue and grey colour scheme, oval buttons and Nokia logo. But the screen – now a 2.4in QVGA colour beast – and the body are vastly improved, at least within the realms of a “candybar” feature phone that would be at home in the year 2010.
The back comes off to expose the removable battery, micro-sim and microSD card slot – here you’ll need the older, slightly larger sim card size, not the modern nano-sim, or at least an adapter. The front is fixed, so pick your colour wisely.
In the top there’s a microUSB slot for power, which means no more tiny pin Nokia charger, and the bottom has something even Apple’s iPhone 7 can’t boast: a headphone jack.
Is the screen as sharp as the latest Samsung Galaxy S8? No, not even close. But it’s quite colourful and has solid horizontal viewing angles, if not vertical ones, and can just about be read outdoors. It’s not even a touchscreen, which instantly confused some people I showed. Instead you have buttons (remember those?), including a D-pad, select, two menu buttons, call and hang-up buttons and 12 numeric keys.
It’s not as simple as the old 3310’s select, up, down and cancel buttons, but then this isn’t running the same software either. The new 3310 runs Nokia’s new-old Series 30+ with an “all-new UI with nods to the original” and many more navigation options. In fact, if you were to pick up the 150 or any of Nokia’s other current feature or so-called “dumb”-phones (yes, they still sell them by the hatful), you’d find the experience very familiar.
Specifications:
Screen: 2.4in QVGA LCD (167ppi)
Storage: 16GB + microSD card (up to 32GB)
Operating system: Nokia Series 30+
Camera: 2MP rear camera with LED flash
Connectivity: 2G, Bluetooth 3.0, FM radio and USB 2.0
Dimensions: 115.6 x 51 x 12.8 mm
Weight: 80g
Not many things can genuinely be described as “iconic”, let alone pieces of technology that are here today and gone tomorrow. The original Nokia 3310, loved the world over for Snake, its apparent indestructibility and simplicity, is probably about as close as gadgets get.
The “new” Nokia 3310 is more like a homage to the original than a straight-up remake. It looks vaguely like the original, thanks to its blue and grey colour scheme, oval buttons and Nokia logo. But the screen – now a 2.4in QVGA colour beast – and the body are vastly improved, at least within the realms of a “candybar” feature phone that would be at home in the year 2010.
The back comes off to expose the removable battery, micro-sim and microSD card slot – here you’ll need the older, slightly larger sim card size, not the modern nano-sim, or at least an adapter. The front is fixed, so pick your colour wisely.
In the top there’s a microUSB slot for power, which means no more tiny pin Nokia charger, and the bottom has something even Apple’s iPhone 7 can’t boast: a headphone jack.
Is the screen as sharp as the latest Samsung Galaxy S8? No, not even close. But it’s quite colourful and has solid horizontal viewing angles, if not vertical ones, and can just about be read outdoors. It’s not even a touchscreen, which instantly confused some people I showed. Instead you have buttons (remember those?), including a D-pad, select, two menu buttons, call and hang-up buttons and 12 numeric keys.
It’s not as simple as the old 3310’s select, up, down and cancel buttons, but then this isn’t running the same software either. The new 3310 runs Nokia’s new-old Series 30+ with an “all-new UI with nods to the original” and many more navigation options. In fact, if you were to pick up the 150 or any of Nokia’s other current feature or so-called “dumb”-phones (yes, they still sell them by the hatful), you’d find the experience very familiar.
Specifications:
Screen: 2.4in QVGA LCD (167ppi)
Storage: 16GB + microSD card (up to 32GB)
Operating system: Nokia Series 30+
Camera: 2MP rear camera with LED flash
Connectivity: 2G, Bluetooth 3.0, FM radio and USB 2.0
Dimensions: 115.6 x 51 x 12.8 mm
Weight: 80g
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