Nokia 6500 Slide
The first thing you notice when you pick up the 6500 Slide is the weight. It’s fairly heavy compared to other phones in the same league. The brushed stainless steel finish is the real thing and the cold metal feel to the phone automatically provides assurance at the robustness of this phone. This looks like a smaller and lighter version of the N95 and thank goodness, it has a lot less buttons.
The 6500 Slide has a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens as well as a second smaller camera for making video calls. The camera also has a proper flash. It comes with 3G connectivity and has a microSD expansion slot which provides up to 4GB of additional storage. No WiFi though. There’s a handy TV-Out feature too if you want to play your videos or do a slideshow of your photos. The keypad is very easy to use, something many new phones don’t seem to have figured out.
Software and interface wise all that needs to be said is that it’s a Nokia. As usual with Nokias they get the usability right first go. The only thing that is a let down with this phone is yet again the battery life. Nokias have never had the best battery life and when using 3G it impacts even more.
All in all this is a stylish and desirable phone.
