HMD is relaunching the iconic Nokia 3310 phone:
Nokia has sold 126 million of its original 3310 phone since it was first introduced back in September, 2000. It was a time before the iPhone, and Nokia ruled with popular handsets that let you play simple games like Snake. Now the 3310 is making a nostalgic return in the form of a more modern variant, thanks to Nokia-branded phone maker HMD. Like its predecessor, it will still be called the Nokia 3310, but this time it's running Nokia's Series 30+ software, with a 2.4-inch QVGA display, a 2-megapixel camera, and even a microSD slot.
The original Nokia 3310's battery had a 900 or 1000 mAh capacity depending on the model. This one has a 1200 mAh battery, but supposedly allows 22 hours of talk time, ten times that of the original. The new version weighs 79.6 grams, versus 133 grams for the original.
The price for this throwback? 49 euros.
Here's a lot of pictures of the device.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 27 2017, @10:00PM (5 children)
even a microSD slot.
This might be exactly the phone I've been looking for. If it plays FLACs, I'll buy 10. If it just plays MP3s, that's fine since I should still have a script around here somewhere to do the replaygain and transcoding (you have to adjust gain before the mp3 encode--mp3gain seems like it makes coarse adjustment only), and I'll buy one.
(Score: 3, Funny) by takyon on Monday February 27 2017, @11:04PM (1 child)
Aren't there feature phones on the market with a similar feature set and half or a third of the price? That price seems way too high to me, so despite whatever extra bump in quality it brings, I don't see why you would buy 10.
Plus on the Wikipedia page for the original, some guy made it into the news for using his for 17 years. Maybe 1-3 is a better quantity given that you could throw it at a brick wall and it will still work.
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(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday February 28 2017, @12:16AM
Who will work? The wall? No, it won't; even if the wall doesn't crack and fall instantly, you should call a structural engineer to assess the damage.
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by wonkey_monkey on Monday February 27 2017, @11:28PM (2 children)
(you have to adjust gain before the mp3 encode--mp3gain seems like it makes coarse adjustment only)
How fine does it need to be? 1db is apparently the smallest perceptible adjustment under laboratory conditions, and mp3gain does 1.5db steps.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @12:55AM
Maybe I had the wrong parameters. Otherwise those were very large 1.5db steps.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @06:01PM
never argue with an audiophile or a wine snob or an epeen.