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It’s the SuperNova!
By James on 27 June 2008
GLOBAL – New device launches always get us wobbly round the knees here and after recently wooing the business classes with the fantastic E66 and E71 devices, Nokia has now ventured over to the other side of the handset scale, hoping to attract the fashion set with its new Supernova quartet.
The range is made up of the 7210, 7310, 7510 and 7610 (we’re not sure what happened to the 7410 but perhaps it will reveal itself at a later date) and from the vibrant colour combinations going on, they certainly won’t fail to catch the eye. Apparently it’s all about personalisation, with three out of the four handsets designed to handle different coloured clip on covers while the high end model packs some new innovative theme restyling tech.
Starting at the bottom, as it were, the 7210 is a svelte 10.6mm thin body and a tasty set of features. Two megapixel camera, Micro SD card and FM radio are all on board. Step up to the 7310 though and you enter a world of personalisation. Whilst there’s nothing new about Xpress-on covers, the selection of colours and styles on offer make a difference. We’ve seen them, and can confirm it. Some of the covers have intricate patterns embossed into the material, making for a rather hi-end feel. It’s certainly a nice touch.
Next in the pecking order is the 7510 clamshell with a gimmicky push-to-open automatic flip action that was last seen gracing the 6600 Fold and the 6131. But we have to admit the support for A-GPS and Nokia Maps 1.2 is a bit of a boon for this kind of device, though is a hint at where Nokia is taking satnav, while the folder phone is also hooked up to a plethora of Nokia services including Nokia Music Store and Nokia Widsets.
Lastly, the 7610 slider is the more feature rich of the Supernova range, showing off a 3.2-megapixel snapper with autofocus and a surprising VGA-quality video capture. What separates this from the rest though is the theme colouriser. The camera comes with a colour sensor, which is hooked up to the software inside. Point the camera at a colour you like and the device will in a flash of chamaelon-like brilliance change its wallpaper and theme to match. It is rather clever and quite a nice touch, we reckon.
So there you have it: Nokia’s new Supernova fashion phone range. After the outrageous flashy designs of the previous L’Amour and Art Deco ranges, this series seems a little more sedate, although no less colourful. What do you think? Will you be waiting to get your hands on one of these Supernovas?
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June 27th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
What, another 7610?!
http://www.nokia.com/phones/7610
http://www.forum.nokia.com/devices/7610
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June 27th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
As far as I can tell, Nokia always avoid the number “4″. Look at Nseries devices, there are N71, N72, N83, N75, N76, … Where is N74?
The same with S60 versioning. There is S60 3rd and 5th. Where is the 4th?
According to Chinese culture, “4″ is unlucky number. Someone told me that 4 is pronounced like “dead” or something.
I’ve written about the meaning of “4″ for Nokia on my old blog, http://mobile.antonypranata.com/2006/09/27/is-4-unlucky-number-for-nokia/
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June 27th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
we here at http://www.s60blog.com like to call these as the C-Series or Chameleon Series….
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June 27th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Antony, yeah, I do think it’s due to it (the number ‘4′) being unlucky. And these devices are supposed to be very much Asian phones.
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June 28th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
@ Hugo
dude this is not 7610
its 7610 SUPERNOVA ….lol
@ Charlie
I believe in numerology. and if u add up all the numbers in 7610,7510,7310 & 7210 till the end it comes out to be ‘1′
so one being on the top of the cards is lucky for Nokia.
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June 30th, 2008 at 7:03 am
I’m curious.. why did they turn the 7610 which was original an s60 into an s40? And why is the 7210 used again?
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February 25th, 2009 at 7:56 am
I have buy a new supernova 7610 in the surabaya but why the keypad on the sliding was shown if this hp broken or not a new hp. The battrey also too fast to empty
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May 7th, 2009 at 2:31 am
I have bought a new 7210.. Its one of the worst mobile i hve ever seen in my life.. with the worst battery back up..only 1 hr talk time….
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October 29th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
hi nokia, i hope your reading this, i am a nokia 7210 supernova user and my only concern for this handset is the battery pack. I search online and went through some furom sites and i found out that the main issue with this handset is really with battery. I hope you can do something about this. I dont know if a software update will boost it up or what… Thanks !
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November 9th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
I have purchased the 7210 phone three month before from Mobile store Noida. I came to know that you have called back the charger AC 3E due to some defect. Kindly tell me me how to replace this.
M.K.Saxena
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