You've probably heard the news. The iconic Nokia 3310 (aka 'Abu Lamba', aka the 'Brick Phone') is back.
Debuting this week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the remake triggered "dumb phone" nostalgia and a whole lot of memories.
If you grew up in an Arab home, you know how essential a Nokia "Abu Lamba" was ... and still is.
Your dad probably never got rid of his first-ever phone, and tried to convince you there was nothing better.
Ten years later, the re-launch of a new Nokia Abu Lamba proves your dad was right.
Old is gold. Seriously.
1. Your dad changed his phone often, but you could hardly tell the difference
You can take an Arab dad out of the Abu Lamba club, but you can't take the love for an Abu Lamba out of an Arab Dad. Wait, what? Never-mind.
Point is our dads loved their Abu Lambas, and an upgrade meant only buying a new phone that resembles the old, save for the tiny updates.
2. You tried to protect it when you could, not that it required a lot of effort
You never feared your phone falling, it never fell flat on your face when you were in bed. Nokia cared for you, and you cared for it the best way you knew how ... passwords.
3. No matter the advancements ... a Nokia was always part of your dad's phone collection
Your dad tried to be progressive ... but always had a Nokia on the side because it brought him comfort, the kind of which wasn't available anywhere else.
4. Life is just easier when Abu Lamba was around
Life was just easier. There was no need for constant application updates, no need for power banks because your battery was almost always running and no need to reply to texts right away because you were afraid senders would see the "two blue ticks."
5. Watching "Abu Lamba" dancing around was your favorite thing
Watching your phone vibrate was your all time favorite thing. Why? Because it meant that you could put your phone right up on its lower side... and watch it move around in circles.
Simple entertainment. Those were the days.
6. You loved borrowing your dad's phone just to play 1,000,000 rounds of snake
People thought phones weren't an obsession back in the heyday of Abu Lamba ... but there was one tiny detail that often went overlooked and that is the game of SNAKE.
You couldn't put the phone down once you had it in your hands.
7. You'd give anything to have the phone's 24+ hour battery life
Power banks, who? An Abu Lamba's battery life was just a round-the-clock thing.
8. Your mom sometimes used it as a "shahata" because she knew nothing would happen to it
She didn't care what would happen to your bones, as long as she knew the phone would be OK she would aim and throw.