Nokia 6500 Slide Specifications

By Ty Pendlebury on 27/11/2007

More Nokia reviews , RRP: AU$689.00

The good:

  • Stylish looks
  • Good range of features
  • 3.2-megapixel camera

The bad:

  • Frustrating to use
  • Better 3G phones on the market

The bottomline:

The Nokia 6500 Slide is an attractive 3G phone, but despite features like video-out it's like dressing your daggy uncle in a nice suit.

Buying choices:

Editors' rating:

7.1/10

Users' rating:

5/10

Battery

  • Talk time
  • 6 hours
  • Standby time
  • 318 hours

Camera

  • Camera resolution
  • 3-megapixel
  • Digital zoom
  • 8 x
  • Video capture
  • Yes

Connectivity

  • Networks
  • GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900, UMTS 850, UMTS 2100
  • Connectivity
  • Bluetooth
  • Data services
  • GPRS
  • USB connectivity
  • Yes

Display

  • Main display: Screen resolution
  • 240 x 320 pixels
  • Main display: Number of colours
  • 16 million

Entertainment

  • Video player
  • Yes
  • Games
  • Yes
  • FM radio
  • Yes
  • Music player
  • Yes

Functionality

  • Input method
  • Numerical keypad
  • Ringtone options
  • Polyphonic
  • Supported audio file formats
  • AAC, AAC+, MP3, WMA
  • Supported video file formats
  • MPEG-4
  • Video calls
  • Yes
  • Web browser
  • Yes

General

  • Phone type
  • 3G
  • Form factor
  • Slider
  • Availability
  • Optus, Vodafone, 3 Mobile, Virgin
  • Dimensions (W x D x H)
  • 96.5 x 46.5 x 16.4 mm
  • Weight
  • 125 g

Memory

  • Memory card included
  • 256MB
  • Expansion slot
  • microSD

Messaging

  • Messaging options
  • SMS, MMS, E-mail
  • E-mail protocols
  • POP3, IMAP4, SMTP
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