Nokia 3310 returns

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Nokia 3310 returns

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After 17 years .. Nokia 3310 "Everyone's favorite phone"
http://guff.com/after-17-years-nokia-is ... rite-phone

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If I didn't use my phone for more than just making calls I would get one.
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Haystack wrote:If I didn't use my phone for more than just making calls I would get one.
probably 10 years ago, i got a "free" Samsung Convoy phone. i chose it because it was supposed to be more rugged, and easier to use+read. i planned to be outside in the garden, thot that would be best. it's held up fine. most of my calls are with family.

i probably had a Nokia 3310 .. it looks familiar. i don't exactly recall.
my guess is, the Samsung Convoy is probably a lot like the 3310.

strange-to-me, i see new models of the Convoy priced from $20-200.
Verizon offers one for $8/mo for 24 months! pricey.
i'm not sure if the new models would hold up as well as this original has.

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/phones ... 680maavzw/

https://www.bonanza.com/listings/Samsun ... aQodH3ICYA

my original doesn't have all the bells+whistles the newer models have.
i don't use the ones i have, so, don't need more.

funny.
the early model was advertised, in part, as better for "older" folks.
i guess that marketing strategy didn't pay off as well as the military-theme. :lol: :dance:

now, if they would just bring back cassettes and Walkmans.
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I'd take a feature phone (feature phone = not-smart phone) if it could do voice over LTE well and have reception as strong as an iPhone or a modern high quality Android phone. Unfortunately, no such device exists.

There are rumours Apple will work on a small device aimed just at doing phone calls and Siri.
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I was interested until I saw it could still do net... a browser in that...
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"Flip-phones aren’t extinct yet. Here’s why some Canadians won’t give them up"
http://globalnews.ca/news/3738182/canad ... paign=2014
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