Nokia 6500 Slide - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The new Nokia Slide is the member of the 6500 Series twosome with the feature fetish. But is it enough to divert attention away from its partner-in-crime?

Pros: Beautiful stainless steel finish and build. Slick slide action. Very user-friendly. Feature rich music player

Cons: No 3.5mm headphone jack. Occasional blurred edges on photos

Review summary: The Nokia 6500 Slide is a phone packed with features. It's a sturdy handset and has a good music player and the supplied earphones produce good sound quality. The phone is 3G and it has twin cameras for video calling, plus you can also hook it up to ...

Pros: Good music player ; TV output ; decent camera

Cons: Bulky and heavy ; screen could be brighter

Verdict: It's a shame the design is so chunky, but the Nokia 6500 Slide still has plenty to offer thanks to its clever TV output, good camera and impressive music player

Review summary: In Nokia 6500 slide we notice a combination, on the one hand, of the 8600 Luna sensation with a very good camera, on the other, but at a lower price. Special attention has been paid to every ......

Pros: Very good display with a light sensor, Reliable and tight slide mechanism, 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, Quad band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz and dual band UMTS 850/2100 MHz

Cons: Volume key is hard to find and difficult to press

Verdict: The overall impression is that working with the slider is easy and trouble-free; it is also sufficiently fast not to induce irritating slow-downs or messages of the “please wait” sort. During the whole period of our testing and overloading with tasks, ...

Review summary: The Nokia 6500 Slide is a very decent feature-packed, lower-cost alternative the Nokia N95. If you're looking for something more slender, consider the Nokia 6500 Classic candy bar phone.

Pros: 3G, 3.2 megapixel camera, Excellent build quality, Big keys, Tv-out

Cons: Chunky design

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