Nokia 3310 Reincarnation

February 26, 2017 at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona will be the official announcement of the Nokia 3310 - a modern version of the iconic mobile phone. It is not known what the modern reincarnation of the Nokia 3310 will look like, but Finnish engineers should approach this project with particular respect. Out of respect for the legendary device.

A durable, reliable phone with a battery life of several weeks is a good option as a backup device in addition to modern smartphones that only live 1 day without charging.

The rights to issue phones under the Nokia brand belong to the Finnish company HMD Global Oy, which was formed in May 2016 specifically for the purchase of part of the business of Microsoft Mobile. Veterans of Nokia work in HMD, they are engaged in the development of phones, smartphones and tablets for Android, and the production itself is given to the Foxconn FIH Mobile division. On the plans for the presentation on February 26, said an informed source . This is still unofficial information.
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The Nokia 3310 went on sale in the IV quarter. 2000, replacing the Nokia 3210. This model has become one of the most successful for Nokia: for all the time about 126 million devices have been sold. Until 2003, the Nokia 3210 and Nokia 3310 are absolute world bestsellers in terms of sales, and to date, hardly anyone has managed to bypass these legendary models in popularity (the ratio of sales to the global smartphone market). Without a doubt, the Nokia 3210 and 3310 - is the number 1 in the history of mobile phones.

The most popular phone models of all time

Manufacturer	Model	Year of issue	Sold copies
Nokia	1100	2003	250 million
Nokia	1110	2005	250 million
Apple	iPhone 6 / Plus	2014-16	220 million
Nokia	3210	1999	150 million
Nokia	1200	2007	150 million
Nokia	6600	2003	150 million
Nokia	5230	2009	150 million
Samsung	E1100	2009-12	150 million
Nokia	2600 (2610/2626/2630)	2004	135 million
Motorola	RAZR V3	2004	130 million
Nokia	1600 (1650/1661)	2006	130 million
Nokia	3310 (3330)	2000	126 million

Still in use, but working copies of the Nokia 3310 are sold on Amazon at a rather high price. At the Russian flea markets, according to rumors, the device can be bought much cheaper.

On the product page are the key advantages of the phone: the presence of a clock, a calculator, a memory capacity of up to 10 reminders, and four games: Snake II, Pairs II, Space Impact and Bantumi. The phone stored up to seven ringtones and supported SMS dialing up to 459 characters. In general, this is an absolute tank for its time, although now such functionality can be easily integrated into a toaster .



An informed source also said that on February 26, HMD Global Oy is going to present a couple more low-cost smartphones on the Android 7.0 Nougat operating system. These are Nokia 5 and Nokia 3.

On January 8, 2017, the Finnish manufacturer announced the flagship Nokia 6 model in China - a smartphone with a high-quality 5.5-inch HD screen, a Snapdragon 430 processor, 4 GB of RAM and a 16 megapixel main camera.


Nokia 6

The smartphone will be exclusively sold on JD.com and priced at 1,699 CNY (approximately € 249).

Nokia 5, according to preliminary information, will be on the same Snapdragon 430 chipset, but with a reduced display to 5.2 "and 720p resolution, half the RAM 2 GB and a 12 megapixel camera. But 50 euros cheaper - € 199.

The entry-level Nokia 3 smartphone will go on sale for € 149.

Well, the reincarnation of the cult model Nokia 3310 is a different story altogether. This phone will not compete with smartphones and it is not one at all. This device is positioned as a modern "workhorse" - a heavy-duty "non-killing" phone with a maximum battery life. The updated version of the classic will go on sale for € 59 and looks like a good offer for anyone who is nostalgic for the good old days.

Probably, the main competitor for the new version of the Nokia 3310 will be ... the old Nokia 3310 phones. The fact is that many of them are still working - and the owners are completely satisfied.


Dave Mitchell, one of the owners of the Nokia 3310 2000 model

One of the owners of a rare book, a 49-year-old British war veteran, Dave Mitchell, said that the phone went through two wars with him, he was washed in a washing machine, trampled and immersed in ketchup (of course, not on purpose) - and 16 years after he bought works.



The phone needs to be charged once every 10 days, and according to the veteran, “only a madman” will change the Nokia 3310 to some other model.

The company Nokia to the very sad ending in the possession of Microsoft tried to produce durable reliable and inexpensive phones. One of the last was the Nokia 215 unit for $ 29 with a battery for 29 days.

There are legends that the lost Nokia 3310 phone can be accidentally found a few years later, when the alarm goes off. Fans say that if NASA astronauts once forget a few copies of the Nokia 3310 outside the airlock on the International Space Station, then after a few years they will be able to get fully working devices from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.