Reloaded: Nokia brings back the 8110 'Matrix' banana phone

HMD Global bets on nostalgia once more after the successful relaunch of the 3310 last year

In 1996 the original Nokia 8110 slider "banana" phone was released; three years later it hit the big time in the hand Keanu Reeves in The Matrix. Fast forward 22 years and the Nokia 8110 has been reloaded.

The Nokia 8110 was groundbreaking in its day as one of the first to feature an ergonomic shape, with the slider shooting down and out curving gently towards your mouth. But it will always be remembered for that moment when Reeves shoots down the slider picking up the phone to Morpheus before dropping it from the ledge of a tall skyscraper after he has stepped out the window of his office.