We always knew how indestructible the Nokia 3310 was, but for the phone to survive a washing machine, swim in spicy curry, being stamped on repeatedly is just insane!
The Nokia 3310 launched in September 2000, a year before the twin towers of World Trade Center fell in New York City. And 17 years later, a former British soldier's trusty Nokia 3310 is still going strong, having survived the war zone of Afghanistan and Iraq pretty much unscathed.
Dave Mitchell, a 49 yr old retired British Army soldier, literally can¡¯t live without his Nokia 3310 phone. He says he would be ¡®distraught¡¯ if he were forced to give the handset up, according to a Dailymail report.
He has a special relationship with his old and faithful Nokia 3310 phone, because it¡¯s still going strong even after 17 years of non-stop use. And there¡¯s no signs of it stopping anytime soon.
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He only charges the Nokia 3310 phone once every 10 days, and doesn¡¯t miss any modern features offered by faster, more powerful smartphones. He credits the Nokia 3310 for being virtually indestructible as he¡¯s inadvertently dropped the phones several times over its 17 year lifespan -- sometimes in a washing machine and curry sauce, too -- and each time he¡¯s either wiped or dusted off the handset, turned it on for it to work perfectly.
Why is he still hooked on to the Nokia 3310? After all it¡¯s an old phone, has only 1KB of memory, space for only 250 contacts, 84x48 pixel monochrome display, and no camera or Internet? Because Mr Mitchell is happy with the phone¡¯s features, doesn¡¯t take selfies and has no interest in surfing the Internet on his phone.
He even forgot his spare Nokia 3310 in a drawer in 2010 when he left for duty, knowing full well that he has a backup phone to keep him company should his current 17-yr-old active Nokia 3310 were to conk off. For his sake and for the sake of Nokia¡¯s legacy, we hope the phone continues to go past the 20 year mark and beyond!