The Nokia 8110 Reloaded is HMD's latest retro feature phone
Many companies descend on the annual Mobile World Congress event to plug their first smartphone launches of the year. It's an established routine, but HMD Global undeniably stole the show in 2017 with, of all things, a new feature phone. Flexing its newly-acquired license to the Nokia brand, HMD put on a marketing masterclass by announcing a re-release of the iconic Nokia 3310 . This year, it's attempting a similar trick, preying on '90s nostalgia with the new Nokia 8110 Reloaded. The 8110 was de rigueur when it launched two decades ago, but if the late '90s are a little hazy, you might best remember the phone for its recurring cameo in 1999 sci-fi classic, The Matrix . Quick tangent: HMD's use of 'Reloaded' is kinda clumsy here, since it was Samsung that created a weird, futuristic phone specifically as a promotional tie-in to the Matrix sequel of the same name. Also, sorry to burst your bubble this early, but the new 8110 doesn't have a spring-...