76 points

Another reboot?

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That’s what I thought. They have already relaunched 3310 few years back.

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22 points

The problem is the previous one only has 2G, and the 2G networks will soon be shut down, hence why they’re making a 4G version.

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21 points

They put out 3G and 4G models of the 3210 and 8110 in 2017 and 2018. But yeah it’s probably time to refresh as most of the 3G networks have been sunsetted.

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6 points

An easy cashgrab, perhaps?

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2 points

The previous reboot was a marketing stunt. The Nokia factory was acquired by Microsoft and the thing they made is actually pretty nice. It supports WhatsApp, maps, snake, etc

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53 points

And I will bet money that the reboot is going to a cheaper shitier version of the original.

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20 points

Running buggy laggy unsupported KaiOS at that.

Imagine if Nokia had risen from the dead and continued the N900 line.

How cool a Maemo PDA would be now with all the spying sloppily made crap around.

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I hate how Microsoft sent a new CEO to Nokia, who then tanked the company, got them bought by Microsoft, and then was rehired in another role by Microsoft.

What makes it even worse is that they couldn’t even keep Nokia going once they did their takeover.

I’m still furious about the whole thing. It’s insane they got away with such blatant market manipulation. Microsoft is untouchable.

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Me too. I always thought of Nokia as genuine innovator’s delivery good products. Not fantastic products. But good products with CONSUMERS in mind and their usage habits, rather than designing phones around optimizing selling us things.

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43 points

Wasn’t it already rebooted not so long ago?

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23 points

Sure was. Seems all Nokia can do now is make middling Android phones or try to cash in on nostalgia.

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31 points

This isn’t Nokia. It’s HMD. They just paid to be allowed to slap the “Nokia” label on their devices and shape them like those old Nokia phones.

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25 points

It’s not just nostalgia. I absolutely want a phone I can throw at a wall and put back together without it costing me money.

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27 points

Yea, but the modern ones aren’t like that. No company would make the mistake of making a high quality durable product these days. No profit in that.

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7 points

A modern smartphone has a screen that’s going to break. Those old phones had a block of plastic that was an LCD screen and then some buttons made out of some form of rubbery sponge.

They broke all the time, the point was that you could just put them back together again in 30 seconds. Everything is glued in place now, so when shock happens they rip and snap.

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12 points

The actual Nokia hasn’t been in the mobile phone business for a decade. They sold it all to Microsoft in 2014 with a licence deal for using the Nokia name, and they then sold it to HMD Mobile in 2016. That name deal should expire this year, but they might renew it.

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9 points

Yeah, but the 3G networks are pretty much all gone, and iirc even the 4G reboots didn’t support a ton of LTE bands.

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9 points

Different model.

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34 points

I miss the designs. Nokia, sony, Motorola…. All trying stuff.

We gave up a lot to carry these black mirrors around.

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16 points

Are you sure you don’t just want another camera stuck to the back? Maybe you have one too many external ports?

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6 points

And as a bonus, they (at least the Nokias and Ericssons) could be used as weapons.

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The battery is kind of important so any place that could be used for a gimmick is better used for a bigger battery. Back then I don’t think anyone cared about battery size. I just charged my phone when it ran out.

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Cos batteries lasted about a week before they had to power 5” super bright LCDs

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