Australian Nokia 7610

[nk_au]

I'm interested in this beauty. Wonder how much it costs?

Expansys.com.au lists the 7610 as A$1,009.95
But they list the 6600 as A$868.45 when its worth about $450~500 now on Ebay AU

So, when do you reckon it will be released and how much would it be?

Can't wait to get my hands on it ...

[gophermaster]

The prices vary from shop to shop, but it probably will be around the $1000AU mark...

[nk_au]

Well, the 7610 is planned for 2nd Quarter:

1st - January, February, March
2nd - April, May, June
3rd - July, August, September
4th - November, October, December

So, today is the last day of May. I should be seeing my 7610 soon, in a month!

Unless Nokia is going to delay things like they always do ... :-x

[Jesal]

out here for $550 us. dont care bot it so im gonna skip this model like i skipped the 3650 and got 6600. hehehe

[Musicb0ffin]

Well, the 7610 is planned for 2nd Quarter:

1st - January, February, March
2nd - April, May, June
3rd - July, August, September
4th - November, October, December

So, today is the last day of May. I should be seeing my 7610 soon, in a month!

Unless Nokia is going to delay things like they always do ... :-x

I wouldn't be so sure. It takes time for the operators to get it out to supliers, so you will be looking at mid summer at the earliest. I really fancy getting one, and the main suppliers for the UK have got the fone listed at coming out in the summer. I also fancy getting one cheap off ebay, but until people have got the contract fones to sell, we aint gonna see any, which is really annoying.

[gophermaster]

I'd get one if I had the spare cash laying around, it looks really good.

[nk_au]

I've run out of spare cash now lol :-P

I guess I'll be saving some cash in the hundreds ...

[momagic]

ahhhh the 7610!!!!!!





**nearly cums**

[Musicb0ffin]

I've just had a look on the various high street phone shops for the UK and they have it listed as coming out in July. The first few models on ebay will hit the £300 mark i recon, so its gonna be august before they fall to an affordable price closer to £200... Well, plenty of time to save up the cash...

[nk_au]

Kewl, thanks Musicb0ffin for the info! Probably same timing for Australian markets?


ahhhh the 7610!!!!!!

**nearly cums**

I don't understand what you're trying to say ...

[gophermaster]

He's REALLY excited... :rolleyes:

[nk_au]

Found two Nokia 7610 Ebay listings at www.ebay.com (American, not Australian):

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=32957&item=4193115431&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
GBP $430 approx. AUD $1,101.63

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=64355&item=5702680619&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
USD $688 approx. AUD $962.17

They are both shipped from Hong Kong lol. Looks like Asia is the only place that the 7610 has been released!

Guess the phone does cost at the 1000 mark, like gophermaster has predicted lol :-P

So, I have ... 700 more dollars to save :D ~ and if I pass my Music Theory Exam, that will help me put down the "need-to-save" amount by 500 ...

[Musicb0ffin]

I would have thought it would be similar timeing for you. You could try looking on the website of the high street shops you have in AU. Might provide you with some info. I don't think i'll buy one for that price!! Once some hit the UK markets, the prices for UK buyers will be much less. I hope....

[nk_au]

OMG. Read this!


Dear William Wu,

Thank you for emailing Nokia Careline.

With regards to your query, please be informed that a Nokia 7610 does support
RealOne Player on 3GPP, MP3 and AAC formats. However, the phone does not support
stereo sound.

Kindly be informed that the Nokia 7610 is not a symbian operated phone.
Listed below are the item(s) that is included in a Nokia 7610 standard sales
package :

Nokia 7610 imaging phone
64 MB Reduced Size MultiMediaCard (MMC)
Adapter for MMC
BL-5C Li-ion Battery Cell
ACP-12 Travel Charger
DKU-2 USB Connectivity cable
Wrist strap
CD-ROM
User's Guide

Unfortunately there is no information yet as to the release dates for the new
Nokia 7610 in Australia. However we are estimating the release on the 2nd
Quarter of 2004.

Kindly please refer to http://www.nokia.com/phones/index.html for more details
on our new product range.

Should you have any further enquiries, or if we can be of any assistance, please
do not hesitate to contact the Nokia Careline and speak to any one of our
friendly Customer Relationship Executives on 1300 366 733 between the hours of
8am and 8pm EST, seven days a week. For online assistance, please visit 'ASK
Nokia' at our website www.nokia.com.au

Kind regards

Renuka Devi
Nokia Australia Careline


Can play MP3 but no stereo? Isn't Symbian? WTF?

At Nokia.com, the Nokia 7610 features say: "Symbian operating system 7.0s"

What the hell is going on? Nokia Care is bullshitting me, right?

[gophermaster]

Hahaha, I thought that the 7610 was Symbian...

