Nokia 5710 slider phone hides built-in wireless headphones

HMD Global has announced three new Nokia feature phones and according to think tank IDC, the global market for feature phones is valued at $1 billion. If you squint, the year might be 1999.

Feature phones are still a significant market as older users are ditching smartphones and the younger generation is trying to wean themselves off their smartphones.

But these new phones are far from stupid. What gives the game away are the wireless headphones hidden by a retractable mechanism at the back of the Nokia 5710 XpressAudio, one of three new feature phones from HMD, the Finnish company that licenses the Nokia phone brand.

Echoing the recent reboot of the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic, the new 5710 XpressAudio has a similar look in black and red or white and red, but with matching wireless headphones that can be stowed away, stored and charged in a compartment on the back. devices.

It will cost just £74.99 when it launches in July – not a bad price for a phone with included wireless headphones that can also be connected to other devices.

If not for this decisively 21^st. feature of the century, the new version of the Nokia 8210, first released in 1999, could fool some that we are back in the days before the millennium.

The 8210 was a true classic Nokia phone, which at the time was one of the smallest cellular devices ever made. The new 2022 version is part of HMD’s Nokia Original line, which previously released the 3310. The 8210 adds 4G connectivity for voice over LTE, a larger 2.8-inch display, and built-in WhatsApp for more modern connectivity.

If you’d rather flip than slide your next phone, then there’s also the new Nokia 2660 Flip, a design based on, you guessed it, the 2007 Nokia 2660. HMD recommends it to people over 55 because of its long battery life, hearing aid compatibility and large buttons, but this is a phone for those who want to forgo features and dive into a digital detox. In the UK it will cost £64.99 in black, blue or red.

Three phones will arrive in parts of Europe as well, while a similar version of the 2660 Flip has already been released in the US, for some reason called the 2760 Flip instead.

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Make no mistake, these new phones aren’t smartphones, but when HMD promises the 8210 has “weeks of battery life like the good old days,” it’s hard not to get nostalgic and a little tempted to splash money on one of them. The 8210 4G will go on sale at the end of July in sand, red and blue for £64.99 in the UK.

HMD also announced the new Nokia T10 Android tablet, the successor to the T20, which we reviewed and scored a solid 7/10 over last year.

The company told us in a briefing that it’s aimed at both the consumer and enterprise market after the success of the T20 allowed big companies to hand it out to employees.

The T10 has an 8-inch display and a resin body built to withstand multiple scratches and bumps, whether it’s in the office or in your little one’s hands. It ships with Android 12 and HMD guarantees two updates to Android 14 and three years of security updates. It will cost £129 for the Wi-Fi version with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage, or £149 for the same specs but with 4G SIM option.

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