The new Nokia phones are here: Nokia 6, 5, 3 & 3310

I really, really wish someone would make a smaller Android device. I was hoping the Nokia 3 would be it, but alas.<p>Surely I&#x27;m not alone and there is a market out there? The iPhone SE sells well, and will be my next phone after I lost my trust in Sony&#x27;s compact Android devices.

Am I the only person who was hoping for an actual re-vamp of the 3310? ie. a b&#x2F;w screen (always on, easy to read in direct sunlight). Perhaps updated for 3&#x2F;4G networks and modern chargers, and maybe without some of the bugs.<p>Right now I&#x27;m rocking an ageing 8310; the buttons are worn out and, one of the more interesting problems with running a &#x27;classic&#x27; phone is that the contacts erode a modern SIM card every 6 months or so.<p>Today we got a curvy &#x27;featurephone&#x27; with a camera, which is valid, but feels like that&#x27;s something already out there.

Why does every phone these days come out looking like the standard rounded-corners slate? Have companies stopped innovating on phone design anymore... are rounded-corners superior for deflecting drops or something?<p>I yearn for the days when we got unique designs like the Nokia 6820&#x2F;E70&#x2F;N95, the Sony Ericsson M600i, Moto Razr (as junky as that phone was), etc. Even the Nokia Icon was an edgier but classy design. I just went with a Sony Xperia XZ recently because it&#x27;s one of the few smartphones that seemed like the engineers bothered to apply a modicum of creativity&#x2F;differentiation to the physical design.

The best thing in these new phones is vanilla no-clutter Android with tight integration (both directions) with Google&#x2F;Android. These get just as fast updates, upgrades and fixes as Pixel phones.

They should revive the N900 platform by offering Maemo&#x2F;Meego in Nokia 6, 5 or 3. Would cost little and bring in tons of loyal followers.<p>It&#x27;s an antifragile plan. They would have to invest little to port and keep Maemo running on these new terminals. But if it takes off it can give great ROI. Also, it buys them independence and differentiation.<p>They should also provide AOSP for these phones, so that we don&#x27;t get yet another Android terminal that gets no updates past a few months. It&#x27;d be nice to have alternatives for pricy Pixels to run CopperheadOS.

So, three generic aluminium-clad Androids made by Foxconn, and one more cute basic phone on the rather awful Series 30+ platform [1]. I wasn&#x27;t expecting anything else, really, but still feeling a bit disappointed...<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Series_30%2B" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Series_30%2B</a>

€49, 1 month battery, no distraction.<p>$600, 12 hr battery, tells me every 10 minutes how the world goes down the drain.<p>Mmmmh...

I am impressed with the prices. Sure the core specs are nothing amazing but if it has the excellent Nokia build quality I think I will pick one up.

&gt; Play the classic Snake<p>I was kind of hoping from this statement that it actually was the <i>classic</i> version of snake on the 3310. But it&#x27;s not, you can see in the video that it&#x27;s a modern version. Not that that&#x27;s necessarily bad except for nostalgic reasons.

Why would they &quot;reimagine&quot; the UI and shell of the 3310? Isn&#x27;t the point of re-releasing a device like that to get the people who love the old one exactly as it is?

The full specs page for the 3310 says it&#x27;s a 2G phone. That must be an error? Verizon and AT&amp;T have both started the shutdown of their 2G networks.

Disappointed with the 3310 being Dual Band 2G only. If it had a modern 3G chipset in it I would happily throw down money for it.<p>As it stands its a curious oddity.

I wonder what &quot;we’ll make sure you keep getting regular updates&quot; really means. Regular updates and prompt security updates the moment Google publishes them are two different things. Considering that even Google&#x27;s support of its own devices is somewhat abysmal (three years of security updates _at best_) and that almost all 3rd party vendors don&#x27;t push security updates fast enough I&#x27;m not confident that Nokia will be any better.

Personally, I&#x27;m excited for the Nokia 6. It ticks mostly all the right boxes.<p>I hope they have similar build quality as the Lumia 920 although that seems unlikely.

I don&#x27;t understand why companies have such a hard time crafting smartphones that are as good looking as Xiaomi or Apple devices. The front of the 5 &amp; 6 is acceptable, but the back just kills it for me. Also the 5 looks the best in my opinion but the specs are so bad that I&#x27;d not even consider it

As an Android developer, I don&#x27;t know whether I should be happy that this knowledge is basically applicable on all kind of electronic device or lament that the competition has been so thoroughly obliterated.

