The Nokia 3210 is one of the best-known (cell)phones of all time. It was announced by Nokia back in 1999, and a ton of people owned it at some point or other. The company sold 160 million copies of the device. Having said that, the Nokia 3210 is now back after 25 years, well, kind of.
The legendary Nokia 3210 is back in a new body after a 25-year hiatus
As many of you know, HMD (Human Mobile Devices) has a license to launch Nokia devices. We’ve seen a number of them getting re-released in new bodies over the years, like the Nokia 3310, and it’s now turn for one of the most popular, if not the most popular of them all.
I owned the original Nokia 3210 back in the day, and it was a joy to use back then. It was top-heavy, which I remember as it was yesterday, but the UI was great, and the buttons were so clicky and nice for typing. Ah… the good old days of typing on a phone while not looking at the keys.
In any case, you can see the original Nokia 3210 and the new one side-by-side in the image below. Nokia decided to make that upper portion of the device a bit wider so that it at least somewhat resembles the original.
Needless to say, these two phones don’t have all that much in common other than that, and the name. That is not surprising considering that it has been 25 years since the original arrived. Think of this phone as a reimagination of the original Nokia 3210.
It has a nice T9 keyboard, 4G support, and the Snake game too
You will notice a T9 keyboard, with some additional buttons above it. Answer and decline call buttons are there, as are navigation buttons, and an ‘OK’ button in the middle, plus two additional keys.
With that being said, the new Nokia 3210 does have 4G support, even though it’s not technically a smartphone. It also includes a 1,450mAh battery and a 2-megapixel camera on the back. An LED flash is also included on the back. The original phone did not include a camera at all, by the way.
I bet some of you are wondering if the ‘Snake’ game is included, and it is! We don’t know how similar it is to the original, but HMD probably decided to include something rather similar. The Snake game on the Nokia 3210 is also kind of legendary.
The new Nokia 3210 comes in Scuba Blue, Grunge Black, and Y2K Gold color options. The device is priced at €79/£74.99 in Europe, in case you’re interested in getting one.