Nokia 8110

In a world of identikit smartphone handsets, Nokia again looks to the past with the retro-shaped 8110 – a homage to the Matrix-era bananaphone handset with an old-school sliding keypad cover.

The €79 8110 follows last year’s re-release of the 3110, but while that handset was let down by connectivity issues, the 8110 features most of the wireless technology expected in a modern phone.

Among the other Nokia-branded handsets launched by manufacturer HMD Global, the 8110 was clearly intended as a fun throwback, but also worked to raise awareness that the Nokia brand was still alive.

The overall specs are largely pointless, as this is little more than a feature phone running KaiOS, a forked version of the dead Firefox OS.

Nevertheless, the handset could prove useful as a travel device due to its 4G LTE chip, which means it could be turned into a mobile hotspot to connect other devices while travelling. Its 25-day standby battery life adds further appeal.

Although the 8110 might have piqued nostalgic interest, the company is also targeting the top-end handsets with the Nokia 8 Sirocco. The largely glass handset (including a 5.5in 2,560 x 1,440 display) features Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 processor, 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage and camera hardware from Zeiss.

KEY DIGITS AND DETAILS

Price €79 Availability

Shipping in May

Processor

Qualcomm 205 Memory 512GB Storage 4GB Battery 11-hour talk time, 25 days standby