Of the many people I know who say they yearn for a &#x27;dumbphone&#x27; (feature phone), I&#x27;ve yet to see anyone I know actually make the nostalgic leap. I don&#x27;t think the Nokia 3310 would achieve that either.<p>The long battery life of feature phones is fantastic, and I could certainly type faster with T9.<p>The experience often falls apart when you want to join a group text, book an Uber, get directions etc. There are lo-fi versions of these, but the experience is bad enough to just not be worth it.

I remember my Nokia 3310 clearly. I still think I can type texts faster using that than I can on my iPhone now. It just required that you memorize the built-in dictionary.

Does anyone know what apps you can run on the 3310 and if you can perhaps &#x27;sideload&#x27; them? I see an &#x27;O&#x27; - would that be Opera Mini? That would be nice, also I am not sure but wasn&#x27;t there a version of Whatsapp running on the older Series 30+ Nokia phone? If so, such a phone would be ideal for hikes. Add water resistance and for 50$ you have an amazing thing in a small form factor with long battery life.

They mention durable earphones.That&#x27;s important - really big different at public transportation or a busy workplace.<p>But more interesting would be earphones with decent noise cancellation, which get power from the phone. Huawei has those at $80. But earphones are delicate.<p>If Nokia can them long lasting - and create good demo videos showing the real effects on user life - they may have a nice niche.

I&#x27;m very excited about the promise of security updates for Android.

So my masseuse came on the weekend and she had Nokia 3310 (for 15 years I think she said). She&#x27;s saying the battery still lasts 10 days on a single charge and doesn&#x27;t want to change it.<p>My question is - would this new shiny thingy last as long as well or everything is going to get drained by bells, whistles, emojis, big emojis, animated emojis etc?

Engadget&#x27;s coverage <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.engadget.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;02&#x2F;26&#x2F;nokia-android-smartphone-global-launch&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.engadget.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;02&#x2F;26&#x2F;nokia-android-smartphone...</a>

&gt; In a world that is more disconnected than ever, what we really need to do is unite.<p>Totally agree, however not sure how they are doing this by introducing new phones.

&gt;Max. standby time Up to 31 days<p>Good old 3310

&gt;... whilst the 2.4” polarized and curved screen window makes for better readability in sunlight.<p>As opposed to the perfect sunlight readability of the original monochrome transflective screen the 3310 had.<p>I have a Nokia 1100. I&#x27;ve had the thing for over 10 years. It appears that I will run out of 2G networks to connect it to before I can buy a technologically more advanced phone.

Can someone with mobile spec reading skills speak to the 3310 as a travel phone?<p>I&#x27;m an immigrant living in the US, interested in a dumber phone to use when travelling across US border. I mainly travel to Sweden, but would be keen on a phone that works well across Europe, South America and, if possible, south east Asia.<p>The somewhat modern GUI, coupled with good battery time and dual sim seems appealing - or?

I really like how the 3, 5 and 6 are going to come in dual-SIM options too. Great for vacation or having one device for work and private.

Right timing for the launch -- Google just discontinued its Nexus line leaving only a few options for non-premium stock Android phone.

Is it true in the U.K. that Carphone Warehouse has the exclusive rights to sell these and the only way to get a 3310 is on a contract?

I wish Apple let others use macOS and iOS on other hardware.<p>I got a Y6II and Android is about 1000 times more frustrating than iOS, while the hardware and price are great.<p>I also like macOS better than all other platforms, but hate paying so much for Apple&#x27;s outdated hardware.

&quot;In a world that is more disconnected than ever&quot;<p>How is this in any possible way true?

My wife just messaged me about this saying: &quot;I&#x27;m finally on-trend!&quot;.<p>She still uses her old Nokia as an alarm and normal phone.<p>Uses a wifi-connected smartphone for everything else.<p>Don&#x27;t ask me why.

There does not seem to be much difference between the Nokia 3310 and the Nokia 220 &#x2F; 215 &#x2F; 108 that have been around for at least 2 years.

<p><pre><code> &gt; United we have more fun </code></pre> That&#x27;s the slogan for Nokia 6. Is this a play on politics du jour, now permeating even consumer campaigns?

Where were you six months ago! I&#x27;d have jumped at a Nokia 6 android phone.<p>Also six years ago before the whole MS kerfuffle...

Too bad they didn&#x27;t jump on the Android bandwagon years ago when they were still in good shape.

Does anybody know about the build quality? Is it on par with what Nokia was known for?

Nokia is really giving highlight to the word &quot;Android&quot; on these copies.

Any word on whether it can tether?<p>Dumbphone + tethered netbook could be a killer combo.

Looks promising, but no USB-C is a deal breaker for me.

No bluetooth?