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The Nostalgic Nokia 3310 is here

The display is now in colour and slightly larger at 2.4 inches. There is just one 2 MP camera.

When Nokia launched the 3310 phone in 2000, they had no clue that 126 million buyers would make it the world's most popular handset. On a full charge, the battery lasted for a week. It could take a lot of bashing and still work. And it was the epitome of a simple, functional design, localized for each market, including India.

Nokia is no longer in the phone business, but there is so much nostalgia for the less complicated days of mobile phoning that the inheritors of the brand — HMD Global — have recreated the 3310 with some small tweaks. In essentials it remains a good basic feature phone.

Nokia 3310

The display is now in colour and slightly larger at 2.4 inches. There is just one 2MP camera. It can take two microSIMs and works only in the 2.5G bands. You can add 32 GB with a microSD card — and its original USP, a torch is there. Advancing technology has made the 3310 in its Second Coming, much thinner at 12.8 mm — and lighter, at just under 80 grams instead of 133 grams. The talk time on full charge is good for one day.

The asking price of Rs 3310 is the same as the model number! So, 17 years later, who will buy the Nokia 3310? Maybe there are enough nostalgia-driven customers out there, who recall the years when 'Nokia' was a synonym for mobile phone, when people who successfully bridged the digital divide went to a phone shop and said, "Mujhe ek Nokia chahiye!"

-IndiaTechOnline

( Source : IndiaTechOnline )
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