In Review: Nokia 3310

And so back is the Nokia 3310, trending all over the world for its economical price, durability and the features. The hype around it is real. While some are eager to get their hands on this feature phone, others are skeptical to buy it or not.

What’s in the box:

The box contains the following items

• Nokia 3310
• Micro USB wall charger
• 3.5 mm headset
• Quick start guide
• Warranty

The Nokia 3310 is a cheap feature phone, that feels even cheaper. Its front and back plates are made of somewhat low-grade plastic that scratches at the slightest touch. No matter how careful you are with the phone, you will see permanent streaks appear on its body from day one. There isn’t even a hint of glass or metal anywhere, which makes for a device that lets out cracking sounds every time you press anything, similar to a cheap plastic toy.

When it comes to the buttons, the numeric keypad is pretty comfortable and easy to use, but the navigation buttons are way too small for a grown adult’s hands. This made for the extremely unpleasant feeling of the buttons digging into our fingertips every time we had to scroll through a menu.

The new Nokia 3310 runs on a proprietary firmware known as Series 30+. Overall, the software seems to work okay, and it’s pretty responsive. It features the Opera Mini browser, which is a staple for feature phones these days, and even a small app store of its own. It also supports standard Java applications, so if you happen to have a nostalgia-powered folder of .jar games lying around somewhere on your hard drive, now would be the time for one last go.

Screen/ Display:

The phone comes with a 2.4-inch 240 x 320 pixels screen, which is perfectly normal, but when it comes to the on-board memory, the device is severely lacking.

Internal storage: The 16 MB of storage are so insufficient if it were a full use phone. But since this is a featured phone, meant for calls and sms in basic sense, one should not rely on its memory.

Call Quality: The call quality on the Nokia 3310 is pretty good for a phone in its range.

Battery Time: What about the promised one month of battery life? Well, sorry to disappoint you, but that’s just the standby time. If you happen to connect a Bluetooth headset to it, or you play some games, you will get 2 to 3 days out of the 1,200 mAh power pack, at most.