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Nokia 6500 Slide
By: Shayne Rana   |   Aug 13, 2008
  • 3.5
Sturdy and stylish
Camera is good
Great battery life
Music player volume output is low
FM radio pickup is bad; takes too long to locate and store stations

I like a handset that looks like a traditional mobile. Nothing too fancy in terms of looks; just the relevant features in keeping with its price. Anything extra is just a bonus. The Nokia 6500 Slide just might make the grade if your tastes are in sync with mine, but before you make a purchase decision, allow me to clue you in on the 6500 Slide's features and performance.

Form Factor
The name pretty much gives a clue to the handset's form factor. The Slide is available in two colors – black and steel. Although I prefer the black, the steel is in no way bad-looking. The handset itself is rather simple in design. Nothing fancy, yet it's quite chic.

The display is a 2.2 inch TFT job sporting a 240 x 320 pixel resolution with 16 million colors. The slider is smooth initially, but it'll inevitably get a bit sticky with use. The five way nav-pad, two open keys, and call and end keys are neatly arranged and large enough. The same goes for the keypad; Nokia has made utilized space well. The handset has a scratch-resistant stainless steel shell.

On one side you'll find the dedicated camera key and the volume/zoom keys. All the connectors are located on the top of the handset. It has a 2.5mm earphone socket that also doubles as a TV-out and a microUSB port, along with the charging port and a small key that can be used to pop open the rear panel. Unfortunately there's no exterior hot swap slot for the microSD card; you'll have to open up the rear panel – but no, you won't need to remove the battery.

The 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera with flash is located at the back, and the brushed stainless steel finish makes it look a bit like a sleek digicam. A secondary camera is located in the front in the same area as the earpiece. The handset has a simple rectangular shape with smooth edges, that gives a very stylish feel.


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gopal @ Feb 06, 2009
Slippery surface too smooth to handle-I often drop it. The first time it hit the deck was 5 yards from the o2 till after purchasing it!! Nokia need to put rubber surfaces around edge so you can operate the slide mech without it sliding out of your grasp and smashing on the footpath. The photos you get from it are very good so long as you don't get your finger over the camera lens.
kev @ Sep 14, 2008
i am so confused which mobile to buy ..... nokia 5610 and n73 music edition are in the 12k to 13k range , also there is a new phone now nokia 3600 slide which offers a similar features at 9k though there might be some compromise in music and camera quality. some one please provide me a solution ... also if tech2 can review 3600 slide it would be great ! ! !
vinay @ Aug 25, 2008
my nokia 6500slide front camera is not working. Is there any option to make it to work
prem @ Aug 24, 2008
This handset is having a productive defect.Nokia had taken 45 days to repair the brandnew hand set and finally they agreed this is a defective product.And they had swiped the brand new handset with a 6 month old used defective handset and i was told this is the proceedure to get exchange handset.Guys think twice before buying nokia product.Now a days their service n custcare are very bad.And dont go for this hand set.price is too high and hanging all the time.try with samsung,sony or lg.in this price range u wl get stylish and more feature handset.
Manoj K @ Aug 18, 2008
Nokia 6500 is a stylish phones with that elite metal finish.
Though priced a little high still is an OK types buy.
Nikhil Chopra @ Aug 18, 2008
Waiting for the iphone..... waiting for the "mobile market killer"

Nokia has become too arrogant...pathetic customer service no standby handset provided in case u give your handset for repair.....
Kapil @ Aug 16, 2008
Nokia is the biggest rip-off in the history of telecommunications. My first nokia phone was a nokia 1100, the most basic handset. Even that restarted on its own and hung up. Nokia is just fooling all indian people and all of us just follow suit with Srk and mindlessly repeat Humara Nokia. Guys, try other handsets as well. Motorola and SE hav scrapped damn good handsets too. I have scrapped my nokia and got a Rokr E8 and trust me it works great. lovely phone
Jin Kazama @ Aug 16, 2008
13k for this??
id rather go 4 d e51,which offers wifi,at a lower price.
abhishek @ Aug 14, 2008
looks cool........ bt how much is it gonna cost????? n wot else does it hav??? wots d memory????? etc etc etc
sanjana @ Aug 14, 2008
iphone is coming wait guys
apple @ Aug 14, 2008
The review says that it records videos at VGA 15 FPS and the numerical res is 352x288 which is CIF. Please correct. And how can it not be bad? Any higher res vid at 15 FPS seems drawn out. Higher FPS is needed.
Siddhant Saxena @ Aug 14, 2008
this is d brother of Nokia 5610 available here from long time.....ya 5610 is termed as d music phone. except for d video out these phones share everything
But m surprised at 1 thing....6500 can take video of size 352 x 288???
Most of d nokias r able 2 take 640x480 size video including ma 5610. If so den TV out is totally useless
Plz check it out n confirm
iceman @ Aug 14, 2008
Not Worth It
Shreyas @ Aug 13, 2008
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