It costs about 50 dollars
The Nokia 3210 (2024) phone is in incredible demand, since absolutely all batches that go on sale in China are immediately sold out.
The relaunch of a 25-year-old classic with modern updates was released in China in May of this year, the launch batch sold out in a couple of days. Then the manufacturer delivered several more batches to stores, but they did not stay on the shelves. Today, June 12, sales of the next batch of devices began, which again sold out in a matter of hours.
As mydrivers writes, the main reason for the popularity of Nokia 3210 (2024) and similar phones is that young people hope to overcome addiction to smartphones and spend less time on the phone. According to the survey, 62.8% of students spend more than 6 hours a day playing on their mobile phones, while 15.6% said they spend more than 10 hours a day on their mobile phones. Many people take their phone with them to the toilet, continue to use it at the kitchen table, and so on.
The article says that against this background, many are trying to «escape from smartphones». They deliberately choose cheap, simple smartphones that provide basic functionality but do not allow them to spend huge amounts of time on social media.
Just yesterday we reported that adults and teenagers, concerned about how much time they spend on their smartphones, are starting to prefer simpler models, according to a BBC study. An authoritative publication calls them dumbphone or «dumb/stupid phones» (as opposed to smartphones or «smart phones»).
This week the new product was released outside of China.