Could I switch to a Nokia? It’s very tempting …
An Android smartphone billed as being almost impossible to bend by hand has been added to Nokia’s line-up, alongside a simpler slider model that plays on nostalgia for the 1990s.
The flagship Nokia 8 Sirocco features a steel frame and lays claim to being one of the toughest models on the market.
Meanwhile, the 8110 revives the design and name of a handset that famously featured in the Matrix movie.
Analysts say they should both build on one of last year’s big success stories. Although the devices feature Nokia’s name, they are in fact made by the Finnish start-up HMD Global.
The company made a splash at 2017’s Mobile World Congress when it unveiled the retro 3310 feature phone alongside more powerful models, and it appears that it has tried to repeat the trick at this year’s event in Barcelona this weekend.
The 8110 has a curved design – which led to the original being nicknamed the banana phone – and a keypad cover that slides down.
But unlike the version that featured in sci-fi movie The Matrix, the cover does not move on its own but must be moved by hand.
Source: BBC
