The Nokia 3310, released by Nokia in 2000, became one of the best-selling mobile phones ever thanks to its durability, long battery life and built-in game Snake. Its short electronic ringtone quickly became a cultural shorthand for that era of mobile phones, long before smartphones and polyphonic tones took over. As nostalgia for early 2000s technology grew online, the sound spread through memes, reaction videos and soundboards, where it now signals a throwback joke in seconds.