Nokia is bringing back the 'bananaphone' from 'The Matrix' - and it's a refreshing counterpoint to the modern smartphone

Edoardo Maggio/Business Insider

There were actual bananas at Nokia's booth.

HMD Global announced it's bringing back the Nokia 8110 feature phone at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress.

The "slider phone," which was first popularized because of its appearance in the 1999 film "The Matrix," is following the footsteps of the 3310, the other historic phone Nokia brought back last year.

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The Nokia 8110 is not meant to compete with the rest of the smartphones in the market, but it's still packing some modern technology, which might make it a nice companion to a more full-fledged device.

Business Insider went to Nokia's booth at Mobile World Congress to take a closer look at the "bananaphone" - here's what it looks like: