Nokia 3310 is coming out next month, new leak suggests

It is now looking likely to arrive next month – as retailer Clove has listed the device as on sale in the UK, listed for mid-June.

But the only fly in the ointment is that the handset seems to be a little pricier than we expected – listed at £59.99 SIM free. The release date has not been officially confirmed.

And one of the greatest advantages of the handset over its modern rivals was its battery life, and this version is no different.

These colour-screened phone will have up to a month’s standby time and delivers more than 22 hours of talk time. But instead of 3G of 4G it relies on 2.5G connectivity and is powered by the the S30+operating system.

A visitor takes a close look at the new Nokia 3310 during its presentation (Picture: EPA/QUIQUE GARCIA)

The device is displayed after its presentation ceremony at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (Picture: REUTERS/Paul Hanna)

Arto Nummela shows the new re-launched Nokia 3310 (Picture: AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Its camera will be two mexapixels and, yes, it comes with Snake preinstalled!!

Nokia don’t make phones itself anymore, so instead it is being made by Finnish start-up HMD. Chief executive Arto Nummela told the BBC: ‘It’s almost like a digital detox or a holiday phone.

‘If you want to switch off to an extent but you still need to have a [mobile] lifeline, it’s a brilliant solution. Why wouldn’t you buy this like candy? If you see this hanging on the shelf at the checkout in a [see-through] package, then you’d just buy it as an accessory.’