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[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That Nokia was never a shitbox though. That was an excellent product when it launched and you’ll have a hard time finding owners who disliked it. Heck, you’re liable to get an earful for disparaging it, and rightfully ao.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Absolutely, I would also argue the same for the Hilux

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Really wish they sold the Hilux in the USA

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They did from 1972-1995. They just called it the pickup and styled a few things different, but otherwise it's the exact same glorious truck.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you're badass enough that they named a war after you, you're doing something right as a vehicle builder for sure.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Unless you're driving a Volkswagen Gulf

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I prefer the slightly newer 3410. It has a better button layout and added features such as web browser, picture editor and downloadable games (my grandma somehow has the long-lost first ever 3D Java game Munkiki's Castles on hers, which has been in daily use for 20 years). However, they are so similar that their later revisions only differed by the button placement and firmware (see Janus Cycle's video).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yowza, that man certainly violated that 3310 in ways it's going to remember. That's a neat piece of hardware for sure.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Funny how he flashed the firmware and struggled with the incompatible button layout rather than getting a cheap second-hand 3410, even a broken one would do (are there any broken ones, though?)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Well clearly, it's not about having a working 3410, but rather to show the progression of the 3310 hardware.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you’ll have a hard time finding owners who disliked it

Well hello there. It's been more than 20 years, but I remember the keyboard on that thing being complete garbage. It was mushy, yet knee-dialing all the time with no automatic locking. And keyboard lock was some stupid unwieldy two-hand combination. The UI was extremely clunky too with only one button and two arrows pointing who knows where, and those arrows keys tended to get sticky over time. Also it was overly heavy and bulky, with a terribly attached back cover giving it a false sense of robustness - it shattered in pieces just like any other phone of that era. I think it was rather power hungry, too, I'm not sure, but I definitely did change the battery a couple of times. Overall, though, not a terrible phone by any means, but it was neither the most advanced nor the cheapest option, just the most widely marketed one right around the time when mobile phones started booming and ended up as a lot of people's first one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

See, I had one as well. I always had proper belt cases on my phones, so I never experienced any butt dialling or back cover issues. The keyboard lock was annoying for sure.

I always loved the weight and size of that phone generation. I’ve got giant hands and later phones just felt too small to comfortably use. Heck, I’d buy one of those giant brick phones if they sold a decent one. Give me that two week battery life!