Nokia 6500 Slide
06 NOV 2007
Launch price
from £free
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The 6500 Slide has the high calibre metallic build of the 8600 Luna, the impressive feature set of the N73 and lashings of Nokia’s famed user-friendliness. What’s not to like?
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Fashion or features? That’s the choice you’re making with Nokia’s classy new 6500 Series Duo. Do you plump for the size zero Classic candybar, cutting an incredibly slender 9.5mm thick figure or make a beeline for the more feature potent Slider handset?
It seems an obvious choice when you consider the 3G-roving 6500 Slider packs a 3.2MP snapper and is just as refined as its Slim Jim partner.
Smooth operator
Taking the design of the 6288 handset as its starting point, Nokia has hewn the Slide out of brushed stainless steel, giving it a finish almost as luxurious as the 8600 Luna and 8800 Sirocco. This metallic overcoat also gives it a nice heft but is not so weighty its provokes pocket sag.
The slider action is smooth, gliding open firmly but fluently to reveal an overly glossy keypad. Still, it’s spacious and geared nicely for speed texters.
The 2.2in QVGA display is similar to other high-end Nokias we’ve played with recently, brightly brimming with 16-million colours and crisp detail. Nokia has decided on the Symbian Series 40 OS for the 6500 Series and this is naturally imbued with the Finnish manufacturer’s intuitive and friendly outlook.
It’s a booty Carl
Apart from the expertly crafted metal torso, the 3.2MP shutterbug is the main draw here and the Slide takes the honour of being the first non-Nseries member to be fitted with a Carl Zeiss lens.