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New edition of the 6310: "weeks" battery life, 2.8-inch screen and large buttons
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The retro trend does not stop at the mobile phone market either: Nokia has been offering a 6310 model for sale again since Tuesday.
Nothing remains of the technology of the cell phone classic of the early 2000s, but the new edition has not become a smartphone either.
This is ensured not least by the fact that the phone can only connect to the cellular network via the GSM 900/1800 standard.
According to the manufacturer, the mobile phone offers one thing above all for 59.90 euros: "weeks" of battery life.
In addition, Nokia introduces a 2.8-inch screen, larger buttons, new and enlarged menus and larger font options.
The phone with its polycarbonate casing can also do multimedia - at least from a retro perspective.
An integrated VHF radio and an MP3 player can provide entertainment as well as the game »Snake«.
The built-in camera has a modest resolution of 0.3 megapixels, there is a slot for a MicroSD card with up to 32 gigabytes, and the internal memory has 8 megabytes.
Originally, the company hmd, which sells the Nokia phones as a licensee, wanted to bring the new device onto the market as early as August.
But the shortage of chips and problems with the supply chains that are currently bothering so many companies delayed the launch of the 6310, as the company told SPIEGEL.
No LTE telephony
Nokia puts the battery life in standby mode at up to 22 days and the talk time at more than 19 hours.
The battery is removable.
The retro phone is offered in black and dark green.
Because, according to the data sheet, it does not support modern wireless connections via LTE, the 6310 is unlikely to be compatible with the cell phone networks of all countries.
Switzerland, for example, began taking the GSM network out of operation as early as 2020, and many of these networks have also been switched off in the USA.
Other countries are likely to follow suit.
In Germany there is so far no definite date for the end of the GSM network.
hpp / dpa
