Because the Nokia 3310 (and to a lesser degree the 3210) were the iconic devices of the cellphone, just like the iPhone 4 (with iOS 6 or earlier) is probably th

Because the Nokia 3310 (and to a lesser degree the 3210) were the iconic devices of the cellphone, just like the iPhone 4 (with iOS 6 or earlier) is probably the most iconic phone of the smartphone era. And even if you were told to think of a landline telephone, the image in your head would probably look less like the Trimline and more like a late-era Bell, the kind that was chosen to represent the Washington-Moscow hotline.