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Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)

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Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)

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Post by michalhosna »

> The Nokia 5110 is a 2G telephone, meaning it uses the original 2G mobile network to communicate. This network has long been decommissioned in most western countries, including Australia.

In Europe, 3G is shutting down, but 2G as a fallback seems to be staying for years to come.

> However, 2G networks were still available as of 2023 in most parts of the world, while notably excluding the majority of carriers in North America, East Asia, and Australasia.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2G

AFAIK, in the US, T-Mobile still has a 2G network.

Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)

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Post by Roark66 »

grishka wrote: post #25

It's such an odd problem from my perspective as someone who doesn't live in a western country! We still have 2G on all carriers and seemingly no plans to shut it down. So, if you want to use an old (GSM) phone, it's a non-issue, you just pop your modern SIM card into it and it just works :)

In my country (Poland) a bunch of networks recently switched off 3G and a lot of 4G services in favour of LTE only... A pretty good mobile service I enjoyed at my country home for over a decade had suddenly turned to crap... (at least I have faster Internet access now, but I can't strap a directional antenna to a mobile phone).

Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)

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Post by ninjin »

jcul wrote: post #37
josephernest wrote: post #35

Pro tip: don't buy the new versions "Nokia 3210 2024" and similar models. I did, two times, with slightly different models, and they are of exceptionally poor quality: dead after one year, very buggy firmware. The customer support is an AI with no real answer. They recommended to install an app "from the Google Play app store" which is nonsense for a dumbphone. They are very cheap noname phones, branded with the name…

Yeah I bought a Nokia 2660. After probably a month or so the hinge brackets broke from normal use. Nokia refused to refund / repair it saying that only a drop could have caused it. I replaced it with an AGM M8 which is a great dumbphone.

Thank you both for the warnings. I have been looking for a "dumb" phone and arrived at the Nokia and now I am eyeing up the AGM M8 FLIP Security+ [1] instead.

[1]: https://www.agmmobile.com/products/agm-m8-security

Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)

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Post by josephernest »

paxys wrote: post #16
wwoessi wrote: post #11

I would pay for a Nokia 5110 that is exactly like then except for the 4g call/sms part

Well good news for you – Nokia still sells plenty of these kinds of phones (just not in the USA). It’ll be pretty easy to import them from a developing market, on eBay or elsewhere. E.g. see https://www.amazon.in/s?k=nokia

These new Nokia models/re-issues are of very poor quality, see my other comment.

They are not made by Nokia, but by HMD which has very low standards of product quality.

Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)

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Post by lotsofpulp »

michalhosna wrote: post #41

> The Nokia 5110 is a 2G telephone, meaning it uses the original 2G mobile network to communicate. This network has long been decommissioned in most western countries, including Australia. In Europe, 3G is shutting down, but 2G as a fallback seems to be staying for years to come. > However, 2G networks were still available as of 2023 in most parts of the world, while notably excluding the majority of carriers in Nort…

It is being deprecated now. Comparison map:

https://www.reddit.com/r/dumbphones/comments/1eppo3p/tmobile...

https://imgur.com/a/Zg6XYch

https://www.t-mobile.com/support/coverage/t-mobile-network-e...

>Capacity and coverage of T-Mobile's 2G (GSM) network is expected to change starting as early as September 1, 2024.

Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)

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Post by close04 »

josephernest wrote: post #35

Pro tip: don't buy the new versions "Nokia 3210 2024" and similar models. I did, two times, with slightly different models, and they are of exceptionally poor quality: dead after one year, very buggy firmware. The customer support is an AI with no real answer. They recommended to install an app "from the Google Play app store" which is nonsense for a dumbphone. They are very cheap noname phones, branded with the name…

> They are very cheap noname phones, branded with the name Nokia

I thought only HMD [0] had the right to put the Nokia brand on a phone, and had several former Nokia executives in their leadership able to validate whether a device is "worthy" of that brand. Which made sense since Nokia as a company and brand still exist albeit in a different field, and junk branded with this name can tarnish the image.

Edit. I see HMD may transition away from the Nokia brand. [1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMD_Global#:~:text=The%20compa....

[1] https://www.gsmarena.com/hmd_is_dropping_its_nokia_branding_...

Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)

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Post by rjsw »

wslh wrote: post #10

I recenly bought a Nokia 6300, not as a main mobile phone but because it includes Tethering, it is very light, changeable battery, practical as a mobile hotspot. It also has WhatsApp though.

> It also has WhatsApp though.

Not for much longer.

I also got a Nokia 6300 to use for tethering and it works well for that.

Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)

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Post by rjsw »

dagoss wrote: post #30
jdietrich wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

HMD do sell a few Nokia-branded phones in the US; most of their international range is available on Amazon US. https://www.hmd.com/en_us/nokia-225-4g?sku=16QENL11A04

I've had four HMD phones, two feature and two Android smart phones. The hardware usually feels really good, but all of them have had poor phone quality (even on different carriers). People would tell me if sound like I was underwater or far away from the phone while not using speaker), sometimes it would just drop the audio and I couldn't hear the other person, etc. I guess I still have nostalgia for some of the late…

I have had three HMD phones now, all have had very good call quality when used in Europe.

Re: Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)

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Post by shahzaibmushtaq »

HMD (Human Mobile Devices)[0] has exclusive rights to produce phones under the Nokia brand.

Now, HMD has decided to drop the Nokia name from the new phones because it's not helping them. Nokia has lost its glory, and HMD took the right step to use its name.

People who have old Nokia phones should keep them as it is like a lost meaningful art.

[0] https://www.hmd.com

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