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Nokia 7280

The 2G 7280 "lipstick" phone is a mobile telephone model supplied by Nokia. It supports GSM, SMS, MMS, HSCSD, GPRS, and SyncML. It has a VGA camera. Its design features a slider end and a Navi-Spinner in the place of a keypad. As part of Nokia's "Fashion Phone" line, it has black, white and red styling, and a screen that fades to a mirror when inactive. Fortune Magazine listed it as one of the best products of 2004 [1] while its design was praised by the jury in the iF product design awards for 2005. [2] The battery could only be replaced by an authorised service center. [3]

Adverts for the Nokia Fashion Collection were directed by photographer David LaChapelle. There are a total of 3 versions of the commercial, each featuring one of the 3 phones including the Nokia 7280. The others are Nokia 7260 and 7270.

The phone is shown in the Pussycat Dolls' " Beep" music video. It was also featured in the music video for " Say I" by Christina Milian.[ citation needed] and in the music video for " Get Right" by Jennifer Lopez. It was succeeded by the Nokia 7380 which was released in 2006.

References

  1. ^ Bonamici, Kate (December 13, 2004), "The 25 BEST PRODUCTS of the Year", CNN
  2. ^ Nokia wins iF product design awards 2005, Technology News Daily, 2005-03-31
  3. ^ Kent German (10 March 2005). "Nokia 7280 (Unlocked) review". cnet. Retrieved 2 March 2018. the 7280 does not have a user-replaceable battery. If it conks out, you'll have to take it to an "authorized service facility,"