While it will retain its original design, the 2024 version of the Nokia 3210 is nonetheless expected to feature a slightly larger and colour screen (6 cm, compared with the original 3.8 cm), a 2-Megapixel camera and a USB-C port for charging.

It will be 4G compatible and able to accommodate a microSD card to boost its storage space. The cherry on the cake is that the phone will still feature the famous Snake game. Its release is likely to be made official sometime in May.

This is not the first time that Nokia, now owned by Finnish group HMD Global, has played the nostalgia card.

For several years now, the brand has multiplied its releases of revisited iconic models. This has already been the case with the 3310 and the 8110, each time slightly updated.

While this type of device is primarily aimed at those nostalgic for the brand’s history, it also appeals to users looking to bypass the time-sink of a smartphone.

Hence, the small but no less significant success over the past few years of dumbphones, devices offering only basic functions, ie, making calls, sending and receiving SMS, a calendar and a few pre-installed games, a calculator and a camera.

These phones are aimed at anyone who wants to disconnect from all kinds of notifications and social networks. Nowadays, switching off from social media has become a real selling point. Just like nostalgia.