Should Nokia re-create a modern-day 3310?

Pencil · 02-06-2010, 20:33

In its day, this phone was the best on the market.

http://welectronics.com/gsm/nokia_3310.JPG

It was a design and sales winner. Yet, it more or less died as soon as mobile technology became more advanced.

Instead of enhancing the model to match market demands, a design winner was ditched.

It's the equivalent of Apple releasing an entirely different-looking iPhone, which doesn't do as well - but continuing the trend anyway.

If Nokia was to release a modern day version of this phone, built more sterdier materials, complete with a larger touch-screen, WIFI, 8mpx camera etc. etc. would you be interested?

prking · 02-06-2010, 20:41

By any chance do you follow Nokia on Twitter or Facebook? As the other day they were asking the same question about the 3210.

Pencil · 02-06-2010, 20:43

Nope, I've never used Twitter or followed Nokia before.

The 3210 was just as nice though and I very nearly mentioned that in place of the 3310.

I just assumed the 3310 was a later model and more people would be familiar with that.

TelevisionUser · 02-06-2010, 20:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pencil

In its day, this phone was the best on the market.

http://welectronics.com/gsm/nokia_3310.JPG

It was a design and sales winner. Yet, it more or less died as soon as mobile technology became more advanced.

Instead of enhancing the model to match market demands, a design winner was ditched.

It's the equivalent of Apple releasing an entirely different-looking iPhone, which doesn't do as well - but continuing the trend anyway.

If Nokia was to release a modern day version of this phone, built more sterdier materials, complete with a larger touch-screen, WIFI, 8mpx camera etc. etc. would you be interested?

This is down to personal preference but I most certainly would not buy a mobile that looked like that - an updated 3310 might be technically proficient but it looks well ugly

so I'd steer clear of it!

Pencil · 02-06-2010, 20:50

But the 3310 has Xpress-on covers, which means it can be black or blue if you wanted. Even England flag designs were available.

http://images.techtree.com/ttimages/..._nokia3310.jpg

http://28.media.tumblr.com/AI0TVuRPs...ei2Ko1_400.jpg

BT@home · 02-06-2010, 21:15

So what exactly are you wanting ... Something that looks like it would be awful. So what exactly would they be recreating ?

Haruhion · 02-06-2010, 21:31

The legend that is.

khushi · 02-06-2010, 21:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haruhion

The legend that is.

My first phone! Love it.

uggla · 03-06-2010, 08:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haruhion

The legend that is.

I still have one of them and was still using it until about 3 years ago lol.

Phones like this you can drop and not care about damage i dropped my n86 once and it has nice scratches on it now not to mention all the marks it gets from keys in my pocket.

clonmult · 03-06-2010, 08:11

Never had a 3310. Had a 3330. Had more games and apparently a slightly better browser.

5110 similar - never liked it, had the much better 6130.

The main reasons those would still be a usable phone is battery life - thats the one area that hasn't been improved on in the slightest over the past few years.

broonale · 03-06-2010, 08:50

I had several Nokias. Didn't have a 3310, which by the way didn't have a wap browser. I had the 3330 models, basically the same but with wap. Very easy to use and fast at texting. Some nice little hack codes were available to.

All round good model and pretty basic handset. But everyone (or the marketers) seems to think of iPhones and such now.

I'll stick with my nokia smartphone for now.

ram jam · 03-06-2010, 09:58

My mum still uses a 3310 now!!! battery only lasts a day now but she wont part with it!!!

ThePhenom · 03-06-2010, 10:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by ram jam

My mum still uses a 3310 now!!! battery only lasts a day now but she wont part with it!!!

That's on par with my iPhone then

You should be able to find a new battery on ebay if you want.

156418 · 03-06-2010, 12:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by ram jam

My mum still uses a 3310 now!!! battery only lasts a day now but she wont part with it!!!

My mum had a 3210 until recently, the battey would be ok until she made or took a call, at which point it would die - but she still wouldn't part with it - eventually she accepted that it was useless and the Nokia 1600 was similar (except the colour screen was confusing) and took that out of the box having recieved it for christmas about 2 years ago and never used it!!

Muffin999 · 03-06-2010, 12:41

that phone takes me back to my school days!

carguy143 · 03-06-2010, 12:50

Nokia still make very basic, simple phones though they can be a little hard to find in some places, they are readily available in most Tesco and Asda stores.