[tzeonn]

lol, must b a new nokia staff who emailed u....

it gotta b symbian man... and i tot it has stereo too? (pop port)

or, could b she/he mistaken it for another model.

[nk_au]

lol, must b a new nokia staff who emailed u....
That's what I thought. Or a total idiot who is naive and ignorant.


it gotta b symbian man... That's what I thought ... it has to be Symbian because of those buttons: Menu, C, Pencil Shortcut etc


and i tot it has stereo too? (pop port)
It should be, and I hope so seeing that it supports a Pop Port.


or, could b she/he mistaken it for another model.
Maybe ... but he gave correct details about what comes in the Original Box (compared to details at www.nokia.com)

[Musicb0ffin]

WTF??? Bit of a major mistake on the description if that is the case. Might be worth checking, but all of the pre release models ppl have looked at HAVE been symbian, so i think we are safe.

[momagic]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!



it has to be symbian!!!!!!!!

[nk_au]

I will trust MobileBurn, Nokia.com and Nokia.com.au rather than just one person from Nokia Care. I think its Symbian. But MP3 with no stereo? :-? What the hell is Nokia thinking there?

[Goshogun]

LOL it is a symbian phone! :lol:
Im sure that guy is mistaken or a Nokia Care center n00b :lol:

[Musicb0ffin]

Sorry, am i missing somthing? It has MP3 support? Thats fuckin wicked...

[nk_au]

Yea, the Nokia 7610 can play 3GP, MP3 and AAC in the RealOne Player. So yes, it does support it.

What puzzles me, is that the 7610 is Mono sound ... :-? - no info listed on Nokia.com whether its Stereo or Mono

Hope to god its stereo ...

[Musicb0ffin]

Wicked. I'm likin this phone more and more each minute.

[nk_au]

The Nokia 7610 has already caught my eye.

I love the looks, the 1 Mega Pixel and the 10 minutes Video Recorder.

Musicb0ffin, how much do the various sized RS-MMC cost in your country?

[Musicb0ffin]

I've already decided I'm gonna get one... Just as i find out more and more details i like it more!!

Right, RSMMC's....

In the good old UK, these are the prices:

32mb Kingmax - £11.16 or AU$29.42
64mb Kingmax - £17.62 or AU$46.46
128mb Kingmax - £27.61 or AU$72.80
256mb Kingmax - £56.26 or AU$148.34

I can only find Kingmax cards at the minute, but those prices seem pretty good to me. (Source - Ebuyer.co.uk)

This shows they are a bit more than regular MMC's, but there we go...

[leespud]

ive just noticed there is no mention of the nokia music player featured in the n-gage so no reason to apply stereo as the phone isnt designed to play mp3 and stuff, you all play mp3 on 6600 with 3rd party apps yeh?? all thats with the 7610 is that it has pre installed the latest real one player which supports mp3 and aac files thats all it is, pop port is just a connective cable thingy like the usb connectivity for n-gage differnce is with pop port you can access the device memory where as n-gage you can only access MMC

[Musicb0ffin]

Yeah, that makes sense. Ah well, you can't have it all...

[nk_au]

Kingmax RS-MMC? I had a bad experience with their MMC before ...

So the Nokia 7610 might not be stereo? That's ok. It still has its sexy aesthetic appeal ...

At least it can play MP3 and AAC! With the included 64MB RS-MMC ... I dont think I can fit much in there. I'll wait for a 256MB or 512MB RS-MMC released in Australia before I actually boogie down to the beat

Musicb0ffin, I'm sure you won't regret buying the Nokia 7610. I didn't talk you into it, did I? :-P

[nk_au]

In the good old UK, these are the prices:

32mb Kingmax - £11.16 or AU$29.42
64mb Kingmax - £17.62 or AU$46.46
128mb Kingmax - £27.61 or AU$72.80
256mb Kingmax - £56.26 or AU$148.34



Hey, those prices aren't that bad (I'm talking about the "converted-into-Australian-dollars" prices). I hope they mean what they said, that "they are tested and work with the Nokia 7610. Compatible"

Let's hope! But first, to get the phone ...

[Musicb0ffin]

Musicb0ffin, I'm sure you won't regret buying the Nokia 7610. I didn't talk you into it, did I? :-P

Nah, but you make me think i have made the right choice by wanting to get one. :)

[nk_au]

Ok, who's next for talking-into-buying-the-7610? :-P

[leespud]

im tempted if the price is right, im seling my XDA-II in the coming week or two

[Neophyte88]

You talked me into one :)

Bye bye 6600 , welcome 7610 !

[leespud]

well £365-£380 on ebay i very within my price range, also expansys.com £381 so all i need to do is sell my XDA-II and i think ill be buying the 7610, no other phone on the market takes my fancy and the XDA-II isnt a phone for me, i dont need a PDA im an 18 year old student for god sake!!!!

[Goshogun]

I will sell my 6600 and buy 7610!

