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Remember the Nokia 3310?... It's back.

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http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/nokia-3310-the-most-reliable-phone-ever-made-is-due-to-be-relaunched-35453186.html

Nokia are releasing the phone again costing 59 euro.

We all know the Internet memes about it but man they were sturdy.

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Peregrinus wrote: »

The target market is not your relatives in their 60s and 70s. It's the developing world where, for reasons of cost, non-smart feature phones still substantially outsell smartphones. They cost less to buy, they cost less to operate and, in terms of communications functionality, they give you voice calls and texts, which is 90% of what matters.

I still use a non smart phone. It's cheap and functional and as I do a lot of outdoor activity, practical. Not sure I'd go back to the 3310 though, a little heavier than non smart phones of about 5 years ago.

Peregrinus

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

i wonder would they have been better off reviving a more modern phone with a colour screen and camera? I have a few relatives in their 60s and 70s who still use those old fashioned phones. They use the cameras on them though and are sent photos of their grandchildren.

The target market is not your relatives in their 60s and 70s. It's the developing world where, for reasons of cost, non-smart feature phones still substantially outsell smartphones. They cost less to buy, they cost less to operate and, in terms of communications functionality, they give you voice calls and texts, which is 90% of what matters.

In saturated markets in the developed world, new sales largely come from persuading consumers to upgrade, and this requires promotion of, and the creation of demand for, new features of increasingly marginal utility. But the developing world markets are huge, and very far from saturated, and of course they have customers who are much more price-sensitive. Dumb phones are where it's at, and where it will be at for quite some time to come.

Esel

Aaliyah Fat Trolley wrote: »

Some can be expensive but there is obscure Chinese/Indian made ones like 'Snopow IP68 waterproof rugged phone 2G/3G/4G android 5.1 with PTT walkie talkie function' and few others with features: GPS, NFC, Cameras etc.. Babikenshop also make some, very very few reviews.

Older JVC PTT Builder phones are probably cheaper and better - for group traveling around euro-beaches without evoking any roaming charges.

Found this, installed it, but can't see it! Maybe it might be visible after a reboot?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorolasolutions.wave&hl=en&rdid=com.motorolasolutions.wave&pli=1

suicide_circus

3310 is lighter than an iPhone 7

Lighter means faster.

smurfjed

My first work phone...

Followed by this...

Grayson

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

i wonder would they have been better off reviving a more modern phone with a colour screen and camera? I have a few relatives in their 60s and 70s who still use those old fashioned phones. They use the cameras on them though and are sent photos of their grandchildren.

Last Christmas I got my father a new phone and had a little bit of trouble trying to find one that would suit him. A lot of the dumb phones I looked at were cheap and nasty plastic yokes, some had tiny screens and others very small buttons. I'm sure he's not the only smartphone refusenik out there but the choice is becoming more limited.

I think it's samsung that make a range with large buttons. I got one for my mum. She's moved to a smartphone now and doesn't really mind because they have big buttons on a screen too.

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Esel wrote: »

Very interesting. Never heard of a combo like that. Are they readily available?

Some can be expensive but there is obscure Chinese/Indian made ones like 'Snopow IP68 waterproof rugged phone 2G/3G/4G android 5.1 with PTT walkie talkie function' and few others with features: GPS, NFC, Cameras etc.. Babikenshop also make some, very very few reviews.

Older JVC PTT Builder phones are probably cheaper and better - for group traveling around euro-beaches without evoking any roaming charges.

Esel

Aaliyah Fat Trolley wrote: »

Some of the more interesting dumb phones out there even have built in PMR PTT walkies-talkies,
can't find a stock image but thery're generally the JVC Builder's yellow and black type ones.

Very interesting. Never heard of a combo like that. Are they readily available?

4068ac1elhodqr

Probably the best dumb phone you can buy today for the price of a couple of coffees is the Samsung E1190, E1270 etc.
Small, impossible to break (clamshell) FM Radio, swap-able 2wk battery life, the only snag is no BT or 3G.

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Some of the more interesting dumb phones out there even have built in PMR PTT walkies-talkies,
can't find a stock image but thery're generally the JVC Builder's yellow and black type ones.

Junkyard Tom

Grayson wrote: »

I'd actually buy a phone like the new nokia if it came with 4g and could be turned into a mobile hotspot. It would also have to have messenger apps. That's about all I need.

I'm all about the messaging/texting myself - I could even forego the calls! I could live without a big colour screen but would miss getting images and links to stuff.

