It was announced on 26 February 2017 at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 as a revival of the original Nokia 3310 that was produced from the early 2000s.

On 14 February 2017, it was reported that a modernised version of the 3310 would be unveiled at the 2017 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona by HMD Global, a Finnish manufacturer with rights to market phones under the Nokia brand, with the price point of 59 euros.

[16] The 3310 3G also runs a Java-based operating system that HMD calls "Smart Feature OS" (based on Mocor RTOS).

In 2019, HMD released the newer revision of Nokia 3310 3G, which run Series 30+ based on Mocor RTOS instead of Smart Feature OS, without J2ME games and apps support.

It runs AliOS, an incompatible fork of AOSP (Android), and can create WiFi hotspots using the LTE data connection.

[19][20] HMD announced on 2 July 2017 that the 3310 received great demand and was as a result sold out in many markets.

CNET praised the phone's battery life, price, and durability,[23] but TechRadar and The Guardian said the device lacks much of the utility to which modern users have become accustomed.