Whats up? this feels so special isn't it? i know i'm late to do this review but as they say 'better late than never', so someone i know spoke to me and said... "the Nokia 3310 (2017) has definitely left my jaw dropped". yes it should plus i have to ask myself why this phone hasn't still got a lot of attention it deserves, remember the original 3310? it got popular all over the world not because it was the cutest no.. because of its features i mean we could go a week with it without even thinking of being offline, i don't know maybe because we didn't have the Smartphone era then.
As soon as you hold the phone, you know that there is something special about the gadget, a decidedly unique device. The design sensibilities is 20 years old and contemporary at the same time. It is a little unsettling, like a time machine that partially works. The phone is considerably thinner and lighter than the previous version. Compared to modern touchscreens, it feels almost seems too small. The phone weighs just 79.6 grams, which is little more than half the weight of the 3310 released in 2000.
So here we have the new Nokia 3310, a very well-designed tribute to the iconic handset with a help of modern upgrades. If you were a fan of the 3310, the probability is that you’ll want to pick up that.
It comes in four distinct colors: Warm Red and Yellow, both with a gloss finish, and Dark Blue and Grey both with a matte finish. What’s best, the color runs through the material, so it looks better for longer. A new operating system has meant a new button layout on the front. Below the screen there's a central square select button surrounded by thin frame which acts as the four-directional pad. That's flanked by two dual purpose buttons. The right is the power off/hang up button on the bottom, and a button to select which ever option is displayed on the right side of the display. The left is the calling button, and the button to select whatever option is on the left of the display.
With 17 years of development in the industry, components have become much smaller than they were in 2000 when the first 3310 was launched. That means Nokia has been able to slim down the phone. A lot. The new 3310 is about half the thickness of the original, meaning, it's about the same thickness as the detachable back cover of the first model.
The back cover is nowhere near as easy to remove as the old one. While you're supposed to be able to just pull it off from the bottom, we couldn't, and had to resort to sticking a plectrum in where you're supposed to pull from, and levering it up, away from the back that way. It's a far cry from being able to just push up from the bottom with a single thumb.
On top of the 3310 is a micro USB socket for charging, while on the bottom is a honest-to-goodness 3.5mm headphone jack. Underneath the back, which takes some force to pries off, is a removable battery—which is good for around a week of use (!)—micro SIM slot, and a microSD card slot for up to 32GB of extra storage. You might be wondering why on earth you need a microSD card on a phone like this. Well, wonder no more: the 3310 comes with a miserly 16MB of built-in storage, of which a mere 1.4MB is user accessible. If you plan on taking any more than five photos with the built-in 2MP camera which it's a major down point because i think it exists for showing off, we could buy with or without it, or listening to MP3s, an SD card is a necessity.
One thing we've all become accustomed to in the era of smartphones is typing on software QWERTY keyboard. The fact is, software keys are more versatile, and predictive text is actually helpful. Swapping back to a T9 keyboard is something of a learning curve, In the 2017 interpretation, there are symmetric scroll like keys on both sides, with separate functions mapped to the top and bottom portions of the buttons. The call button is to the left, and the end call or power button is to the right. The scroll keys on the original could allow you to increase or reduce the volume while in a call, this function has now been mapped to the up and down keys on the direction pad.
The vertical speaker grill on the original has been removed to accommodate a larger screen. The speaker on the new Nokia 3310 is beneath a rather deep oval pit that is prone to collect a lot of dust, and needs to be cleaned regularly. The Nokia Logo on the front is on the curved glass covering over the screen, and is embossed below the camera on the back. There is no depression along the back for gripping the phone. The back cover is removable, but you have to pry it out using your fingernails instead of pressing a button and sliding out the back cover
The display is a 4.2 inch QVGA screen that sits below a curved glass casing that makes the display appear deceptively large. The display has a pixel density of 167 ppi, with a screen to body ratio of 30 percent. The screen of the display is made out of TFT.
The new Nokia 3310 achieves what many will want it to. It’s a basic phone with basic features in a novelty, nostalgic shell. The battery life is great, it makes calls and Opera Mini is surprisingly capable within the confines of a non-smartphone.
But if you thought things were better in the days of the pre-touchscreen smartphone, you’ll find out within minutes that they simply weren’t. Texts take ages to write, you get hand cramp in the process, and you’re not even really, truly disconnected from the internet world. You can check your email, so you have no excuse not to.
If you really want a dumbphone for the odd occasion, and don’t mind paying over the odds for one, buy it. You’ll love looking at it more than actually using it, but then you’re probably not planning to use it much. But if you’re looking for an emergency phone, or something disposable, Nokia makes loads of much cheaper versions of the same idea. They’re just not branded 3310
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