14 DAY TRIAL // One of the things that everyone remembers about the original Nokia 3310 is that it was pretty much impossible to break, so you could throw it off a cliff, get it run over by a car, or play catch with the phone because after all of these, it was still working just fine.
So when Nokia launched the modern version of Nokia 3310 earlier this year, the company had no other choice than to make it at least as durable as the original model, and it turns out that some level, they did manage to achieve this.
YouTuber JerryRigEverything performed his typical durability test on a brand-new Nokia 3310, and while it fails the scratching challenge, it does perform amazingly in the case of bending.
Plastic all over the place
Getting a Nokia 3310 scratched is not quite a difficult thing to do because it’s all made of plastic, and not even the camera or the display is covered by a different material, but it all comes down to the costs, so Nokia attempted to make the phone durable without costing a fortune.
But when it comes to bending, the Nokia 3310 passes the test with flying colors, showing other manufacturers whose displays are jumping off their phones, such as BlackBerry, how it’s done. Truth be told, the Nokia 3310 does not hide the same advanced technology under the hood as a latest-generation BlackBerry, but it’s still impressive how tough this phone is given that it’s launched in 2017.
If you’re OK with dumb phones, the Nokia 3310 is certainly worth a chance, especially because it provides a very compelling mix of heritage, low price, essential features, and solid materials that you can hardly find these days. For what it’s worth, the Nokia 3310 can be yours for approximately 49 euros (around $55, as US pricing is not yet available because the phone hasn’t launched in the country).
