Nokia 6500 Classic
14 NOV 2007
Launch price
from £free
Stuff says
The 6500 Classic’s gorgeously sculpted body work is just about enough for us to overlook its feature failings. One for the sophisticated style hounds among you
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The 6500 Classic and Slide may share a codename, but that’s largely where the similarities end. Whereas the Slide packs powerful features like a 3.2MP camera, the Classic uses its wafer-thin 9.5mm torso to court the style hound.
It’s not a complete simpleton – the inclusion of 3G is helpful for web browsing – but the cameras is only 2MP and there’s no expandable memory. Still, it’s mined from the finest metal and also individually polished by nubile Scandinavian underwear models so not one phone is alike. Okay, we stretched the truth a little there – but we still couldn’t tell the difference between the two Classics we played with.
Part metal jacket
Unique finish or not, the Classic uses anodized aluminium instead of stainless steel. This gives it that cool metallic touch and lovely curved edges, although its quality build is slightly let down by a plastic back cover.
The keypad is nicely spaced with ridges for thumb grip while the 2in display is another 16-million colour, QVGA-quality stunner in the same vain as the 6500 Slider. It uses the well known Symbian Series 40 OS and plays out exactly like similar Nokia handsets: highly intuitive with Simple Simon tendencies.
Headphone headache
Despite the diluted camera and video performance and limited 1GB internal memory the 6500 Classic does match some of the 6500 Slide’s feature flourishes. This includes a new look and lively sounding music player with audio equalizers.