Nokia 6500

The Nokia 6500 Slide is one of two 6500 series devices that were announced side by side back in May of this year. Unlike the very thin and simple Nokia 6500 Classic, the Nokia 6500 Slide that we are reviewing today has a slider form factor of Nokia 6500, stainless steel body work, and an auto-focus digital camera that uses Carl Zeiss lenses. Come to see Nokia 6500.

At least, the Nokia 6500 Slide looks like it should be a top end feature phone. Nokia 6500 has dual-band 3G support in addition to quad-band GSM support, Nokia 6500 has a built-in 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera, and a solid media player. Nokia 6500 is also quite attractive and uses a QVGA resolution display that can show up to 16 million different color shades. That’s all very impressive.

But the reality of the situation is that the Nokia 6500 doesn’t always excel where one would expect it to. While the music player of Nokia 6500 is, indeed, very good, the AF digital camera of Nokia 6500 takes some coaxing to get a good photo out of it. The stainless steel cover material looks good, but adds to the Nokia 6500’s weight as well as makes it hard to keep clean. The QVGA display of Nokia 6500 also lacks brightness, though it is, at least, usable in even the harshest lighting conditions.

In the end, Nokia 6500 is still a good phone, just not a great phone. As such, I give it a “Recommended” rating.