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Make your Nokia 3310 great again with a special $2,500 Putin-Trump gold and titanium edition
https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/06/make-your-nokia-3310-great-again-with-a-special-2500-putin-trump-gold-and-titanium-edition/
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It’s time for the big G-20 summit in Hamburg, and Russian phone customizers Caviar are commemorating the occasion with a very special Nokia 3310 (the new one). Encased in the best metals, titanium and gold, the back features a touching double profile of Trump and Putin. Only 149,000 rubles, or about $2,500.
“Wait,” you say. “Wasn’t the new 3310 a clumsy attempt to capitalize on nostalgia for the durable old 3310 we all bought and loved back in the salad days of candy bar phones?” Yes, it was. And no, Caviar didn’t think to update the radio so it can achieve more than EDGE speeds.
But otherwise it’s a pretty major reskin of the device:
The symbology, or symbolism if you prefer, of this luxurious upgrade is elucidated on the Caviar website.
Kinda old news but interesting to me imho.
