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April Fools’ Day 2025: the best and cringiest pranks

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April Fools’ 2025: The 3310 Overture.

Nokia’s iconic 3310 was first resurrected as a modern(ish) handset, and will now be immortalized by the UK’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Well, that may not be entirely true, but the Royal Albert Hall’s April Fools’ Day prank imagines a better world than this: one where classic ringtones get the full orchestral treatment, Snake II players are projected, and an organist creates a bit-crushed composition on a T9 keyboard.

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