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The Nokia 6500 Slide-opening Black mobile phone features a surprisingly high-quality 3.2-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and the ability to easily share pictures, videos and even video calls on a television.

The Nokia 6500 Slide brings unsurpassed levels of imaging and sharing and delivers a refined tactile experience with its elegant brushed stainless steel finish and smooth slide mechanism.

Designed with maximum usability in mind with large keys and ergonomically correct and balanced proportions, this phone is just what you're looking for.

Enjoy the stainless steel slide-open design and turn your friends green with envy

3G video calling helps you feel even closer to the people you care about

Capture and share amazing images with the 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics
The large colour display makes viewing websites and multimedia a pleasure.

Take your tunes everywhere with bulit-in MP3
Visual radio - listen to, interact with, and see information about your favourite FM radio channels

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Specifications

Weight: 125g
Standby battery time: 1 week, 5 days and 22 hours

Array / 5

Average Rating: Array / 5 from 29 reviews

3 / 5

john mcneilly 20th Oct 2008

Likes: works well, small taking up little room, good camera +works well with computer

Dislikes: bigger keyboard for my big fingers

3 / 5

David Heath 18th Nov 2008

Likes: It's easy on the eye

Dislikes: It does not have a very good signal

3 / 5

Ian Sadler 25th Nov 2008

Likes: Compact and good sturdy casing, has all the features required of a phone, great music features

Dislikes: Battery length not so good,

4 / 5

Einy Shah 29th Nov 2008

Likes: It's easy to use, decent camera (3.2), control keys easy to use and can change accessibility e.g. short cuts

Dislikes: It freezes up sometimes

3 / 5

hakan ali 23rd Mar 2009

Likes: its features are brill and the slide is great also its camera is very good and clear pictures.

Dislikes: sometimes the buttons get stuck and you have to press hard to make a call also its quite heavy and bulky.

1 / 5

Susannah Leggatt 30th Mar 2009

Likes: Not much

Dislikes: It is rather big

3 / 5

amanda cozens 30th Mar 2009

Likes: easy to use

Dislikes: looks worn

3 / 5

Donna Hutchings 31st Mar 2009

Likes: easy to use

Dislikes: nothing

3 / 5

Fatimah Hussain 17th Apr 2009

Likes: Camera, MP3 Player.

Dislikes: Everything Apart From The Things Listed Above.

4 / 5

Kevin Honey 25th Apr 2009

Likes: Easy To use , small and light, decent camera

Dislikes: No protection for the screen

1 / 5

David Heath 27th Apr 2009

Likes: The colour

Dislikes: Its slow Internet

3 / 5

Karla Watts 27th Apr 2009

Likes: easy to use

Dislikes: battery life

2 / 5

KAREN RYE 27th Apr 2009

Likes: the slide feature

Dislikes: too heavy

3 / 5

Lee Gardner 27th Apr 2009

Likes: its sleek design

Dislikes: it keeps crashing

3 / 5

IAN CHEYNE 30th Apr 2009

Likes: ok

Dislikes: calls costs

1 / 5

Donna Hutchings 30th Apr 2009

Likes: colour

Dislikes: always going wrong

3 / 5

ralph Barber 4th Jun 2009

Likes: easy

Dislikes: nothing

3 / 5

Anne Tozer 5th Jun 2009

Likes: Compact

Dislikes: Keys are a little too small

3 / 5

Rodric Norris 9th Jun 2009

Likes: pictures and internet access

Dislikes: sometimes take a while for messages to deliver or for me to recieve them

3 / 5

Iain Sanderson 11th Jun 2009

Likes: has a good camera and plenty of memory. simple to use inerface.

Dislikes: occasionally breaks and buttons sometimes dont work.

4 / 5

Sarah Warboys 15th Jun 2009

Likes: The camera pixels and camera, ringtone and games capabilty.

Dislikes: it continually resets to the default settings and i need to keep setting back up. Would not opt for a slide phone again.

4 / 5

Kevin Honey 13th Jul 2009

Likes: Controls easy to use. Quick to lock and switch to silent

Dislikes: No protection for screen

1 / 5

David Heath 14th Jul 2009

Likes: No longer like it

Dislikes: It keeps losing the signal

3 / 5

Chris Bailey 18th Jul 2009

Likes: Easy to use

Dislikes: Speaker sound is very quiet

4 / 5

grahame white 24th Jul 2009

Likes: sturday and strong

Dislikes: too many functions I dont need

3 / 5

Emma Robinson 24th Jul 2009

Likes: the colour and the message space

Dislikes: the battery life

3 / 5

Paul Stokes 5th Aug 2009

Likes: ease of use/slider

Dislikes: weight/bulk

4 / 5

Chris Bailey 7th Aug 2009

Likes: Good sized buttons

Dislikes: Speaker is very quiet

4 / 5

Kevin Honey 13th Aug 2009

Likes: Light, small and easy to use

Dislikes: No protection for the screen

2G

2G phones are digital phones

3.15 Mega Pixel Camera

The smallest single component of an image is the definition of a pixel. This camera has 3.15 Megapixel or 3.15 million pixels. The more the pixels the clearer the image.

