The new Nokia 3310 stays loyal to the original Nokia 3310 from 2000, but now with a sleeker and more rounded look. Yet, it still brings some wonderful memories just by looking at it.

Let's take a look at the dimensions specs of the original Nokia 3310 (2000model) versus the new Nokia 3310 (2017) model:

New Nokia 3310 (2017): 115.6 x 51 x 12.8 mm (4.55 x 1.89 x 0.50 in)

Old Nokia 3310 (2000): 113 x 48 x 22mm (4.45 x 1.89 x 0.86 in)

Did you notice something interesting here? The new Nokia 3310 has roughly the same height and width as its predecessor, but it's much slimmer in size.

Here is a side by side comparison image of the new 2017 model of the Nokia 3310 versus the original Nokia 3310 that was released in 2000.

We can see that that both phone carry a similar design and that HMD wanted to make the new 3310 look similar to the older model, but still make the new one look more modern, sleek and of course more slim.The buttons are quite similar, but slightly more rounded. The under-screen bottoms has changed and you now have three buttons. The screen is obviously much larger. It's 2.4" color screen compared to the versus the 1.5" monochrome one in the olde 3310 model. You also get a much better resolution: 320x230 vs 84x48.

The new Nokia 3310 (2017) has a glossy and more streamlines design, so in that aspects it doesn't mimic the original one that had a matte finish. The new Nokia 3310 also has more rounded corners. The Nokia logo is still there above the screen and it looks really beautiful. I just can't ignore the fact that that this phone really brings up some beautiful memories, and it's easy to get very nostalgic if you had the older version back then and get to see this new version now.

The new Nokia 3310 (2017) definitely looks better, but it HMD still did an excellent job making sure that the new version resembles the older version. I think this is one of the main advantages that the new Nokia 3310 has over other cheap phones at the same price, at least it comes with some added nostalgic value, which can't be taken for granted. Thank you Nokia for this one!