Before smartphones ruled the world, one device defined durability, simplicity, and style. Happy 25th to the Nokia 3310.
Developed in Denmark, this phone is a legend, a cultural symbol, a timeless icon of the Mobile Phone industry, a synonym of “built to last“.
Let’s dive into!
A pocket-sized nearly indestructible piece of art. Monochrome screen with green backlight, no external antenna and bold design. Featuring a simple yet timeless design, the T9 keypad allowed users to type words by pressing each key just once per letter, and the phone would guess the intended word based on a built-in dictionary.
The Nokia Composer is worth a mention as it was a very powerful built-in tool. Users could create their own ringtones for free, just by typing notes on the keypad!
Thanks to the “Xpress-On” shells, everyone could change their phone’s look and feel whenever they wanted, based on their mood!
Forget the charger. With its 900mAh battery, this phone could last up to 11 days or 4 hours of talk time.
Phone could store up to 8 dialed, 8 received, 8 missed calls. Rapid message templates were available too.
Fun facts:
- It could handle three times the size of a standard SMS: 459 characters.
- Nokia 3315, 3320, 3330, 3350, 3360, 3390 and 3395 were different regional variants of the 3310.
- Calculator and stopwatch built in
- Up to 35 ringtones could be stored
- In 2015, Finland chose this phone as one of the first three “National Emojis“
- In 2017 Nokia released a modern version of it, mostly known as “Nokia 3310 4G”.
- Some 4G aftermarket motherboards are available
- About 126 million units were sold
Whether you owned one, borrowed one, still own one, or just admired its charm, the 3310 was more than a phone, safe to say: it defined a generation.
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