Nokia 3310

Nokia 3310 is back in long years.
But even with all of that, can the 2017 avatar of the legendary 3310 survive in a world where majority of people cana t spend a day without their smartphones and the hundreds of apps that run on them? And even if it can, what exactly does it offer to be able to do that?

Read our review of the ' new' Nokia 3310 to find out. Design As far as the basic constructionto design goes, the 2017 version of the 3310 largely sticks to its predecessor' s design. However, there are subtle tweaks that make it look slightly better. We' d say that HMD Global (the company that holds exclusive license to manufacture Nokia-branded phones) has done a pretty good job here.

The 3310 (2017) is not a phone that can replace your iPhone or any other Android smartphone, and it' s not meant to. It's primarily intended to be a backup/secondary phone for emergency situations. It can also be used by children or those who find smartphones too complicated. The new avatar of Nokia 3310 is available in four colour variants - Blue, Orange, Yellow, and Grey. Our review unit was the Blue coloured one. The plastic body of the phone is thinner than the original. At the front, therea s a 2.4-inch display and a numeric keypad. The back panel has a speaker grille, a 2MP camera and Nokia branding in the centre. The rear panel is removable and hides a 1,200mAh battery. At the bottom, therea s a 3.5mm audio jack while a microUSB charging port sits up top.The keypad supports T9 text input and the keys do bear a resemblance to those on the original 3310. However, they are a bit more round. Using a numeric keypad on such a small phone did take us a while getting used to, but it wasn' t an uncomfortable experience. Speaking of the display, it' s a 2.4-inch QVGA LCD panel of QVGA 320x240 pixel resolution and 167ppi pixel density. Compared to the small monochrome display of the original 3310, the colour display of the new model definitely appears brighter and more vibrant. Obviously, it has a low resolution and you realize that once you try to view photos and videos. But then, the new 3310 isn' t meant to be used for taking pictures or videos.Much like the original, the 'reimagined' Nokia 3310 has a White border that separates the body of the phone from its display. Overall, we found the a newa Nokia 3310a s design to be a refreshing, even though ita s inspired by the original 3310. The build quality is good too. Performance The ' new' Nokia 3310 runs Series 30+ operating system and has 16MB internal storage. The phone supports microSD cards of up to 32GB in size as well. As mentioned above, there' s a 1,200mAh battery and it's claimed to deliver up to 22 hours of talktime and a month of standby time. For connectivity, the dual-SIM feature phone has Bluetooth 3.0 and a 3.5mm audio jack.We' ll start of by saying that the things you can do on Nokia 3310 are limited. It includes a simplified menu that offers basic options like Call Logs, Photos, Internet, Snake, Mobile Store, Messaging and Camera. As expected, the interface is basic and easy to understand. During our testing, we found no lag in general navigation. We tried using the internet and had to use the preloaded Opera Mini browser to do that. To put it mildly, it turned out to be quite an effort. That' s understandable, especially when you' ve gotten used to Google Chrome.We tried accessing Facebook and were greeted by the most basic version of the service, which loads very slowly. Doing something simple such as entering text in a field is a tedious process that involves multiple steps. Some additional apps can be downloaded from the Mobile Store, but the collection is limited. Moreover, downloads take a lot of time as the ' new' Nokia 3310 doesn't have 3G or Wi-Fi. For those who love to play games, there is a new version of the classic Snake game preloaded on the 3310. Dubbed Snake Xenzia, the game is quite addictive but a little harder than its predecessor. You can use either 2,4,6 and 8 keys, or the four-way navigation key to move the snake around. Other preinstalled games include Asphalt 6: Adrenaline and Diamond Twister 2. We found the call quality on the 'reimagined' Nokia 3310 to be good. Audio output was clear and network reception was great even in areas with problematic coverage. You can store media files on a microSD card as the 16MB internal storage is all but unusable. A microSD card will also come in handy if you plan on using the 3310 for clicking pictures. Speaking of pictures, the 2MP camera was nothing more than average during our time with it. It just has the basic point-and-click functionality with no fancy modes, filters or anything like that.