Nokia 8310

The Nokia 8310 is a mobile phone manufactured by Nokia between 2001 and 2004. The handset was announced at CEBIT in March 2001^[1] as a member of Nokia's flagship premium 'candybar' variety and retailed for a price in excess of £400 (approximately £740 in 2025 adjusted for inflation) when it first shipped in September 2001.^[2][3] As the successor to the Nokia 8210, the 8310 was even smaller in size,^[4] one of the smallest Nokia have produced to date. It also has support for Xpress-On covers,^[5] and it was reported to come in 100 colour combinations.^[6][7]

It, along with the Nokia 6310, were the first Nokia phones built on the Nokia DCT4 hardware platform, which replaced the DCT3 that dated back to Nokia 6110 (1997).^[8] It contained advanced features not normally found on handsets of the time, such as infrared, a fully functional calendar, and was the first Nokia phone to support GPRS data^[9] and an FM radio. It was also the first Nokia phone to feature a polyphonic startup sound, despite not having polyphonic ringtones built into the phone, possibly due to the muffled sound.^[10][11] The 8310 has a white backlight.

The 8310 shares the same platform^[12] and shape with the 2002-released Nokia 6510, which the latter model being a more business-oriented phone and utilised a higher resolution 96x60 display. Faceplates designed for the 8310 can be installed on a 6510 and vice versa. They were among Nokia's last phones to feature a monochrome display with a buzzer.^[13] Nokia 8310 was succeeded by the Nokia 7210 with the fashion-oriented handsets moving from the 8xxx range to 7xxx.^[14] However it is considered that it did not receive a true successor incorporating its especially small size.^[15]

A GSM-1900 version for the North American market named the Nokia 8390 was also released.^[16] AT&T Wireless^[17] and Rogers Communications offered the 8390 in the United States and Canada, respectively.