A homage to the Finnish giant's classic feature phone will reportedly be released later this month when HMD unveils its new range of Nokia branded devices at Mobile World Congress.
Through hardware consolidation, mobile virtualization lets manufacturers provide smart phone functionality for the cost of a feature phone.
Mobile Web apps have the potential to reach more users, including those whose only access to the Web is via a basic "feature phone" with an integrated browser, for example.
In fact, carriers are keenly aware that less-pricy data plans are important in converting feature phone users to smartphone users, and are wisely making concessions.
LG's focus on feature phones made it a weak player in the smartphone game, but the Korean electronics giant now wants to make up for lost ground in the super-phone category.