Crooks favour the Nokia 8210, launched in 1999, over smartphones fitted with wi-fi, GPS and Bluetooth. The most popular phone of the late 1990s is back in demand among the criminal underworld because the devices are harder for police to trace.
Dealer K2 of Birmingham has three 8210s and said: “They can be trusted unlike these new phones. The Feds seem to be able to listen easier now than ever before.”