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18 facts about the Nokia 3310 indestructible


The Nokia 3310 was the first phone for many people, it was mine.

From color to the freedom that a phone represents, Nokia is truly one of my important youth memories and quite extraordinary worldwide.

Here, we take a look at 18 facts about this modest but groundbreaking mobile phone.

Compared to today, the Nokia 3310's battery is really amazing, my phone barely lasted a day without a full charge overnight.

The average smartphone so far takes around 20 seconds to boot up from shutdown to ready to go, Nokia takes 8 seconds before you can open the built-in messenger or currency converter.

In Finland, the Nokia 3310 (known as indestructible) was incorporated into their culture in the best possible way, the 3310 was chosen as a national emoticon to represent the country along with a

After 17 years, Nokia has agreed to release a representative of the childhood nostalgia of all millennia.

Snake, the emblem of the mobile game during the 1990s, is officially the most played mobile game of all time, reaching a Guinness World Record in 2010 after reaching more than 1 billion players.

According to social media, the Nokia 3310 even saved users' lives.

When launched, Nokia 3310 was considered the new face of technological development.

The ability to change cases and a host of other settings is not enough for Nokia's customizable dream.

When the first 3310 was released, it cost $ 166 (£ 129), which should confuse one's mind today.

The 3310 really broke the stereotype in many ways, when it comes to messaging features, Nokia has surpassed all of its rivals by having its texting character limit of 459 unbelievable, 3 times the limit.

The 3310 is absolutely true of the indestructible title, if you drop a modern phone they'll instantly break into a million pieces (or at least that feels).

Nokia was one of the first mobile phone providers to offer the earliest version of an automatic error correction system known as predictive text input.

When the iPhone goes on sale, it has sold 25 million units, or you'd say giant until someone tells you that the Nokia 3310 has sold 400% more, with a whopping 126 million units.

3310 has one of the widest shells available for it, thousands.

In the UK, The Sun has a staggering story about a man who bought a 3310 when they first debuted in 2000 and now, 17 years on, Yorkshireman is still using it.

Minimalistic 3310 was designed at Nokia Site in Copenhagen, Denmark with the focus on meeting people's needs, not forcing them to adopt a new way of life like many other big brands do.

In 2012, the innocent Nokia was caught up in a violent violence.

The Nokia 3310 was the first phone to allow internet chat, a daytime dream for most teenagers at that time.

Like everything nostalgic, from coin candy to PS1, it's never as good as you remember.

If we love our 3310 so much, why don't we all still use one?

Simply put, we have developed our technological prowess and it has become controversial.

The newer 3310 was a bit of a flop with many complaining about its sensibility but swayed by price and minimalistic features.

Definitely one thing, if you touch my Gameboy improvements I won't be happy!