Nokia 1610 is a mid-range

mobile phone A mobile phone or cell phone is a portable telephone that allows users to make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while moving within a designated telephone service area, unlike fixed-location phones ( landline phones). This rad ...

model manufactured by

Nokia Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications industry, telecommunications, technology company, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, originally established as a pulp mill in 1 ...

. It complemented the

Nokia 2110 The Nokia 2110 is a cellular phone made by the Finnish telecommunications firm Nokia, first announced and released in January 1994. It is the first Nokia phone with the famous Nokia tune ringtone. The phone can send and receive SMS messages; a ...

business model, but had significantly fewer features. It was introduced in April 1996 and released in May and became popular at the time.

Description

The Nokia 1610 had a

monochromatic A monochrome or monochromatic image, object or palette is composed of one color (or values of one color). Images using only shades of grey are called grayscale (typically digital) or black-and-white (typically analog). In physics, mon ...

display which could show two rows of text at a time. The operating manual did not mention a possibility to send text messages, but at least units sold from 1996 and onwards included the function. The SMS capable version was called 1610 Plus. The phone used an external rigid antenna, but had a groove on the inside of the battery to accommodate a pull-out type antenna. The 1610 used a credit card size SIM-card, and was powered by a NiMH type battery with a capacity of 600 mAh. The phone was stated to have up to 7 hours of call time and up to 200 hours of standby time. There was a dedicated voicemail button. Chargers compatible: ACH-6, ACH-8

Reception

Contemporary French magazine Mobiles gave an overall positive review of the phone, noting the long battery life, accessible software and font size, and affordable price. It was noted that the large size of the phone made it seem outdated. The book Mobile Usability praised the user interface, stating it "supported the necessary features of its time quite well."

References

1610 Mobile phones introduced in 1996 {{mobile-phone-stub