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Nokia 3310, beloved and indestructible, to be reborn

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Nokia 3310, beloved and indestructible, to be reborn

 

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Reports that a Finnish manufacturer will reissue ‘the world’s best-selling mobile phone’ have been met with joy and trepidation
 
Seventeen years after it was originally launched, the Nokia 3310 is reportedly set to make a comeback.
 
HMD Oy Global, a Finnish manufacturer with the exclusive rights to market the Nokia brand, is apparently planning to release a revamped version of the classic phone at the end of February.
 
Nokia 3310 WILL RETURN in 2017 
 
The original version was retired in 2005, at which point, according to Nokia, it had sold 126m units, making it the world’s best-selling phone.
 
Often referred to as the most reliable phone ever created, the Nokia 3310 was used by many people all over the globe back in the day.
 
The battery was immense and the chassis and display could survive a nuclear explosion. The Nokia 3310 was a tank and compared to modern phones it was essentially indestructible.
 
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According to reports, the phone will initially be available only to European and North American consumers and will cost €59, significantly less than its original price in 2000 of £129.
 
There have been no further details about how close the new version will be to the original, which gained a cult following due to its impressively long battery life, indestructibility, and the addictive game Snake II.
 
News of the possible release has had a mixed reception, with some commentators suggesting the past is best left alone.
 
Best Selling Phones In The Last 20 Years? 
 
What were the most popular phones of the last 20 years?
 
here is an overview of all the biggest selling phones during the past two decades:
 
1996: Motorola StarTAC, one of the first flip phones sold 60 million
1998: Nokia 5110 with its changeable covers is thought to have sold more than 160 million
1999: Nokia 3210 One of the first phones without an antenna, the Nokia 3210 sold over 160 million units
2000: Nokia 3310 with extra features sold more than 126 million handsets
2003: Nokia 1100 sold more than 250 million units
2004: Nokia's 2600 offered one of the first set of desktop tools and sold more than 135 million units.
2005: Nokia 110  popular in developing countries and sold more than 250 million.
2006: Nokia 1600 sold more than 130 units.
2007: Nokia 1200 was snapped up 150 million times.
2008: Apple iPhone 3G: Over 12 million people bought Apple's second generation iPhone.
2009: Apple iPhone 3GS: Some 35 million.
2010: Nokia 5230 with free amps sold 150 million units.
2011: Apple iPhone 4S sold 83 million units despite battery criticism.
2012: Samsung's Galaxy SII and SIII sold 40 million units.
2013: Galaxy S4, sold 40 million units.
2014: Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus sold 74.5 million handsets - 34,000 an hour at peak.
 
 
 
 
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I just wonder if it will be untrackable like the old Nokia (Drug dealers love the old one) - I know in won't be 

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