June 03, 2017 at 11:19AM
On Thursday, one of my colleagues threw my phone out of a fourth-floor window.
I hadn't done anything to provoke him — in fact, I asked him to. I was testing out the new Nokia 3310, and wanted to see if it could live up to the indestructible reputation of its predecessor.
The original Nokia 3310, launched in 2000, was a classic of its time. This was long before the smartphone era. There was no camera, no Wifi, not even a colour screen. But it was massive hit, and sold 126 million units worldwide.
Nokia has now relaunched the cult phone. It has been given a facelift, had a camera added, and stuffed with a swathe of extra features, and sells for £49.99. (But don't worry, Snake's still there.) But is it any good? And more importantly, is it as tough as its predecessor?
Read on to see what Business Insider thought of the Nokia 3310 — and how it fared after being thrown out a window...
First up, here's the original Nokia 3310. Now 17 years old, objectively, it's not great.
Earlier this year, the smartphone world was sent into a frenzy when the news leaked that HMD Global was releasing a new Nokia phone that would use the 3310 brand.
And then in May, it finally launched!
We also attended the London launch and you can click here to read more about it, if that's your jam »
See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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