Hit 100,000 miles on my old Nokia 3310 battery and it still holds a charge

I pulled out my OG Nokia 3310 from a drawer last week just for fun. Figured the battery would be dead after all these years but it turned on and showed 3 bars. I let it sit on standby for 2 days and the battery only dropped 10 percent. That thing has been through water drops, being tossed around, and probably 15 years of sitting idle. It outlasts my current smartphone which dies after 6 hours. Has anyone else tested how long their old phone batteries really last now?

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emeryj6610d ago

That's the thing with so much modern tech, we traded durability for features and network dependency. My old 3310 still works like a champ, but like you said, it can't do anything useful anymore because the infrastructure to support it is gone. It reminds me of how my grandpa's old cast iron skillet still works perfectly, but nobody makes stove tops that fit it right. We build stuff to last but then design the world around it to become obsolete anyway so you have to upgrade whether you want to or not.

nguyen.angela10d ago

My buddy Mike found his old 3310 in a glovebox after 6 years and it still showed two battery bars.

morgan_king3610d ago

Forgetting about the battery, the real problem with old Nokias is the network. Most carriers in the US have shut down 2G towers, and the 3G ones are going soon too. That thing is a brick without service, even if the charge lasts a week. Nobody talks about how useless these phones are when you can't actually make calls or send texts anymore. They're just fancy paperweights with snake on them. The battery life argument falls apart when the phone can't connect to anything.