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Nokia 6500 Classic Features

• Very sleek and slim
• 1 GB of internal memory
• Great 16M color QVGA display
• Snappy user interface
• 3G network support
• Rich preloaded content
• Bluetooth with A2DP support

Nokia 6500 Classic Weak Point

• No microSD card slot
• No FM radio
• No video calls, not even with the main camera
• Prone to fingerprints
• Mediocre camera
• Uncomfortable keypad

Nokia 6500 classic review photos

With the deservingly warm welcomed Nokia 6300, it seemed the legendary Nokia 6230 had finally found its rightful successor. As time passed however, the slim Finn was having harder and harder time standing its ground to a growing number of rivals. Now Nokia is throwing another super thin phone in the battle and it seems to be a worthy reinforcement. Armed with 1 GB of onboard memory and design that simply cannot go unnoticed, Nokia 6500 classic surely deserves attention.

Like its brother, the 6500 Slide, the Classic sports an elegant look, quad-band GSM/EDGE and dual-band UMTS support, and the latest version of Nokia's S40 user interface. It is a sharp looking, thin bar handset that can turn a few heads as well as keep its owner's personal music soundtrack playing in the background.

The most interesting physical aspect of the Classic to me is how solid it feels. This phone feels very, very sturdy. It feels like the kind of phone that you could open beer bottles with, or use to break through a car window in an emergency. In fact, when the bottom cover is slid off to expose the battery, the 6500 Classic's metal frame is easily seen. It is a tough little phone, and a pretty one at that.