Nokia 3310The Nokia 3310 mobile phone was released in the fourth quarter of 2000. It is considered one of the best selling phones of all time, selling 136 million units according to Nokia's press release from 2005:If all the Nokia 3310/3330 phones sold were laid end-to-end, the line would stretch from Helsinki, Finland to Santiago, Chile – over 13,500 kilometers.SpreadOn December 27th, 2011, Redditor Naysar submitted a thread titled 'Nostalgia' that contained an image of an iPhone with the caption 'Falls to the floor / Break the screen' and a Nokia 3310 with the caption 'Falls to the floor / Break the floor.' The thread reached the front page of Reddit and accumulated over 26,000 up votes in 2 weeks.On December 29th, user Evan90 submitted an image titled 'Scumbag Smartphones' featuring a photo of an next to a Nokia 3310 with a caption comparing the battery life of the two devices.On January 10th, 2012, the web culture blog Slacktory published an article about the meme and included some original creations:Throughout the month, Nokia 3310-related jokes have spread across other sites including, Memebase and under the tag '#nokia' and a fan page for 'Nokia phones are indestructible' was created. The Finnish newspaper Iltalehti published an article about the online sensation surrounding the mobile phone on January 25th. In addition, search results for the keyword 'Nokia' on reveal humorous videos about the phone in various languages like Russian, Slovakian, Macedonian and Chinese, suggesting the international status of the meme.
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2017 RelaunchOn February 13th, 2017, Venture Beat reported that the Finnish phone manufacturer HMD Global planned to release a modern version of the Nokia 3310 for approximately €59, leading many to speculate that the device would be marketed as a reliable backup mobile phone. The following day, posts about the possible relaunch reached the front page of /r/gadgets and /r/tech. Meanwhile, YouTuber EverythingApplePro uploaded a video titled 'Nokia 3310 Is Making a Comeback' (shown below).ReleaseOn February 26th, HMD Global officially announced the launch at the Mobile World Congress event. That day, the Nokia Mobile YouTube channel released an advertisement for the new phone, which features a full-color screen, 2.4-megapixel camera and an updated version of the game Snake (shown below). Today's KYM feed: ProZD, the voice of the internet, is slowly becoming a popular YouTuber, Spiderman hits us with another dank meme, trash dove gives no fucks about /pol/, the most subscribed person on YouTube puts corrupt media in its place, Gabe the Dog is gone but not forgotten, Black Twitter takes no breaks from making high-quality memes after Roll Safe, the most lethal weapon created by mankind most durable cell phone is making a comeback and, the most important of all: Trump and politics in general are nowhere to be seen.See, this is the KYM we love to visit every day. Not that hard, was it.?