Volume: 47 cc
Weight: 94 g with battery
Dimensions: 109.8 x 45 x 9.5 mm
Display: 2″ (320 x 240 pixels) QVGA display supporting up to 16.7 million true colors
Price range: $530 - $613
The Nokia 6500 Slide is an attractive looking slider handset that is clad in brushed stainless steel with semi-gloss black plastic highlights. Due in part to its use of stainless steel, the 6500 Slide weighs a fairly hefty 127g (4.5oz) considering its otherwise reasonably compact 97mm x 46.5mm x 12mm (3.8″ x 1.8″ x .5″) dimensions. Opening up the dual-sprung slider mechanism reveals the black plastic keypad and causes the 6500 Slide to grow an additional 30mm (1.2″) in length.
Apart from being a bit stiff, the keypad is reasonably well designed. The stainless softkeys, call keys, and d-pad all work very well. The nicely raised edge of the d-pad is easy to find, and its center select button is so large that you would be hard pressed, no pun intended, to miss it. The volume control and the somewhat dodgy two-stage camera shutter key are located on the right side. The camera itself, along with its flash, are located out back. A simple release up top allows for the removal of the rear stainless panel that protects the battery. A mini Nokia charging port and normal 2.5mm headset port flank the new micro-USB data connector that is located on the top of the device. There is no dedicated power key - the red call key is used for powering up and down.
The Nokia 6500 looks great on the surface, but we have been ever so curious about its usability in the real world. PhoneArena aims to address those concerns with their very extensive review of the hot slider phone.
As you recall, the Nokia 6500 Slide was announced at the same time as its candybar cousin, the Nokia 6500 Classic. However, the two phones have fairly different feature sets. Among the vitals on the 6500 Slide are a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, 3G connectivity, microSD expansion slot (up to 4GB), a 2.2″ 16M color QVGA display, and a secondary camera for video calls.
All in all, the reviewer found that the Nokia 6500 Slide is “easy and trouble-free” in terms of usage and “it is also sufficiently fast not to induce irritating slow-downs or messages of the ‘please wait’ sort.” The ringer is loud, vibration is powerful, and the slide mechanism is very reliable and “tight.”
Key features:
View your images in excellent clarity on an impressive 2” display with up to 16 million colors
Store hundreds of songs, pictures, videos, and documents with more than 1GB of internal memory
2 megapixel digital camera takes high quality pictures and records QCIF quality video to capture those special moments
Music and video players means you can enjoy your favorite tracks and videos on the move
Talk worldwide with quadband GSM and dual band WCDMA
3G services provide an ‘always on’ broadband connection on your phone for fast data transfer, international roaming, and video streaming
Micro USB allows you to connect the phone quickly and easily to your PC or laptop, accessories, and chargers
Send and receive high quality SMS, MMS, and email – easily readable on the large display
Multimedia:
Music player supports AAC, eAAC+, and MP3 audio formats
Video playback supports H.263, MPEG4, and 3GPP formats and codecs
Video streaming supports 3GPP and H.263 formats
Browsing:
xHTML browser over wTCP/IP stack supports WAP release 2.0
WML (WAP 2.0) browser
Camera and video:
Resolution of images: 1600 x 1200 pixels
Resolution of videos: QCIF/SQCIF, 176 x 144 pixels
Image capture: JPEG
Video capture: MP4
Messaging and email:
Multimedia messaging (MMS) for creating, receiving, editing, and sending videos and pictures
Email client supports POP3 (mail receiving), IMAP4 (mail receiving), and SMTP (mail sending) protocols, with support for attachments (audio, video, and image files)
SMS (short messaging service) for text messages
AMS (audio messaging service) for sending voice clips over-the-air
