14 DAY TRIAL // Nokia has finally unveiled its new Supernova line-up of fashionable handsets, after lots of leaked images with various phones from this series have surfaced on the Web.
The first four devices included in the new line-up and officially presented by Nokia today are: 7610 Supernova, 7510 Supernova, 7310 Supernova and 7210 Supernova. Those familiar with Nokia's older handsets will know that the Finnish company has other two devices named 7610 and 7210, the first one released in 2004 and the second one in 2002. Both of them are discontinued, of course, but it's still weird that Nokia chose to baptize two fresh handsets with old names (even if the new ones have "Supernova" at the end).
Anyway, names aside, all the four Supernovas seem to be targeting female mobile users, as they're designed and colored so as to attract mainly women and girls. Sure this won't stop gentlemen and boys from buying them, but it's highly probable that we'll see more girls and women handling Supernovas.
The most advanced phone from the new series is the 7610 Supernova. Nokia made this handset a slider and has packed the following features in it: a 3.2 megapixel photo camera with dual LED flash, auto focus and video recording, a 2 inch TFT display with 16.7 million colors and 320 x 240 pixels, quad-band GSM connectivity with EDGE, Symbian S40 3rd Edition, Music player, FM radio with RDS, Bluetooth 2.0, TV out, email, Instant Messaging, XHTML browser, Nokia WidSets, Theme Colorizer, USB and 64MB of built-in memory, expandable up to 2GB with a microSD card slot.
Nokia 7610 Supernova weighs 99 grams and, when closed, measures 98 x 48 x 15 millimeters and comes with an 860 mAh battery capable of offering up to 5.4 hours of talk-time and up to 300 hours of stand-by time. The handset will be available in the third quarter of the year, in four color versions, for a retail price of around 225 Euros ($350).
The second Supernova, namely Nokia 7510 Supernova, is a clamshell that packs an internal 2.2 inch TFT display with 320 x 240 pixels and 16.7 million colors, and a secondary monochrome 128 x 160 pixel display with a "hidden-until-lit feature". Furthermore, the handset brings Symbian S40, quad-band GSM connectivity with EDGE, a 2 Megapixel camera with LED flash, video recording and NIPS (Nokia proprietary processing algorithm), A-GPS and Nokia Maps, Music player, FM radio, OSS browser, email, Bluetooth 2.0, a 512MB memory card and so on. The clamshell will hit the market in the fourth quarter of the year, with a retail price of 180 Euros ($280).
Nokia 7310 Supernova, the third new Finnish handset, is a candybar that will be released in July the latest, for a retail price of 155 Euros ($244). Weighing 83 grams and measuring 106.5 x 45.4 x 11.95 millimeters, the 7310 features: a 2 inch TFT display with 16 million colors and 240 x 320 pixels, Symbian S40, TV out, a 2 Megapixel camera with video recording, Music player, FM radio with RDS, Bluetooth 2.0, Web and email capabilities, microUSB 2.0 and expandable memory (up to 4GB).
The 7610, 7510 and 7310 Supernovas allow users to easily change their looks, thanks to a set of Xpress-On covers that feature "striking colors and glamorous surfaces".
Nokia 7210 Supernova is the fourth new handset presented by the Finnish manufacturer. As you have probably already guessed, it's the lowest-featured of all. Coming in a candybar form factor, the 7210 Supernova features the following: tri-band GSM connectivity with EDGE, Symbian S40, Music player, FM radio, expandable memory and a rather weak battery than can last up to only 2 hours in talk-time mode and up to 250 hours in stand-by time.
The cool thing about the 7210 Supernova is that it measures only 106 x 45 x 10.6 millimeters. The phone will be available for a retail price of 120 Euros ($190), starting the third quarter of 2008.
Talking about the new Supernova family of handsets, Jo Harlow, vice president, LIVE category, Nokia, said: "As we rely more heavily on mobile phones to stay connected, they increasingly know everything about us and have become a window into our worlds. With the Supernova range, we set out to give people the ability to set themselves apart in the same way that they would with a traditional statement accessory."
