Old-school phones find new following

Appeal of simpler devices highlighted by release of revamped Nokia

BARCELONADumbphoneshandsets that just make calls and send textswere set to disappear as technology moved on, but they have survived in emerging markets and among nostalgics of simpler devices in the West.

Their continued appeal was underscored on Sunday in Barcelona on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress, the world's biggest mobile expo, as Nokia unveiled a revamped version of its iconic 3310 model, more than a decade after it was phased out.