Bringing back the Nokia 8110 is certainly a noteworthy coup even though it will not make anyone ditch their smartphones in favor of the bananaphone. It is much more likely for it to serve as a secondary device. Its benefits include long standby battery life and an amazing call quality.

sturdy and classy design; decent call quality; VoLTE; expandable memory; great standby battery life; FM radio

mediocre display; poor camera; Google Apps largely useless; somewhat complicated operation

BARCELONA/HELSINKI - Seeking to capitalise on their comeback over the past year, the makers of Nokia phones are expanding to include a premium Android smartphone, their first, and a remake of one of its biggest hits of the 1990s, the 8110 "slider" phone.

HMD Global is back at it again this year at MWC 2018. After revisiting the Nokia 3310 , the company is reimagining yet another classic: the Nokia 8110. More popularly known as the "banana phone" from The Matrix, the new Nokia 8110 4G is quite an interesting feature phone – and not just for...

It's as hard to know what to make of the Nokia 8110 4G this year as it was the Nokia 3110 12 months ago. Despite the flush of Snake and Neo-driven nostalgia, I'm struggling to think of a reason why I'd spend €79 (~£70) on one of these when I can pick up a perfectly competent, proper smartphone for...

The new Nokia 3310 wasn't a one off. We now have the second installment in what HMD (the firm that produces Nokia branded smartphones) is calling the 'Nokia Originals' series.

Nostalgic blast; now with 4G; Huge battery life; Low price

Basic functionality; Smartphones aren't much more; Difficult shape for pocket

Nokia phone brand was revived by HMD Global last year, the company has wasted no time in trying to come up with a handset for everyone. To that end, at MWC this year, there are five (yes - 5) shiny new Nokia handsets for every budget, ranging from the Nokia 1, the company's first offering, through...

Last year at MWC , HMD Global launched the newly resurrected Nokia on a global scale, and made it memorable by unveiling the new Nokia 3310 (2017) . This was a brilliantly calculated move; delighting and amusing Nokia fans, playing on nostalgia, and bringing something much more interesting than a...

Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, banana phone! No, I'm not crazy. That song came to mind as soon as I managed to squeeze through a pack of photographers to spend some time with HMD Global 's banana pho - er, I mean feature phone.

Affordable; Lightweight; fun design; Can run modern apps; Long-lasting battery; 4G support

Poor camera

As with other recent Nokia phones this is another disappointment. The good - it acts as a 4G hotspot and has good call quality, has a radio, MP3 player and some basic google services.

Remember the days when Nokia ruled the roost and were the phone to have The Nokia 8110 made its first appearance in the original Matrix movie and this last couple of weeks I've been travelling down nostalgia lane with the 2018 update to this classic phone.