Should you’ve been mooning over the all-the-rage Nokia 3310 throwback telephone, moon now not. It is coming to the US on Oct. 29. The catch: The $60 telephone will solely work with 3G networks. That makes it tremendous for calls, video games of Snake and the occasional electronic mail or Fb replace, however not for almost every thing else you’d need to do on a telephone.
And that is the way it’s speculated to be. The reboot of 2000’s OG Nokia 3310 is pure nostalgia, in addition to a bit practicality for these in search of an inexpensive telephone with monthlong battery life to make calls on. The fashionable 3310 has an analogous boxy design to the unique, plus just a few very vital upgrades like a shade display screen, a 2-megapixel digicam, MicroSD card assist and a mini internet browser.
Initially, the brand new Nokia 3310 would not work within the US, however Nokia model title licensor HMD International has tweaked the innards to make a US variation doable.
You possibly can preorder the Nokia 3310 3G beginning at the moment on bestbuy.com. The telephone is available in 4 colours: azure, charcoal, purple and yellow.