In fact, in terms of performance, the new 5310 does not move too far from its elder brother. ‘Reassuringly solid’ describes its performance too. The device is made of sturdy plastic, and while it makes no attempt to be slim and trim, it feels reassuringly solid. Yes, fitting the cover on the back after removing it can be a bit of a task, as you have to literally press parts of it back and hear them click into them, but we can see a lot of people liking the option. These are normal sized SIM card slots but we were able to fit in our Nano SIM card into it. It also reveals two SIM card slots and a micro SD card slot. Oh yes, bring on that nostalgia element again – the back of the Nokia 5310 is removable, allowing you to take out the battery. The base of the phone is plain except for a tiny opening which you can use to take the cover off. The top has a 3.5 mm audio jack and a micro USB port for charging, and the back is smooth plastic with a single VGA camera and flash. The right-hand side has the famous music control buttons in red – pause/play and skip to the next and previous track and the red band on the left has the volume keys.
Right above the display and below the keyboard are a pair of front-facing speakers – dual speakers but not stereo. The front has a 2.4-inch display below which is a D-pad and an alphanumeric keyboard. Yes, it is a bit larger and heavier than the original 5310 but it remains incredibly small by modern standards. The phone itself is of course incredibly compact – the entire body of the phone is 123.7 mm long and 52.7 mm wide, which is smaller than just the displays of most phones today. Compact, removable cover – those 2007 looks… But anyone who was been following phones for more than a decade will spot this as an XpressMusic device from Nokia. Yes, it has the same red accents, but they do not flank the display but instead are on the sides of the phone. The new avatar of the 5310 frankly looks a little different from its predecessor, which was released way back in 2007, a few months after a certain iPhone was released in the market. One glance at it is enough to fill the room with nostalgic murmurs about how good the original 5310 Xpress Music was (the sins of Symbian are forgiven). A large section of the tech user community goes “awwww…” and reminiscences about the good old days, marvels at the compact and solid build, goes into ecstasies over battery life…and then quietly goes back to their regular Android/iOS device. Nokia “re-releases” one of its classic phones as part of its new “Original” series. It is as predictable as a blistering summer in Delhi.
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