It's the return of the 3310!

413x · 25 Feb 2017 at 12:18

thecremeegg said:
Not quite sure who would want this really?

Absolutely only reason I can think of is a phone you throw under the car seat for an emergency. But really, always have my phone in the car anyway.

mattyfez · 25 Feb 2017 at 12:45

I think we need some bench marks between the original and the 'reboot'

1. Repeatedly throw it against a wall.

2. Battery should last over a week.

3. See point 1.

Regy53 · 26 Feb 2017 at 17:03

see this is now live ...

great phone to give to your kids for emergencys

Akagi · 26 Feb 2017 at 17:06

It looks absolutely nothing like the original... I thought this was going to be a cool retro thing, but its just an overpriced cheap looking thing...

Craig321 · 26 Feb 2017 at 17:08

£50? lol you can buy the original for £10-20 off eBay

Tauren said:
I'm not sure what the target market is ??

Hipsters

Akagi · 26 Feb 2017 at 17:12

Not sure what the relevance of being able to buy the original for £10 - £20 is, they can't do anything.

cainer · 26 Feb 2017 at 17:15

people will buy it, within a few months they'l be on Ebay for a small fraction of the cost,
they argue that it has a long battery life between charges, well turn off wifi and mobile data when your not using them and you'l get long life from your smart phone,

i bought a new genuine battery for my 6 year old Samsung Galaxy s3 on the 5th of Feb,
charged it to 100% that day, 12 days later when it was on 30% charge.... and being switched on 24/7 the whole time
i recharged it to 100%, that was the 17th of Feb, its now the 26th of Feb and i have still have a 47% charge

Craig321 · 26 Feb 2017 at 17:17

Acme said:
Not sure what the relevance of being able to buy the original for £10 - £20 is, they can't do anything.

Cheaper than the re-release, will give you an actual 3310 experience & they do still work.

Deleted member 77746 · 26 Feb 2017 at 22:17

£41 is rumoured to be the cost of the new one. Not a bad price considering I had a Nokia 3210 on contract that cost me £350 for 12 months back when it first got released on contract.

1 month battery rumoured too.

Deleted member 77746 · 26 Feb 2017 at 22:24

Tauren said:
Looking online for those custom ringtones you had to input yourself with a series of key presses nostalgia.

The thing was literally nuke proof.

Efour · 26 Feb 2017 at 22:29

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-...social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook

G-MAN2004 · 27 Feb 2017 at 00:23

So just another generic Nokia... Looks nothing like the 3310.

asim18 · 27 Feb 2017 at 04:27

Exactly. Its just any random cheap nokia. The funny thing is this one looks absolutely horrendous the design is shockingly bad. Theres plenty of cheap/disposable nokias out there why anyone would pick the ugliest one is beyond me.

Sp00n · 27 Feb 2017 at 10:33

Lol as if they touted that as a homage to the 3310... ugly as sin.

nst68 · 27 Feb 2017 at 11:03

Target market

mrk · 27 Feb 2017 at 11:25

Sp00n said:
Lol as if they touted that as a homage to the 3310... ugly as sin.

Well so is the original 3310 compared to what we're used to today to be fair.

This new 3310 is dirt cheap and released as a pure nostalgia product with the brand's re-invention. The Nokia 3, 5 and 6 series hit their target markets too and going by Android Central's hands on, are superbly build phone that look and feel very good.

The true flagship from Nokia will likely come later this year when the Snapdragon 835 is no longer under Samsung's initial monopoly. Those are the devices those of us browsing this forum will be interested in I can guarantee it.

I imagine the reason we haven't seen a flagship at MWC is because new-Nokia are fully customer focused, they know what's at stake and don't want to release a flagship with yesteryear's SoCs.

I'll be looking at the new 3310 for various areas of work to issue out to users who don't need or want a smartphone, but something cheap but still capable of getting emails and things.

wedrum · 27 Feb 2017 at 16:41

hmmmm

http://www.unilad.co.uk/technology/huge-design-flaw-in-nokia-3310-means-it-wont-work-everywhere/

mortals · 27 Feb 2017 at 17:06

Young people now have the chance to use a phone similar to what their parents used :confused:

The battery life on it seems good tho so maybe good for using as a telephone

Cosimo · 27 Feb 2017 at 17:14

Might just take back the Note 5 and get one for my wife.

mark43 · 27 Feb 2017 at 19:52

I think it all depends on the quality. Like many people I loved my Nokias back in the day, but I was unfortunate to have to use a budget Nokia about 6 years ago and it was just unbelievably bad. If its anything like the original then great for somebody who wants a basic phone, but if its like other Nokia budget phones then a complete waste of time.