Resonance · 03-06-2010, 13:04

They should bring back the 8210. It was so small. Phones got bigger after that and still haven't managed to shrink down to the size of the 8210.

prking · 03-06-2010, 13:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Resonance

They should bring back the 8210. It was so small. Phones got bigger after that and still haven't managed to shrink down to the size of the 8210.

I think that was on purpose, they were just too small for many people.

You do still find the 3310 and the 3330 available as re-refurbished models. Spare batteries are also available.

In a weird coincidence Nokia have just announced two new ultra-basic handsets. The C1 which is €30 Sim Free which does calls, texts, radio and torch. With a standby battery life of 6 weeks and switchable between two SIMs, its designed for people travelling abroad in remote areas.
The C2 is similar, but has dual-SIM standby, one of which is hot-swappable.

clonmult · 03-06-2010, 16:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Resonance

They should bring back the 8210. It was so small. Phones got bigger after that and still haven't managed to shrink down to the size of the 8210.

I think the 8210 went too far in the miniaturisation.

We originally had a Nokia 5110 for our works on-call mobile, someone managed to get an 8210 in to replace it. It either got very rapidly lost, or possibly stolen by an envious colleague, so we went back to the 5110

Simi89 · 03-06-2010, 17:06

I had a 3330 which was a really good phone for what it was at the time, I did have a 3410 shortly after but it just didn't feel the same even though the joined up key pad was a novelty.

ginock · 03-06-2010, 18:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Muffin999

that phone takes me back to my school days!

Ditto! I think the 3310 was one of the first phones I had, I am sure I had a 3210 mainly because I remember being very impressed with the vibrate function (I could be wrong but I think it was one of the first to have it). I loved the phone, very stable, very rugged - proven to me when its went through the washing machine after I left it in my jeans, a day to dry out and bingo, back up and running, I don't think I could say the same for my HTC or the iPhone.

y2dom · 03-06-2010, 19:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by ginock

Ditto! I think the 3310 was one of the first phones I had, I am sure I had a 3210 mainly because I remember being very impressed with the vibrate function (I could be wrong but I think it was one of the first to have it). I loved the phone, very stable, very rugged - proven to me when its went through the washing machine after I left it in my jeans, a day to dry out and bingo, back up and running, I don't think I could say the same for my HTC or the iPhone.

You could do so much with old nokias, change font, size, menu images etc. A bit of help from a pc program of cause.

Very easy to fix if they got water damaged.
3210 has a vibrate function, i believe it was standard in USA at the time, but over here you had to add a vibrate module, and activate the vibrate menu option using some pc program.

Also, with the 3330 you could replace the screen/keypad with a 3410 screen/keypad change the firmware to a Japanese 3350 and it was very similar to 3410 but with different games.

russellelly · 03-06-2010, 19:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pencil

If Nokia was to release a modern day version of this phone, built more sterdier materials, complete with a larger touch-screen, WIFI, 8mpx camera etc. etc. would you be interested?

Put all that in (especially the touch screen) and I can't think it could resemble the 3310 in any meaningful way.

Haruhion · 03-06-2010, 20:03

I've had, and still have some among the 5110, 3210, 3310, Sagem MW 3020, 3410, 3510i, t720i, 7210i, Samsung E700, Sony Ericsson k700i, Motorola L6, Sony Ericsson k750i, w300i, Nokia n91, Nokia n95, HTC Touch (x2), and current - HTC Magic. Very likely missed a few.

Funnily enough, I miss the 5110 the most, then 3210, then k700i.

emmetmcl · 04-06-2010, 13:21

Oh yeah, everyone had that phone, then a lot of people had the 3510i after it.

02-06-2010, 20:33	#1
Pencil Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,252	Should Nokia re-create a modern-day 3310? In its day, this phone was the best on the market. http://welectronics.com/gsm/nokia_3310.JPG It was a design and sales winner. Yet, it more or less died as soon as mobile technology became more advanced. Instead of enhancing the model to match market demands, a design winner was ditched. It's the equivalent of Apple releasing an entirely different-looking iPhone, which doesn't do as well - but continuing the trend anyway. If Nokia was to release a modern day version of this phone, built more sterdier materials, complete with a larger touch-screen, WIFI, 8mpx camera etc. etc. would you be interested?

