Counterclockwise: Nokia 3310 and and its family tree

01 October 2017
Tracing the roots of the legendary phone two decades back.

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  • 08 Jan 2023

People forgot how the Nokia 3510 is the first popular phone with polyphonic ringtones

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    • AnonD-716539
    • XSx
    • 17 Nov 2017

    Carol, 02 Oct 2017Actually all apple killed was the era of rightfully priced ... moreWell said.
    These days so called smartphones are seen in the hand of such people who are not that smart themselves that they would need a smartphone.

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      • AnonD-441601
      • SH3
      • 07 Oct 2017

      Dan, 05 Oct 20178310 was monochrome Sorry i mean 7210.

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        • Dan
        • mcx
        • 05 Oct 2017

        AnonD-441601, 04 Oct 2017Agree. my 8310 was probbably the first phone with colored d... more8310 was monochrome

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          • AnonD-441601
          • SH3
          • 04 Oct 2017

          Anonymous, 02 Oct 2017Similar here.I for one had 6210,and it costed me 600DM(deut... moreAgree. my 8310 was probbably the first phone with colored display also it boast some other stats and specs unever seen before in any phone. And it was very luxury in hand like a precious jewel.

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            • Anonymous
            • UD{
            • 04 Oct 2017

            3110 was my first phone.
            feeling so cool that time when I first had it. hahhaa

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              • Anonymous
              • Q5i
              • 03 Oct 2017

              someone who know how to create a game please bring back the " SPACE IMPACT " that can be downloaded on playstore I think that is a HUGE HIT !! make sense :)

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                • Anonymous
                • IV8
                • 03 Oct 2017

                My first experience with Nokia was Nokia 5110 with Snake and Xpress on covers.. By the time 3310 came it out it felt like a revolution with its internal antenna, Snake 2 game and Space Impact, ringtone composer and picture editor.. It also has threaded sms and voice dialling.. Oh the memory

                  My first phone was Nokia 2100 in 2002. It hurts snake 2, space impact and one more game preinstalled. Costed me a bomb at that time but lasted like forever.

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                    • KMB877
                    • Y7c
                    • 02 Oct 2017

                    The best basic cell I ever owed was Nokia 2110. Later, I got the 3310, but it proved itself to have the reception less good than 2110 and way less resistant when dropped e few floors on concrete stairs.

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                      • saikiran
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                      • 02 Oct 2017

                      Thanks to the article it brought back lot of memories.. these days mobiles area just gadgets but in those days they were part of our memories, loved Nokia in it's full glory hope HMD will live up to that expectations.. As of now their design language is not up to the mark as Nokia does.. Nokia is known for bold design that others inspire and desire to have...HMD bring back the old Nokia team and show the world why Nokia is God of design language

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                        • Stunna1x
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                        • 02 Oct 2017

                        This is a great article...i wish you could do a series where you do this for differentvphones per week. Please think sbout it. Great idea.

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 02 Oct 2017

                          AnonD-441601, 02 Oct 2017Well had 8310 as my first phone. Paid 20k slovak crowns for... moreSimilar here.I for one had 6210,and it costed me 600DM(deutsch mark remember those) on a 2 year contract :)
                          Fckin expensive,but worth every phening... the best phone ever!

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                            • Carol
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                            • 02 Oct 2017

                            Anonymous, 02 Oct 2017Thank God, Apple killed this era of basic mobile phones. It... moreActually all apple killed was the era of rightfully priced smartphone adding a whooping 300 euros to their pockets, per device. And , if we count the fact that nokia smartphones were made in Finland and Germany and their employees, were no 100 euros people, actually being above 2000 euros paid workers, we can ad another 200. And not to be left behind, cause IT IS the most important, we can safely claim apple reinvented slavery. Youp, apple did a lot of nothing. But let's go back to smartphones. Smartphones are as old as you most probably, if not older;). So, this is not the era of smartphones. It is just the era of people using them without knowing what the hack they're doing;). Before, the smartphone users were actually people that needed them and most important: knew how to use them. Now, they are in a lot of wrong hands.

                              If there would be some true successor it would look like credit card already with todays tech.

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                                • 02 Oct 2017

                                I really have to thank GsmArena for this article
                                and of course i have to thank Nokia for all those excellent quality products.

                                We are waiting more articles that will bring back good memories
                                and that will help readers to share their stories here.

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                                  • 02 Oct 2017

                                  Vegetaholic, 01 Oct 20173330 didint support polyphonic ringtones, only monophonic, ... moreActually it supported duophonic ringtones

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                                    • Lighting McQueen
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                                    • 02 Oct 2017

                                    Honestly the best Nokia in the 3310s family is the Nokia 3410

                                      Anonymous, 02 Oct 2017Yep was about to mention 3350 and 3530.. They also miss out... moreThe 3350 is an Asia Pacific-only version of the 3330 so I skipped it in the interest of keeping things concise. Same for the 3530.

                                      As for things like the ringtone composer and picture messages, I skipped them on purpose - I think I can dedicate a whole article just on those things. I think it's fitting now that we're about to get RCS messaging, the first major upgrade since MMS (though with WhatsApp and the like you have to wonder if anyone will care about RCS).

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                                        • gelo
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                                        • 02 Oct 2017

                                        3100 was my last nokia phone before switching to sony ( sony ericsson). it's a gaming phone back then. hey, you forgot to mention the nokia 3200 - the first nokia phone with a built in camera.