Nokia has sold around 126 million pieces of its original 3310 phone since it was first introduced in September 2000. It was a time before the iPhone and Nokia ruled with popular handsets that let the user play simple games like the snake. Now the phone is again making a nostalgic return in the form of a more modern variant, thanks to Nokia-branded phone manufacturer HMD.

According to The Verge, the new variant will still be called as Nokia 3310, but this time the phone is running Nokia's Series 30+ software, which will come with a 2.4-inches QVGA display and a 2-megapixel camera, also a microSD slot. The specification is still fairly basic by the modern phone standards, Unlike the brick-like sturdiness of the old 3310, the modern variant is a little smaller, lighter and thinner all around.

The new phone will come up in a lot more colors this time, with glossy yellow and red colors, and matte gray and dark blue models. It's instantly recognizable as a Nokia, and HMD has even included a modern Snake game on the handset. However, its advantage over more powerful handsets is its battery life. HMD says the colour-screened phone has up to a month's standby time and delivers more than 22 hours of talk time.

As per BBC, It relies on 2.5G connectivity - which has slower data speeds than 3G or 4G - and it is powered by the S30 operating system, which also allows web browsing but has a much smaller range of apps than Android or iOS. Its single camera is also restricted to two megapixels.

Opera Mini is equipped for basic web surfing, but the real selling point of the phone is its battery life. Just like most feature phones, standby time on the Nokia 3310 is 31 days, alongside a talk time of 22 hours. That's a massive amount of battery life, but as the phone is so basic user is hardly going to be wasting battery away on Snapchat or Facebook.

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