It is tiny, durable, has nice battery life, and it is $52—however will anybody purchase one?

BARCELONA, SPAIN—Function phones are cool once more! At least that is the feeling you get when you’re holding the brand new Nokia 3310, a candy bar function phone made out of weapons-grade nostalgia. It does not actually have apps, you will be texting with T9, it has a brand new colour model of Snake, and naturally it performs the standard Nokia tone whenever you get a call.

The brand new 3310 is now not a “brick.” It is quite a bit rounder than the previous one—it seems like a well-worn river rock. I really would have liked if it was a little squarer and extra reminiscent of the original. Provided that it has a very light plastic body (79g) and a plastic display screen, it may well in all probability stand as much as a lot of abuse (though nobody would let me check this on the event).

Like every thing concerning the Nokia 3310, the display screen is tiny. It has a 240×320, 2.4 inch colour display with a polarized layer, which should make it easier to see in the daylight. The tiny display screen paired with a dead-simple OS leads to tons of battery life. Nokia is promising a month of standby time out of the 1200mAh detachable battery, along with 22 hours talk time, which is 10 times greater than the unique Nokia 3310.

The MicroUSB port is curiously on the highest of the Phone, while a headphone jack sits on the bottom. On the again is a whopping 2MP camera with an LED flash. The again pops off, revealing a detachable battery and a spot for a MicroSD card (32GB max). The Nokia 3310 is available in 4 colours with two finishes, a matte black or mild grey, and a shiny red, or yellow.

There isn’t any touchscreen. You get the standard function phone controls: a 5-way D-Pad slightly below the display screen, with left and right action buttons that correspond to labels on the display screen.

The OS is Series 30+, an operating system originally made by Mediatek for Microsoft’s Nokia. Unlike the other Nokia/HMD function phones, that are loaded with Microsoft products like Skype and Bing, I did not spot any Microsoft influence right here. S30+ means you are not exactly going to get a ton of apps. There was a “Games & Apps” Apps store, however provided that the devices had no Internet access, I could not see what was in there.

Talking of games, it comes pre loaded with a fancy new model of Snake that was whipped up by Gameloft! It is in colour now. There have been additionally a couple of different Gameloft games, like Asphalt 6. Web browsing is handled by Opera, however I can not think about you will need to do a lot internet surfing on the 2.4-inch display screen.

As enjoyable as the brand new Nokia 3310 is does anybody wish to spend cash on a feature Nokia 3310 phone? The long battery life, excessive nostalgia factor, and 49 euro ($52) worth may earn it a couple of niche customers within the US, however many of the Nokia 3310 models appear headed for the developing world, where HMD already has a line of feature phones.