A slight upgrade of its “Classic” sibling, the Nokia 6500 Slide offers added features including 3G capability, a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss Lens, a MicroSD slot for memory expansion, and FM radio for those long hours of commute.
Crafted with brushed stainless steel, this relatively heavy phone is impervious to fingerprints and scratches. At 3.2 megapixels and 8x digital zoom, the 6500slide’s camera offers decent quality for a phone in its price range. As with all camera phones, shooting in low-light is not its strength, but a built-in dual-LED flash helps capture moments in the dark.
A music player and FM radio are included if you want to listen to music while jogging or in the gym. One notable feature is that you can use a Bluetooth stereo headset to enjoy your music wirelessly; however, you can’t use your standard 3.5mm earphones because Nokia opted to use a 2.5mm jack. You’ll have plenty of space for storing your files, with an internal 20MB memory and a MicroSD slot which supports up to 4Gigabytes.
Like the N82, a TV-out feature is also included which you can use to display whatever is on the phone’s screen. This is very useful in presenting pictures and videos in a classroom or even in a conference room. Yet, unlike the N82, it doesn’t have WiFi capability to access the internet while you’re sipping coffee at your favorite coffee shop.
Over-all , the Nokia 6500 Slide is a very responsive phone equipped with tons of features such as 3G compatibility, the 3.2 Megapixel camera with LED flash, Music player and FM radio, MicroSD memory slot, and TV Out. If you’re a student or a professional who wants a well-built, feature-packed phone, the Nokia 6500 Slide will serve you well.
(Thanks to Nokia and Bridges for lending us the phone.)
Reminiscent of the more expensive Samsung U900 Soul, it tries to present itself favorably with the slide interface and brushed aluminum fascia. It is solidly built with no hint of wobbling or squeaks on the slide mechanism.
It has a 2-megapixel camera on the top part of the phone which has superb panorama, mosaic, burst modes together with the night shooting mode to compensate for its lack of flash. The S3500 comes standard with a microSD slot for up to 8GB of storage for images, videos, or music. The music player can sort songs by artist, album or genre and even keeps track of the most played songs.
Although it doesn’t come with a standard 3.5mm headphone jack, it can wirelessly stream your tunes to your Bluetooth-capable headphones or car head unit. FM radio and music player can be easily controlled with the D-pad. JAVA apps and games are supported but unfortunately, all games included in the package are all demos.
The Samsung S3500 is a looker on a budget. Though it's nothing original nor cutting-edge, it can count on some of that Soul or the Nokia 6500 slide charisma. The camera performance is nothing special either, but the music player and FM radio perform well. If they just added 3G capability like the oher phones in its price range, then this is definitely a steal at P6,500.
