Nokia returns to the past with new phones
It's a brick phone, but not as you may remember it.
Nokia has revealed its new-look 3310 mobile phone alongside three new Android models launching this year.
The new old phone features the original Nokia ringtone and the popular Snake game, the "Angry Birds" of its day.
The phones are due to arrive in the next few months but the Nokia 3310 won't work on the Spark network.
That's because the 3310 uses 2G cellphone technology as opposed to 3G and 4G found on modern smartphones.
Nokia didn't disappoint, although it announced the new 3310 would be a "feature phone", rather than a smartphone, with limited internet capability, BBC reported. It will run on Nokia's Series 30+ software, offering fewer apps.
The new incarnation is thinner and lighter than the original, with a 2.4-inch QVGA display. It will be available in four colours: a glossy warm red or yellow, or matte dark blue or grey.
And while the phone features 16MB of storage space, or up to 32GB with a microSD card, and its battery will last up to a month on standby, its camera is rather basic, at just 2MP.
The original 3310 sold 126 million phones, the 12th best-selling phone model in history. Nine of the top 12 selling models were produced by Nokia.
For those who don't fancy time-travelling, Nokia also unveiled three modern Android smartphones, the Nokia 6 with a 5.5-inch screen, the Nokia 5 with a 5.2-inch screen and the Nokia 3 with a 5.0-inch screen.
The company will roll out the Nokia 6 globally. It was previously only available in China.
The Nokia 6 will have 64GB of storage, enhanced audio, and a 16MP primary camera and 8MP selfie camera.
What do you think of these new (or old) type of mobile phone?
First appeared on Stuff.co.nz. Image credit: Nokia / Stuff.co.nz.