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Re:Nokia 3310 review: No matter how much you think you want ... by Luuseens on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @10:58AM (#14410463)
> sold for a millennial-gouging £50. It is, for all intents and purposes, a fashion statement—a phone for the beard-grooming, braces-wearing festival set that think tapping out texts on a T9 keyboard is the ultimate irony.

Not sure if this snarky social commentary is required in a phone review.

Re:Nokia 3310 review: No matter how much you think you want ... by e12e on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @11:08AM (#14410540)
The start of that paragraph is crucial IMNHO - I didn't think 50 quid was that steep - if it wasn't for:

> Despite the retro appeal, the Nokia 3310 (buy here) is little more than a Nokia 150 (a basic feature phone that sells for a mere £20) wrapped up in a curved glossy shell and sold for a millennial-gouging £50.

And later:

> It's a spectacularly basic phone that's only good as a backup, or as festival/travelling companion where a week of battery life would be useful. Which would be fine were it not for the fact that Nokia is trying to charge £50 for a phone that should really cost less than £30. The Nokia 150 is, bar the camera and physical design, identical and costs £20. There's even the ultra-basic Nokia 105, which costs a mere £8.

50 might not be that much for a festival phone - until you realize that it's competing with a phone that costs 8.

Re:Nokia 3310 review: No matter how much you think you want ... by rkuykendall-com on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @05:32PM (#14413638)
Damn, why they gotta shit on me for needing braces? :(
Re:Nokia 3310 review: No matter how much you think you want ... by DanBC on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @08:05PM (#14414400)
They're not talking about dental braces, but about pants-suspenders - elasticated cords that go over your shoulder to hold your trousers up.