Nokia has re-launched the 3310, perhaps the most-loved phone in history. But it's not actually going to work in much of the world.
The phone was met with delight – including by The Independent's reviewer – when it was revealed Mobile World Congress, with Nokia showing off a phone that even improved the battery life on the old mobile. HMD Global, which now owns the Nokia brand, will sell it for just £40 and when it launches this summer.
While many parts of the phone have been updated, the new version of the handset still communicates with networks using the same old frequencies: 900 MHz and 1800 MHz, used for the kind of 2G communications that sent calls and texts before mobile internet caught on. But those frequencies have already been turned off in much of the world – including in the US and Canada – and they are gradually being switched off in many of the countries that still use them, too.
