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Flashback Friday: Nokia brings back iconic flip phone, but with upgrades

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/life/09/27/20190927-nokia.jpg"/><figcaption>The Nokia 2720 model is a trip down memory lane for people who had flip phones. <em>Screenshot</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA—For consumers who have had a flip phone before, nostalgia will hit them hard with Nokia&#x27;s latest release.</p><p>Finland&#x27;s HMD Global has decided to take a trip down memory lane by bringing back the classic Nokia flip phone, but this time with a vastly made-over version on the 2720 model.</p><p>The 2720&#x27;s body is an homage to a bygone analog era, but its functions are smartphone-like with the presence of &quot;essential apps,&quot; such as Facebook and WhatsApp.</p><p>&quot;It’s the flip phone you remember, with some new upgrades,&quot; Nokia said of the 2720 on its website.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/NokiamobilePH/photos/a.681282548738093/1125030357696641/?type=3&amp;theater" data-width="auto"> </div><p>The flip phone is the latest in a line of gadgets Nokia has resurrected after touchscreen smartphones have taken over the market.</p><p>In 2017, the company resurrected its nostalgic Nokia 3310, which used to be one of the world&#x27;s most popular call-and-text handsets.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/27/17/nokia-3310-returns-with-snake-month-long-battery">Nokia 3310 returns with Snake, month-long battery</a></li></ul><p>Like the revamped Nokia 3310, the 2720 is part of what HMD calls its “Nokia Originals” line.</p>

<p>For consumers who have had a flip phone before, nostalgia will hit them hard with Nokia's latest release.</p>

For consumers who have had a flip phone before, nostalgia will hit them hard with Nokia's latest release.