Nokia 8210 masquerades as 8310
The racks held a number of 8310 covers, with an assortment of colors. After browsing a bit, I settled for a blue/white/purple one. The salesgirl asked for S$10 at first, but when she saw the disbelieving look on my face, she quickly scaled it down to S$8. That's probably one of the cheaper prices you will find for a third-party cover. There were other shops selling other 8310-type designs, some costing more than S$10. An original Nokia cover costs about S$15. When I opened the package, I found I had gotten what I paid for. My 8310 cover was bright and colorful, but when you took a closer look, you could see the uneven paint job around the edges. The build quality was abysmal. After opening and closing the ill-fitting cover a dozen times, hairline cracks appeared at the base of the cover. In addition, a tiny, detached plastic piece served as the on/off button. It took me just 5 minutes to drop it and lose it. Thankfully, I recovered it the next day. Here's a tip: it may be easier to insert the button from the outside after the cover has been secured, than to put it in on the underside of the cover.
After all is said, the 8310 pseudo cover works better as a novelty item. It has little usability or value. Maybe you will have better luck than we did in finding a good cover. Meanwhile, with the ill-fitting, inferior, cracked cover I now had, it was scant comfort that the third-party manufacturer had thoughtfully included an extra keypad.
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