Mapping (SNAPPA)īack on the subject of dependence on our devices, the lack of GPS and any mapping software on the 3310 is another shock to the system when exploring or commuting. This means rediscovering the cumbersome effort that was texting on the 3310, where it took three presses of the number five key to get an ‘L’ and four of the nine key if you needed the letter ‘Z’. Keyboard (Victoria Jones/PA)īlackBerry is already pushing for the return of physical keys with its new KEYone handset, but Nokia offers a throwback to typing in the early 2000s with their own keys. In some ways it perfectly defines just how dependent the modern mobile user is on their device – from using it to communicate to paying for journeys and other services.
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The 3310 has an ‘app store’ from which you can download more games, but it lacks the ability to truly get online. In much the same way the world seems to lose its mind when any social network goes offline, suddenly being unable to access email, Twitter and generally surf your favourite news app jolts quite hard. Internet productivity (Martyn Landi/PA)īut perhaps the most glaring difference when trying to rely upon the 3310 is the sudden loss of internet connectivity. Nokia and HMD Global have also taken the rather strange decision to rely on an operating system based around unfamiliar app icons, which means general navigation with the 3310 isn’t very intuitive. Cue several instances of selecting things you don’t mean to. You have to make do with physical keys, which isn’t completely alien these days, but the central menu key is a select button on the 3310, not the Home button our brains are used to on smartphones.
The form factor is considerably smaller – though that does mean the phone is delightfully light – but the display is around the third of the size of what you’d be used to a modern day smartphone.Īlso, no matter how many times you tap the screen (many in the first few hours of use) it won’t turn into a touchscreen. The mobile phone was first released 17 years ago, but as part of their own device comeback Nokia has brought back the retro handset.īut how easy is it to jump back in time and switch to a phone that isn’t as powerful or multi-tooled as today’s smartphones? General use (Victoria Jones/PA)Įverything about the 3310 is alien to users of the modern smartphone. The revamped Nokia 3310 has gone on-sale in the UK, bringing with it a wave of early 2000s nostalgia. Should you switch to a retro phone now the Nokia 3310 is back? 4 months ago
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