Nokia, the Finnish mobile phone company that had sworn in its pay-off line that it was all about “Connecting People”, is fast catching up with its past. Some 17 years ago, Nokia launched the Nokia 3310, which was so loved for its ruggedness that even those who could afford the Nokia 9000 Communicator (which by then was a smart phone) opted for it. There was gloom in the mobile telephony industry when production of the Nokia 3310 was discontinued after the company was bought by Microsoft. According to Venturebeat.com, HMD Global Oy, the Finnish manufacturer with exclusive rights to market phones under the Nokia brand, is planning to announce Nokia 3, 5 and 6 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month. “But perhaps the most interesting of these devices, at least from the perspective of mobile enthusiasts, is not a smartphone at all, but a modern version of a classic workhorse of a feature phone, the Nokia 3310,” says venturebeat.com.

Source: Standard Digital February 14, 2017 19:07 UTC