3G or UMTS

Works in UMTS frequency channels 800/850/1900/2100 or 850/1700/1900/2100 MHz

Autofocus

This phone has an autofocus function allowing you to take pictures without the need to focus

Bluetooth

Bluetooth allows users to pair with other Bluetooth devices. This allows a wireless connection to a Bluetooth headset or carkit so that you can carry out a conversation without the need to hold your handset. Particularly useful for conversing whilst driving.

Built-in handsfree

You can use this phone's built-in speaker to listen to incoming or outgoing calls and music handsfree.

Calculator

This phone has a calculator built in.

Calendar

This phone has an organiser which includes a Calendar

Camera

Almost all mobile phones now come with a built in camera and their quality is increasing to rival many stand alone point and shoot cameras. For example, the HTC Desire HD has an 8 megapixel camera, which enables you to take great photos, on the go.

Take a look through the mobile phone deals we have by camera quality or feature:

8 megapixel cameras
5 megapixel cameras
Image stabilizer
Flash

Carl Zeiss Lens

This phone has a Carl Zeiss lens

EDGE for high speed data access

High speed data access

Email

This phone is capable of sending and receiving email

FM Radio

Allows you to tune into FM Radio channels, the headset is used as the antenna.

Game

This phone has games

GPRS

Stands for General Packet Radio System. This basically allows you to browse internet websites using your phone. GPRS is mainly used for text based information - getting football results, checking train timetables, reading the news etc. GPRS is not bad at downloading pictures, however it is slower than 3G. You can use GPRS to received and send Multimedia messages such as a text with a picture.

It is advisable to choose a 3G handset for decent download speeds of videos and pictures rather than GPRS, however GPRS is pretty good for text based information and pictures with lower definition.

HSCSD

High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data (HSCSD) is an enhancement to Circuit Switched Data, the original data transmission mechanism of the GSM mobile phone system, which is four times faster than GSM, with data rates up to 38.4 Kbps.

Instant messaging

Instant messaging (often abbreviated simply to IM) offers real-time communication.

Internet

You can browse the Internet using your phone. The speed of browsing is dependent on the handset in question for example if the phone is 3G then your browsing speed will be significantly higher than a GPRS phone.

Java compatible

This phone is Java compatible

Memory expandable via MicroSD card

This allows you to expand the phone's memory using MicroSD cards. MicroSD cards are available in various sizes, the most popular being 1GB or 2GB which can hold thousands of songs and hundreds of pictures.

Micro USB

Smaller USB, requires an adapter to convert to normal sized USB, this is normally provided with the phone

MP3 Player

The phone includes an MP3 player which allows you to play and store music. Works in a similar fashion to normal MP3 players in that you can upload Music onto the phone's memory or onto an external memory stick (size of memory slot dependent on phone). Once the music is loaded you can listen to it either on the phone's speakers or using a pair of headphones that is compatible with the handset.

MP3 Ringtone

You can choose an MP3 song from your MP3 player on your phone and set this as your ring tone on this phone

Multimedia Service MMS

Allows you to send and receive picture messages

Polyphonic ring tone

Polyphonic ringtones are ringtones that play several types of tones at a time (up to 70 in recent phones)

Push to Talk

Similar to the system used in Walkie Talkies

Quadband

850 MHz (U.S./Canada/Latin America/Brazil (Only the carrier Vivo)
900 MHz (Europe/Brazil/Asia (ex Japan and S. Korea))
1800 MHz (Europe/Brazil)
1900 MHz (U.S./Canada/Latin America)

Slide phone

This phone has a slide design

SMS - text messages

Short message service - allows you to send and receive texts

T9 Predictive Text

You can select predictive text on this phone

TV output

This phone can output to a TV

USB

A USB port allows you to connect your phone to your computer

Vibra alert

This function causes the phone to vibrate to alert the user than someone is trying to get in touch. Users sometimes use this function when they are in meetings instead of their ringer.

Video calling

This phone has a video calling function. When calling someone that also has a video phone, you will be able to see the person if you are in 3G coverage.

Video player

Plays videos

Video recorder

Records videos

Voice memo

You can save a voice memo on this phone. This is useful if something springs to mind and you son't want to forget it. You can also use the voice memo function to record a small conversation.

WAP 2.0