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Nokia parties like it is 1990

by on04 August 2023


Nokia 130 and 150 available

The Nokia 130 and 150 have just been release and hark back to a more gentle era when phone batteries lasted a while and were mostly required to make calls.

The Nokia 150 comes in three colors and features a 2.4-inch QVGA display, a 1,450 mAh removable battery with up to a month of standby time, and a headphone jack for listening to music  there is a built-in FM radio too. Oddly it comes with a rear-facing 0.3-MP VGA camera which is as awful as it sounds and data is saved on a MicroSD card and the phone charged with micro USB. If you dont use the phone much a month's battery life can be expected.

Nokia 130 has the same size screen and removable battery, but it doesn't have a largely pointless camera. The Nokia 130 and 150 are rated IP52, making them resistant to dust and water but not entirely waterproof. And they both have physical buttons, including a full 12-key number pad, plus navigational buttons to get around the operating system, called Series 30+ or S30+.

Nokia developed the software specifically for these entry-level devices, and it made sure to include a revamped Snake game for literally minutes of fun. 

The company, acquired by Finnish conglomerate HMD Mobile, has yet to reveal pricing. But previous generations started at under $50. It's quite a deal compared to what you'd get with an aging, low-cost Android phone.  

Last modified on 04 August 2023
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