Revitalised version of Nokia's 3310, the world's most popular phone in 2000, goes on sale again

Record ID: 877498

  • Title: Revitalised version of Nokia's 3310, the world's most popular phone in 2000, goes on sale again
  • Date: 31st May 2017
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) OSSI KORPELA NORDIC BUSINESS DIRECTOR OF HMD; SAYING: "Of course everybody remembers the games that were part of it and you know ring tones and the one button UI in the old version, and likewise in the new modern version, the 3310 will for example have 22 hours talk time, which is, you know, fantastic, and it will also have one month´s standby time, and of course it will have the same nice feature as the snake, for example, as a game. By the way those are the key features of the 3310." NOKIA FLAGS HELSINKI, FINLAND (MAY 31, 2017) (REUTERS) GIRLS TALKING ABOUT THE RETRO NOKIA IN CENTRAL HELSINKI RETRO NOKIA IN HAND (SOUNDBITE) (English) STUDENT ELSA LE CURIEUX, SAYING: "To get away from social media maybe, you know, you don't have Instagram and Snapchat and all that, you just use it for what you need, and you know, to talk to people." (SOUNDBITE) (English) STUDENT OONA PATOMÄKI, SAYING: "You probably get off your phone because nowadays we are a lot on our phone." (SOUNDBITE) (English) STUDENT ELSA LE CURIEUX, SAYING: "Open up to people and start talking face-to-face instead being always on your phone." NOKIA RETRO 3310 AND A SMARTPHONE IN HANDS (SOUNDBITE) (English) KARI KANNISTO, SAYING: "Because is Nokia, just for that and nice size, and I know there is different colours." ELISA CORNER SHOWROOM
  • Embargoed: 14th June 2017 13:57
  • Keywords: Nokia 3310 snake phone HND
  • Location: HELSINKI AND ESPOO, FINLAND
  • City: HELSINKI AND ESPOO, FINLAND
  • Country: Finland
  • Topics: Information Technologies / Computer Sciences,Science
  • Reuters ID: LVA0036J65TTZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The first batch of the relaunched Nokia basic phone 3310 was sold out on pre-orders on its launch day in Finland on Wednesday (May 31), following similar success in Britain.
    Once the world's dominant phonemaker, Nokia sold its handset operations to Microsoft in 2014, leaving it focused on telecom network equipment.
    But its name is now re-entering the mobile market via a licensing deal with HMD Global, a new company led by ex-Nokia executives and backed by Chinese electronics giant Foxconn.
    Nokia 3310, a talk and text phone, was the world's most popular device in the year 2000 and the first handset for many smartphone users of today.
    The updated version, in bright red or yellow or more modest blue or grey and featuring the classic Snake game, sells for 49 euros (52 U.S. dollars).
    HMD hopes that its 22 hours of talk time and up to one month of stand-by time will heighten the phone's appeal as a second device for nostalgic Nokia fans looking for an antidote to smartphone overload.
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2017. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register