Grayson

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

My first mobile tellingbone back in the latter half of the 90's - the Ericsson T10.

I remember the call rates were like 90p a minute, or something mad like that.

That was my second phone. My first one was one of these.
http://www.gsmarena.com/siemens_c25-91.php

It could make calls and send texts and that was it. It didn't even have a clock function:)

I'd actually buy a phone like the new nokia if it came with 4g and could be turned into a mobile hotspot. It would also have to have messenger apps. That's about all I need. I could live without social media on my phone and would easily sacrifice it if I could go a week on one battery charge.

Outlaw Pete

I still have the 3310 I bought for my Dad's birthday back in 2001. He was fascinated by how I managed to replace the operator logo with his name (as was I the truth be known). I still use it occasionally when whichever overly priced Android I currently own needs to go in for repair. Hasn't let me down yet.

JupiterKid

My first mobile was a 3210 back in 1999 when I was 24 years old. Just started out in my career. It was a great phone. Solid, sturdy and reliable.

Ah, nostalgia!:D

Atlantic Dawn

Can't see how it will appeal to anyone except as a burner phone for drug dealers.

Junkyard Tom

My first mobile tellingbone back in the latter half of the 90's - the Ericsson T10.

I remember the call rates were like 90p a minute, or something mad like that.

jimmy blevins

The Nokia 6250 could also be used as a self defence weapon if required.

Grayson

Aaliyah Fat Trolley wrote: »

Nokia 7110 was a classy item, and so too it's sibling the Nokia 8110 'The Matrix'.

Everytime I load this page I get an antivirus warning because of this image.
http://blackeyed.narod.ru/mobile/nokia/Nokia7110.jpg

It won't even display for me. I think the domain is blocked.

As for the phone. It won't be the same phone that nokia released years ago. I'd image it would have loads of modern features such as better cameras, flashes, etc. It'll probably even have the ability to handle some apps like whatsapp and viber. And I'd imagine a micro SD slot and a music player.

It's also worth noting that non smartphones are still the biggest selling phones in the world. Somewhere like india where money is scarce for a lot of people and even electricity can be hard to come by, a good reliable non-smart phone sells well. The new nokia's have a battery life of up to 30 days.

The new phone will probably have similar features to this
https://www.nokia.com/en_int/phones/nokia-230

That even has facebook and twitter on it.

And it's also worth noting that nokia aren't making it. Nokia sold it's phone business to microsoft. But they rebadged the nokia lumia as the microsoft lumia. And they're even ditching Lumia with the rumour of a surface phone. So they sold off the nokia brand again, this time to another finnish firm. So these new phones are being made by a finnish firm called Nokia that isn't actually the original nokia.

mzungu

Nokia 3310's were built to last.

bazz26

Still a good few people out there who use dump phones for their original intended simple purpose so I think it will have a certain appeal. Nokia as a brand is an non entity these days so this could go someway to reinventing the brand again.

Somehow in 17 years time however I don't think there will be the same love for the reintroduction of their Windows smartphones.

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Teddington Cuddlesworth wrote: »

You're backwards there.

You could be right, the 8110 came before the Nokia 7110.
The 7100 had the WAP browser, fancy.

colm_mcm

It's just the name that they're reviving AFAIK.

Buffman

I still can't decide on my favourite ringtone!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6RL8Une8Ac

Teddington Cuddlesworth

Aaliyah Fat Trolley wrote: »

Nokia 7110 was a classy item, and so too it's successor the Nokia 8110 'The Matrix'.

You're backwards there.

Crazyteacher

It's the way forward. ! I had the tiny Motorola silver flip phone (still in the drawer), if it still charges and I can get the right sized sim I'm going back to use it ! Fed up of my poor quality apple battery going flat without any use. Piece of rubbish.

Sciprio

Nice. I'll get one no problem.

boardsuser1

Never owned a 3310, but I did have a 3330 that I dropped down the toilet.

I'll be buying one definitely!

French_Girl

My first cellphone ever back when I was 15.

Awww, the memories!

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Nokia 7110 was a classy item, and so too it's sibling the Nokia 8110 'The Matrix'.

Buffman

Well there goes my pension plan, have a box full of them in the attic I was planning on cashing in for retirement!

My only hope now is my stash of 5110s!:D

TallGlass

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

I'm not quite sure who'd want that phone now apart from the sort who still own the original and think they are on the 088 network.

Few high end car owners might find em useful for the in car cradles.