We are just weeks away (days, if you are really counting) from the UK release of the new Nokia 3310.
I'm currently reading an article in the UK publication Mobile News about how the release of this phone is being hotly anticipated.
My thoughts are that it will sell well to the festival-goers, the super-clumsy and the hipsters. Some people might even buy one as a backup phone.
In the article that I'm reading it states that the new Nokia 3310 will have 32GB of internal storage - That's pretty useful, if this phone is any good as a music player.
One other thing is that this phone only has 2G connectivity; yes, it will connect to the internet, but the speeds will feel very slow compared to 3G/4G and WiFi - Plus there's also the built in web browser to contend with... Something makes me think that the heavyweight websites these days simply won't load properly on the Nokia 3310, and viewing them on the tiny screen (which requires navigation by button) will make this phone painful to use.
Still, I like that Nokia (HMD Global) are resurrecting an iconic phone, I just wish that they had decided to revamp something a little better, such as the Nokia 6700.
Most mobile phone review websites ignore feature phones such as the new Nokia 3310, but because of the Nokia name and the interest that this phone is generating, it's going to appear on at least some of those websites.
Once a decent review website actually reviews the Nokia 3310, we'll be able to see whether it's capable of being used to access normal websites.
I'm interested in the new Nokia 3310, but I'm far from preordering one.
