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Final yr, Nokia revived the archetype Nokia 3310, its iconic "candybar" phone renowned for being essentially indestructible to beings without access to vibranium, adamantium, or an Infinity Gauntlet. This yr, the company is plumbing the depths bringing another nostalgia-fueled design back to market, with the re-launch of the Nokia 8110.

The Nokia 8110'southward claim to fame is its cursory-but-pivotal function in The Matrix. Early in the 1999 film, Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) calls Neo (Keanu Reeves) to warn him that agents of the Matrix are closing in on his position. Over the next few minutes, Morpheus guides Neo through his role and out on to the side of the skyscraper, before Neo is ultimately caught. You lot tin see a video of the scene beneath:

One thing to note is that the Nokia 8110 didn't actually take a spring-loaded snap slider as depicted in The Matrix, and this new telephone won't, either. That's a little odd, given that Nokia really did release a spring-snap device to evangelize The Matrix's on-screen capabilities in the form of the Nokia 7110. Plainly actually replicating the hardware people saw on-screen retroactively was a bit besides expensive to be applied.

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Last year's announcement of the Nokia 3110 drove a lot of traffic, only the final device was underwhelming — a bottom-end feature phone gussied up in a fancy housing, only ultimately showcasing underwhelming features even compared with others of its type. This time around, Nokia has upgraded some of the internals over the 3310, though the specs nonetheless aren't going to impress anyone used to smartphones. The Nokia 3310 used an ARM7EJ-S CPU, a scrap originally introduced in 2001. The Nokia 8110 is based on the Qualcomm 205, which Qualcomm states uses two Cortex-A53 CPUs at 1.1GHz. That's nevertheless anemic, heed you lot, simply it'south much less anemic than a unmarried-core CPU with an ISA that was new at the outset of George W. Bush'southward offset term.

Other specs include 4GB of storage, a 2MP rear camera, 320×240 QVGA display, LTE, 802.11n, Bluetooth back up, FM radio, headphone jack, and a 1500mAh battery. It will be bachelor in black or yellow. It isn't articulate if Nokia will bring either phone to the US and the visitor hasn't announced anything nearly price. Last year, the 3110 took burn for being substantially more expensive than other devices in its performance class. It remains to exist seen if the 8110 dodges this bullet or gets smacked past it as well.