#FinnishCrazygames: Which Phone Will You Throw?

Most of the world knows Finland is the home of the unbreakable Nokia. Announced on September 1st 2000, the legendary 3310 quickly increased in popularity and became one of the best-selling phones of all time with over 126 million units sold worldwide.

Referred to as “Indestructible Nokia 3310”, the phone is known for its durability, weight and long-lasting battery. These qualities have acted as a source for multiple articles, memes and even crash test videos, which the phone usually passes without trouble. 

Nokia is also known for introducing the Snake game to a larger audience. The iconic game where the snake gets longer as it eats items by running into them is still widely cherished all over the world. In the year 2015, Snake was added to the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. 

Even though Nokia is mostly recognized by it’s earlier achievements, the success story continues: on the 27th of August Nokia signed EUR 500 million financing with European Investment Bank to accelerate their 5G research and development. 

Since 2000, the city of Savonlinna in Finland has hosted the Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships, where crazy Finns become patriotic by hurling our most celebrated export. Mobile phone throwing combines recycling philosophy and a spiritual freedom from being available in a fun way of an active sport. Championships have gained international interest and today national championships are held all over Europe.

Mobile phone throwing is judged either on distance or technique. The world record holder of the distance, Tom Philipp Reinhardt from Germany, has thrown a phone as far as 136,75 meters!

We thought it only makes sense to bring this craziness to Australia. We all have an old phone stuffed in a drawer or cupboard somewhere at home, so we asking you to bring it along to participate, before recycling it in the bins kindly provided by Mobile Muster®. The more phones you bring the better chance to win!

For this reason, our games emphasises accuracy rather than distance, so no phones are lost and all can be recycled. Do not worry, if you cannot bear to part way with your retro gizmos that once ruled your life, we will have plenty to spare to use on the day.