Nokia 6500 Slide - Expert Reviews

Review summary: While it hasn't proven itself to be perfect, the Nokia 6500 Slide has a good overall feature set in a good looking slider form package. We put this quad-band GSM, dual-band UMTS phone through its paces in this hands-on review.

Pros: Great looks, good call audio, solid music player features

Cons: Dropped calls, difficult camera AF, a bit heavy

Review summary: With a solid construction, stainless steel shell, and a plethora of features, this mid-range phone really is something...

Verdict: With all this buzz surrounding the Apple iPhone, a lot of other fantastic cell phones have sort of gotten lost in the mix. One handset that I find particularly attractive but hasn't received the same level of press as Apple's offering is the Nokia 6500 Sl

Review summary: 370 respectively before taxes and subsidies.

Review summary: The 6500 Slide is a sleek 3G slider phone which comes in a silver & black coloured casing. The phone comes with easy to use imaging features which bring a fun & useful element to this smooth opening handset. The phone comes with a 2.2 Inch high colour scr

Pros: Solid build quality and one of the best sliders available; Carl Zeiss optics for the 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera; quadband GSM with dual-band UMTS; A2DP.

Cons: Autofocus doesn't work in video mode; no backlight adjustment feature; phone doesn't auto keylock after closing the slider.

Verdict: The Nokia 6500 slide is an excellent basic camera-phone based on the S40 platform, though some tiny issues prevented it from getting a higher score.