Nokia 6650 - T-Mobile Exclusive
Discontinued 3rd March 2008
Available exclusively on the T-Mobile
network from the third quarter of this year, the Nokia
6650 is a rare clamshell phone from Nokia with HSDPA
(3G broadband) and GPS (satellite navigation) support.
It's also notable for being another occasion where Nokia
have recycled the name of an older handset.
One
immediately obvious thing to even a casual observer
is that the Nokia 6650 very closely resembles the Motorola
RAZR range. The flat keypad, slim profile and even
the "kick" under the number keys are all characteristic
of Motorola handsets, but it's not the first time that
Nokia have made a RAZR-like phone - the disastrous
Nokia
N76 is another example.
The Nokia 6650 is a pretty interesting
device in its own right. The inclusion of A-GPS (Assisted
GPS) is unusual in a clamshell phone, and on top of
that the 6650 has HSDPA high-speed data giving download
speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps.
Inside is a 2.2" 240 x 320 pixel
display, with a smaller display on the outside with
dedicated media keys. The Nokia 6650 has a microSD slot,
FM radio and Bluetooth.
The camera is a fairly basic 2 megapixel
unit, but it does come with a flash. As far as we can
tell, the 6650 lacks a secondary video calling camera
- but these are sometimes well hidden, so
we could be wrong.
We
don't know if this is an S60 smartphone or not, and
Nokia have not specified the size, weight and battery
life at the time of going to press. T-Mobile in Germany
say that the 6650 will cost just €1 when taken with
their €28/month Relax 100 tariff.
Note:
in the US, the 6650 is exclusively available on the
AT&T network.
The Original
Nokia 6650
Announced way back in September 2002
and shipping in 2003, the Nokia 6650 was Nokia's first
attempt at a 3G handset. Despite its large size and
141 gram weight, the original 6650 only managed a 128
x 160 pixel display, didn't come with expandable memory
or an MP3 player, but it did have Bluetooth.
The original Nokia 6650 is a very rare
handset, especially in Europe where most major carriers
started rolling out their 3G network in 2004-5, by which
time the 6650 was already obsolete. The first popular
Nokia 3G phones were the Nokia
6630 and the unusual Nokia
7600. In other words, it is pretty unlikely that
you will buy the original 6650 by mistake..
indeed, it is probably something of a collector's item
today.
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Nokia
6650 at a glance
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Available:
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Q3
2008
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Network:
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GSM
+ UMTS (3G)
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Data:
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GPRS
+ UMTS (3G) + HSDPA
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Screen:
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240
x 320 pixels, 16m colours
(main)
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Camera:
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2
megapixels
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Size:
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Medium
clamshell Size / weight
tbc
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Memory
card:
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microSD
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Infra-red:
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No
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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GPS:
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Yes (aGPS)
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Battery
life:
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Not
specified
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