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Nokia 7610 review: The 2004 leaf-shaped Symbian phone with one of the first 1 MP cameras.

SpecEagle Editorial·May 2004·$400
Overall
40/100
Class rank
#2 of 2
Tier
Mid-range
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

The leaf-shaped megapixel pioneer.

Nokia 7610 introduced the megapixel camera to mainstream phones in 2004 — with one of the most distinctive industrial designs Nokia ever shipped. The unconventional keypad was polarising, but the camera and Symbian apps were cutting-edge.

01Display

44/100

44/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2004.

TypeTFT 65k colours
Size2.1 inches
Resolution176 × 208 px

02Camera

42/100

42/100 trails the 46-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2004.

Main1 MP (megapixel firsts era)
VideoVideo Sharing

03Performance

36/100

36/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2004.

ChipsetTI OMAP1510 123 MHz
RAM8 MB
StorageMMC card (64–512 MB)

04Battery

50/100

50/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2004.

Capacity900 mAh (BL-5C, removable)
Standby~ 200 hours

05Build

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2004.

06Value

54/100

54/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2004.

What works
  • Iconic leaf-shaped design.
  • One of the first 1 MP cameraphones.
  • Symbian S60 with Java apps.
  • Removable battery + MMC card.
What doesn't
  • Tiny 2.1" screen.
  • Awkward keypad layout.
  • 2G only.
  • MMC, not microSD.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 2-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .