If the pricy , complicated smartphones of today have you yearn for unproblematic time , Nokia may have the solution . Their pop 3310 wasdiscontinued in 2005 , but to begin with this month , news go thata raw - and - meliorate versionof the quondam - schooling gimmick would debut at the Mobile World Congress tech show in Barcelona .
As CNET reports , the rumors are true : The 3310 is back , with a sleek redesign and a few technological upgrades . The telephone ’s relaunch comes courtesy of HMD Global , a start - up formed by former Nokia executives . They take on the necessary cerebral property ( including stigmatization and technology ) to make the Finnish company ’s iconic phones , allot toCNBC .
" We were interact with consumers and asked what was the good ever Nokia equipment that you have ever had and out of that questionnaire it was the 3310 , ” HMD Global CEO Arto Nummela told CNBC . “ And then we call back , ‘ OK , what the heck , let ’s have some fun and create this . ’ ”
The original Nokia 3310 was beloved for many reasons : It entertain us with game like Snake II , add up equipped with a stopwatch and calculating machine , and was imposingly long-lasting and long - lasting . For the most part , thenew3310 — an Android twist — is similar to its predecessor ( there ’s evena new version of Snake ) , but with several key melioration . For example , the phone now has 22 hours of talk time—10 times more than the original — and its battery lasts a whole calendar month on standby modality . The equipment also has a tiny , 2 - megapixel camera , and a thinner , rounder excogitation . you could buy it in the original midnight blue and grey color schema , or prefer for a bright red , yellow , or gray-headed headphone . ( Sorry , you ca n’t swap the compositor’s case with one you purchase from a mall kiosk . )
What the Nokia 3310isn’tis a smartphone . It ’s 2.5 gee , so you could technically get online , but if you ’re obsessed with apps and social metier , it in all likelihood is n’t the phone for you . On the other hand , it may be your best acquaintance if you ’re looking to disconnect from the digital landscape but do n’t want to desolate the public lavatory of owning a mobile twist .
The new Nokia 3310 is priced at around $ 50 , and is slat for freeing by and by this year . Get an up - close look at the vamp gadget below .
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