[nk_au]

Hehe ... looks like we've converted a few people to 7610-ism lol :lol:

Just wondering, what colour would you buy? :-P

I would only buy the Black and Red 7610

[tzeonn]

hmmm... i prefer the white one, if im EVER getting it :-P

[gophermaster]

The black and red...

[Goshogun]

The Selver Grey one.

[nk_au]

The Selver Grey one.

You mean the Silver and Gold one? :-P

Btw, a seller on Ebay is selling three colours:
Black and Red
Black and Brown
Silver and Gold

Nothing changes my mind. Black & Red for me! :smile:

[Goshogun]

Oh forgot to check my spelling (didn't sleep last night :lol: )

Here is the link for them:

Click here (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=64355&item=5702677899&rd=1)

Hmmm...Black and Brown seems good for me.

[Musicb0ffin]

Anything but black/brown for me...

[nk_au]

It's actually Brown&Gold btw! :-P

You guys don't think Black&Red is "girlish" do you? I reckon its "stylish" ... :lol:

[nk_au]

For those who want to weigh up the positives and negatives of the 7610:

Positive points:
- slimmer than 6600, less "fat" and more solid in shape.
- the advantage of the "multi-task": telephone, camera, recording video etc
- card reader memory (rs-mmc)
- management of the album of photographs, and videos
- integrated camera of 1 mega pixel (1152 x 864)
- video reader-recorder integrated up to 10 minutes (can be extended by 3rd party software)
- zoom 4x for the photographs and vidéos.
- tri band (available in 800/1800/1900 and 850/1800/1900 for US).
- exclusive design
- Bluetooth
- easy navigation with d-pad.
- speed of the software
- themes run 3 times faster than 6600
- the navigation and contents of the very simple menus of use, in spite of an increase in functionalities: excellent ergonomics
- possibility of personalizing the telephone (bottom of screen, JAVA, small "favourites", files...)
- screen 65 536 colors TFT
- MMS and facility of use of this menu
- voice commands
- POP3 e-mail, SMTP and IMAP4
- good quality loudspeaker
- navigator WAP, XHTML, WML and HTML.
- RealOne Player (supports 3GP, MP3, AAC)
- complete diary functions (LifeBlog)
- better network reception
- software of modification videos (Movie Director)
- new "My presence" function
- new "Positioning" fuction
- compatible with MP3/AAC
- Style Packs "Xpress-on" Covers

Negative points:
- size of the photo (average: 250kb) <== Don't forget, its the quality of a 1 Mega Pixel!
- infra-red absence of port <== I don't see the use of IRDA when BT is around
- mono sound for the listening of the MP3 (through loudspeaker).
- no protection of the objective of the camera.

=========================================

Ok, there you are! Nokia was so close in making a "perfect camera phone". Nevertheless, I'm still buying the Black&Red 7610.

This information is for those who can't make up their mind whether to upgrade to 7610 or not ...

PS: Want to see some photos taken by 7610? Click here (http://upload.pbase.com/nsx88/nokia_7610)
<Taken by nsx88 (Mobile Burn Forums)>

[leespud]

any one got details on the processor?? please be an upgrade from the 104mhz arm weve seen in the previous nokias, it really suffered with the new symbian 7 on 6600 we need to see at least a 140mhz like the p900

[Civilization]

Got 7610 in hand, some answers :
1. Sound is MONO... (even pop-port ) but much better quality vs 6600.
2. Dont know exactly the speed of the chip, but running faster than 6600.
3. Clear and Brighter screen.
4. 8Mb Internal memory > 6Mb (6600)
5. 1Mb Cache > 40k (6600)

[leespud]

ok im decided, getting my n-gage sorted out first of all need to send to nokia to see if they can fix it, after that im putting my XDA-II up for sale, ive hardly touched the thing, then im buying a nice new 7610!!!!

[nk_au]

I'm sure you won't regret it :-P

I was thinking about the XDA II when I had the 6600. Lucky I didn't buy it because it was worth about AUD 1100!

Well, I'm more impressed with the Black&Red 7610 atm ...

[nk_au]

Got 7610 in hand, some answers :
1. Sound is MONO... (even pop-port ) but much better quality vs 6600.
2. Dont know exactly the speed of the chip, but running faster than 6600.
3. Clear and Brighter screen.
4. 8Mb Internal memory > 6Mb (6600)
5. 1Mb Cache > 40k (6600)

On your keypad, is the Call Key light up as green?
Does the End Key light up as Red?

Do Nokia 6600 themes work on the 7610? If so, what happens to the Positioning and Presence icons? :-?

Thanks in advance

[nk_au]

Australians Rejoice!

We might expect the Nokia 7610 to arrive at Bondi Beach and the Gold Coast on the 24th of June 2004!

Information obtained from www.expansys.com.au

Yours sincerely,

nk_au