02-06-2010, 20:41	#2
prking Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Weston-super-Mare Posts: 9,167	By any chance do you follow Nokia on Twitter or Facebook? As the other day they were asking the same question about the 3210.

02-06-2010, 20:43	#3
Pencil Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,252	Nope, I've never used Twitter or followed Nokia before. The 3210 was just as nice though and I very nearly mentioned that in place of the 3310. I just assumed the 3310 was a later model and more people would be familiar with that.

02-06-2010, 20:46	#4
TelevisionUser Forum Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Storbritannia Posts: 28,930	Quote: Originally Posted by Pencil In its day, this phone was the best on the market. http://welectronics.com/gsm/nokia_3310.JPG It was a design and sales winner. Yet, it more or less died as soon as mobile technology became more advanced. Instead of enhancing the model to match market demands, a design winner was ditched. It's the equivalent of Apple releasing an entirely different-looking iPhone, which doesn't do as well - but continuing the trend anyway. If Nokia was to release a modern day version of this phone, built more sterdier materials, complete with a larger touch-screen, WIFI, 8mpx camera etc. etc. would you be interested? This is down to personal preference but I most certainly would not buy a mobile that looked like that - an updated 3310 might be technically proficient but it looks well ugly so I'd steer clear of it!

02-06-2010, 20:50	#5
Pencil Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,252	But the 3310 has Xpress-on covers, which means it can be black or blue if you wanted. Even England flag designs were available. http://images.techtree.com/ttimages/..._nokia3310.jpg http://28.media.tumblr.com/AI0TVuRPs...ei2Ko1_400.jpg

02-06-2010, 21:15	#6
BT@home Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,911	So what exactly are you wanting ... Something that looks like it would be awful. So what exactly would they be recreating ?

02-06-2010, 21:31	#7
Haruhion Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Luton Posts: 1,752	The legend that is.

02-06-2010, 21:35	#8
khushi Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,094	Quote: Originally Posted by Haruhion The legend that is. My first phone! Love it.

03-06-2010, 08:08	#9
uggla Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: merseyside Posts: 1,063	Quote: Originally Posted by Haruhion The legend that is. I still have one of them and was still using it until about 3 years ago lol. Phones like this you can drop and not care about damage i dropped my n86 once and it has nice scratches on it now not to mention all the marks it gets from keys in my pocket.

03-06-2010, 08:11	#10
clonmult Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 3,291	Never had a 3310. Had a 3330. Had more games and apparently a slightly better browser. 5110 similar - never liked it, had the much better 6130. The main reasons those would still be a usable phone is battery life - thats the one area that hasn't been improved on in the slightest over the past few years.

03-06-2010, 08:50	#11
broonale Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: 54.98N 1.6W Posts: 4,953	I had several Nokias. Didn't have a 3310, which by the way didn't have a wap browser. I had the 3330 models, basically the same but with wap. Very easy to use and fast at texting. Some nice little hack codes were available to. All round good model and pretty basic handset. But everyone (or the marketers) seems to think of iPhones and such now. I'll stick with my nokia smartphone for now.

03-06-2010, 09:58	#12
ram jam Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Barnsley Posts: 272	My mum still uses a 3310 now!!! battery only lasts a day now but she wont part with it!!!

03-06-2010, 10:33	#13
ThePhenom Forum Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,262	Quote: Originally Posted by ram jam My mum still uses a 3310 now!!! battery only lasts a day now but she wont part with it!!! That's on par with my iPhone then You should be able to find a new battery on ebay if you want.

03-06-2010, 12:38	#14
156418 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,467	Quote: Originally Posted by ram jam My mum still uses a 3310 now!!! battery only lasts a day now but she wont part with it!!! My mum had a 3210 until recently, the battey would be ok until she made or took a call, at which point it would die - but she still wouldn't part with it - eventually she accepted that it was useless and the Nokia 1600 was similar (except the colour screen was confusing) and took that out of the box having recieved it for christmas about 2 years ago and never used it!!

03-06-2010, 12:41	#15
Muffin999 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Edinburgh, Great Britain Posts: 1,377	that phone takes me back to my school days!

