Why your Nokia phones last forever - an illustrated guide

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Medha — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:05:19 GMT

Brilliantly written! Couldn't help stopping and nodding at points that seem to be common to many users of Nokia! Nokia led the path breaking revolution of mobile handsets world over. I still recall their advertisement for the 1100 (no longer manufactured) which placed the phone's durability and resistance above all else - a quality that broke mobile phone sales records across the country, especially in tier 2 and 3 cities. The earliest Nokia phones did just what mobile handsets were supposed to do - be user friendly and damage resistant, with no frills attahced whatsoever! Even till date, the most sophisticated high end Nokia handsets don't flummox the user, they are all functionally identical, whatever may be the category of the handset. Although I have recently switched loyalties from Nokia to a Sony (being compelled to do so), I hold this mobile handset manufacturer from Finland in highest regard and the day is not far off when the rusty old Nokia 2310 moves out of the confines of my cupboard and back into action; flawlessly!

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Amit — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:31:28 GMT

I have used both Nokia 3310, 3315. These phones were real gems created by Nokia. Though they are extinct now but I would still love to have them if they are manufactured again.

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Avinash — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:50:25 GMT

I have a Nokia 6600. Though it looks bulky but its one of the best of Nokia classics.Started with around 28k in india...then dropping to 7k before the phone makers stopped making it...the phone is ultimate..its surely undestructible..i drop it daily atleast 2 times..bt it still works just fine...is loaded with a hell lot of features n installs almost all the softwares...used to be one of the best choices few yr back...now d new nokia series r v delicate..got a music express a yr back...had 2 get it repaired it 2 times..just now i carry 2 of them :)

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Rashmi — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:27:58 GMT

The nokia 3310 is definitely a classic Rajnikant gadget.. I finally gave mine to the driver two years back..and its still works fine though my driver influenced by the new kids on the block, keeps asking for a flashy replacement. My other rajnikant gadgets include a 14yr old 19'' Colour Onida TV. Have never been opened up and now we even dread that coz it definitely will have so much of kachra in it... its still works fine and is being used in the kids room till they get influenced by the new happening LCDs and Plasma.... There is a Godrej 160l refrigerotor bought in 1995... the embellishments are gone, the freezer door has been missing for many years now.. but the faithful still runs perfect, have never invited an engineer to visit the faithful... One that I cant miss is the manual FRANKA camera that mom got from bangkok in 1989. It still works perfect and she is planning to gift it to my son on his next birthday... (he will be 6 then and has already started using the digi camera.. so doubt she will get any thankyous though)

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elsa — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:05:21 GMT

i can vouch for MM's 3310. and to add insult to indestructability, its in some gleeky, glucky, puke-inducing shade of green. she sits next to me, so i know (and suffer). it even rings gleekily, for gods sake. i had one of those nokias too, the kind boadicea wouldve been proud to own, in a steely grey. and am sure it wouldve survived a wave pool, and then some. but the battery - one of those egyptian tablet look-alikes - died. and i couldnt get a replacement. i have a whole list of rajnikant gadgets. the three i most regret giving away are, in that order, 1. the first sumeet mixie i had, bought in 1986, the year i got married. worked fine till 2006, when i suddenly decided i needed a new one, for no reason except that this was 20 years old. bought the 'new improved model' that looked very much the same, except minus the trademark red and white colour combo, from 'authorised showroom' in connaught place. the speed knob came off in my hand in two days,(when i took it back to them they said, accusingly, youve broken it, so now ive just connected it to the mains) the blades can still barely grind butter, the steel jars leak if not held in place.... 2. my kelvinator frig, also bought in 1986. also worked fine till 2006, when i decided i needed an upgrade. the samsung i have now is an organiser's nightmare. if i put two dabbas in, it looks crowded. we can never find anything. the old one was accommodating, generous, comforting, like mama's bosom. so what if it leaked occasionally. 3. my anjali coconut scraper, bought in the nineties. the new one is some other model, the suction pad at the bottom (used to stick it to the kitchen counter) comes unstuck in minutes. something wrong with the circumference of the blades (physics was never my strong point) or what, grated coconut sprays off in various directions, except onto plate/dish below, so now i barricade the surrounding region with paper to catch all errant bits. woe is me. something about old models. like old wine, i guess.

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foreverNokia — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:10:24 GMT

My 3310 has been handed down through many people in the family and still works. And its just 7 years 'young'! Another solid Nokia is/was Nokia 5210 - a shiny steel bod covered with industrial grade rubberised shell. This one's even tougher than 3310. Others to make the honor roll - E62 (many a road bumps, scratches, et al, but still works like a charm and looks damn good for a 2-yr phone)

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MM — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:33:12 GMT

I still use my 6-year-old 3310... or is it 3315 Asian ed? Indestructible would be right---except the husband managed to crack his clamshell open on day 2 after purchase. By the simply expedient of placing it in his jeans pocket and pulling a keyboard drawer onto/into it! For a while, said phone wavered in the twilight zone: even with a new cover, it acted a little haunted---the display would flip (so you had to hold it up to a mirror to read/type an sms) or simply go blank. It did recover eventually though, and apart from the odd sticky button and rather tinny mike, is still in use. On the other hand, it might be said that unbashable gadgets run in the family. The Braun mixie that my father got back in 1972 is still happily grinding away, the only casualty being its glass jar (demise 1992, at age 20, owing to the pater's attempt to grind dry turmeric rhizomes therein). Then again, no National nor Panasonic music systems have survived more than 2 years in the same household... The Singer sewing machine from 1962 is still operational, though, despite the plywood covers having crumbled quite away. Ditto the 1987 Grundig tape player that has survived many a school concert's worth of being stepped, on dunked in chips and cola, and being trailed through a Kolkata monsoon's worth of downpours

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rumram — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:04:29 GMT

Nokia must have fired the guys who designed the 3310. After all, how many indestructible phones can you sell?

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Abinav — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:52:35 GMT

Oh! You haven't tried Nokia 1600...

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foo — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:36:36 GMT

I have a 3315 bought some 5 yrs back still working while a Motorola and a Sony purchased after that lasted a little over one year both.

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Anup — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:46:54 GMT

Hilarious Sidin! My favourite is Nokia 3120, its best model so far in my opinion. After many abuses I finally gave up and threw it in the drawers. My father discovered the gem and now takes care of the phone as if it's(he is) my youngest brother. I am convinced he will pass that to his grandchildren in his will.