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Nokia 3210, Iconic Feature Phone From 25 Years Ago, Is Making A Comeback

The Nokia 3210 is possibly one of the most iconic feature phones in the world. Rightfully so as, when it was introduced way back in 1999, it was the first mass-market phone to have the antenna internally.

Now, the Nokia 3210 is finally getting the modern refresh treatment from HMD Global as they've started teasing the 2024 version of the 25-year-old classic. Sadly, the modern version looks very different from the original design. In fact, it looks closer to the also-revived Nokia 6310 2024. For one, the keypad has a call answer and drop buttons, which the original never had, and made the design drastically different. In HMD's defense, they did describe the new model as a "pairing of modern redesign with new retro interface." Hence, it still has some of the original's classic features, like the built-in Snake game, but will have a slightly unfamiliar design. The device now also has a camera on the back, which is obviously part of the "modern redesign" that HMD is talking about as it wasn't found on the original version. It's also worth noting that HMD has now included its logo on the back. This should help improve brand recognition, especially now that they have their own branded smartphones, the HMD Pulse series. Via: Nokiamob.Net

Nokia 3210 (2024) Leak: Iconic Phone Returns With Modern Redesign

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HMD Teases Nokia 3210 Rebirth, Also A Trio Of 4G Feature Phones

HMD is preparing to re-imagine another classic Nokia phone – the Nokia 3210 – and it showed a teaser at an event in Kenya (the event was for its own-branded HMD Pulse trio). There are a few things to look at, but let's start with the classic.

The re-imagined Nokia 3210 4G

While it doesn't quite have the legendary status of its successor, the venerable Nokia 3310, the 3210 was still a landmark launch for the Finnish company. Unveiled in 1999, this was the first mass market phone with an internal antenna.

Unfortunately, the pictured Nokia 3210 (2024) looks nothing like the original, the design is much closer to the re-re-imagined Nokia 6310 (2024). To be fair, HMD itself describes the new model as a "pairing of modern redesign with retro interface". And much like the original, the phone feature the Snake game.

Original Nokia 3210 • Re-imagined Nokia 3210 • Nokia 6310 (2024)

HMD also shared an image showing three feature phones, ones without so much legacy – Nokia 215 4G, Nokia 225 4G and Nokia 235 4G. The middle one leaked recently, but the other two are new. The "Nokia 215" name has been used twice before – once in 2015 and once in 2020. The "Nokia 235" name is brand new, however.

New Nokia feature phones: 215 4G, 225 4G and 235 4G

The image gives some basic details – the 215 and 235 both have 2.8" IPS displays, but the 235 has a 2MP camera, while the 215 has none. The 225 has a smaller 2.4" IPS LCD and a 2MP camera.

Something else to notice – there is now an HMD logo at the bottom, not just a Nokia logo.

As we mentioned, these images were shown at an HMD even and were reposted on X – those posts are now gone, so it seems that HMD is not quite ready to unveil the new feature phones yet.

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