03-06-2010, 12:50	#16
carguy143 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Leyland Posts: 1,971	Nokia still make very basic, simple phones though they can be a little hard to find in some places, they are readily available in most Tesco and Asda stores.

03-06-2010, 13:04	#17
Resonance Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 9,212	They should bring back the 8210. It was so small. Phones got bigger after that and still haven't managed to shrink down to the size of the 8210.

03-06-2010, 13:25	#18
prking Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Weston-super-Mare Posts: 9,167	Quote: Originally Posted by Resonance They should bring back the 8210. It was so small. Phones got bigger after that and still haven't managed to shrink down to the size of the 8210. I think that was on purpose, they were just too small for many people. You do still find the 3310 and the 3330 available as re-refurbished models. Spare batteries are also available. In a weird coincidence Nokia have just announced two new ultra-basic handsets. The C1 which is €30 Sim Free which does calls, texts, radio and torch. With a standby battery life of 6 weeks and switchable between two SIMs, its designed for people travelling abroad in remote areas. The C2 is similar, but has dual-SIM standby, one of which is hot-swappable.

03-06-2010, 16:29	#19
clonmult Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 3,291	Quote: Originally Posted by Resonance They should bring back the 8210. It was so small. Phones got bigger after that and still haven't managed to shrink down to the size of the 8210. I think the 8210 went too far in the miniaturisation. We originally had a Nokia 5110 for our works on-call mobile, someone managed to get an 8210 in to replace it. It either got very rapidly lost, or possibly stolen by an envious colleague, so we went back to the 5110

03-06-2010, 17:06	#20
Simi89 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 6,055	I had a 3330 which was a really good phone for what it was at the time, I did have a 3410 shortly after but it just didn't feel the same even though the joined up key pad was a novelty.

03-06-2010, 18:52	#21
ginock Inactive Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: <nowhere> Posts: 1,265	Quote: Originally Posted by Muffin999 that phone takes me back to my school days! Ditto! I think the 3310 was one of the first phones I had, I am sure I had a 3210 mainly because I remember being very impressed with the vibrate function (I could be wrong but I think it was one of the first to have it). I loved the phone, very stable, very rugged - proven to me when its went through the washing machine after I left it in my jeans, a day to dry out and bingo, back up and running, I don't think I could say the same for my HTC or the iPhone.

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Should Nokia re-create a modern-day 3310?

03-06-2010, 19:38	#22
y2dom Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 286	Quote: Originally Posted by ginock Ditto! I think the 3310 was one of the first phones I had, I am sure I had a 3210 mainly because I remember being very impressed with the vibrate function (I could be wrong but I think it was one of the first to have it). I loved the phone, very stable, very rugged - proven to me when its went through the washing machine after I left it in my jeans, a day to dry out and bingo, back up and running, I don't think I could say the same for my HTC or the iPhone. You could do so much with old nokias, change font, size, menu images etc. A bit of help from a pc program of cause. Very easy to fix if they got water damaged. 3210 has a vibrate function, i believe it was standard in USA at the time, but over here you had to add a vibrate module, and activate the vibrate menu option using some pc program. Also, with the 3330 you could replace the screen/keypad with a 3410 screen/keypad change the firmware to a Japanese 3350 and it was very similar to 3410 but with different games.

03-06-2010, 19:41	#23
russellelly Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Scotland Posts: 10,720	Quote: Originally Posted by Pencil If Nokia was to release a modern day version of this phone, built more sterdier materials, complete with a larger touch-screen, WIFI, 8mpx camera etc. etc. would you be interested? Put all that in (especially the touch screen) and I can't think it could resemble the 3310 in any meaningful way.

03-06-2010, 20:03	#24
Haruhion Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Luton Posts: 1,752	I've had, and still have some among the 5110, 3210, 3310, Sagem MW 3020, 3410, 3510i, t720i, 7210i, Samsung E700, Sony Ericsson k700i, Motorola L6, Sony Ericsson k750i, w300i, Nokia n91, Nokia n95, HTC Touch (x2), and current - HTC Magic. Very likely missed a few. Funnily enough, I miss the 5110 the most, then 3210, then k700i.

04-06-2010, 13:21	#25
emmetmcl Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Ireland Posts: 2,364	Oh yeah, everyone had that phone, then a lot of people had the 3510i after it.