The
Nokia 7650 was the original multimedia smartphone, but it's looking
very dated now. With a relatively small display and just 4096 colours,
it can't do justice to the imaging features available. The memory
is also very poor at just 3.6 Mbytes and cannot be expanded. Finally
the weight of the thing is just too much! A great piece of history,
and groundbreaking in its time, but not fit for purpose today! RIP
Nokia 7650!
Graphical
user interface with Symbian operating system
Joystick
with 5-way navigation
Bluetooth™
wireless technology
Integrated
handsfree speaker
T9
predictive text messaging
Voice
recorder
3.6
MB dynamic memory for photo album, phonebook, calendar, messages
and add-on applications
Infrared
modem
Voice
dialling (25 names)
5
games
Clock,
calculator
Size:
114 x 56 x 26 mm
Weight:
154g
Battery
standby: 100 - 150 hours
Battery
talktime: 2 - 4 hours
Dual
band
Nokia 7650
Consumer Reviews
Average
rating from 100 reviews:
Please, do not submit any more reviews of the Nokia
7650 - 100 reviews is enough!
Reviewed by Matthew from England on
18th May 2005
My Antie used to have this phone and it is the best ever. The camera
is quiet good and the very best thing about it is that the phone
has a sliding key pad and a joystick. Rating:
Reviewed by Andrej from Slovenia on
12th May 2005
I too am using this phone for a two years and a half...it was nothing
but great! Nowdays there are occasional problems, like the on/off
button, but there is no way i'm taking that as a bad thing after
the phone was dropped a few times from different altitudes :)...phone
of its time! ps: would you really change symbian for some other
strange OS? Rating:
Reviewed by Rob from UK on 11th
May 2005
I would still have this phone if it didn't fall down the stairs.
Great phone, poor memory, intermittant bluetooth If i can get a
new screen, this phone will work again. If only it had MMC support,
possibilty would be endless Rating:
Reviewed by James from England on
8th May 2005
My uncle had one in 2003 at the time i loved to have a go at it!!!
then he gave it to my cusen in late 2003 and it wasnt so good and
exiting in early 2004 he was going to sell it i wanted to buy it
cus i still owwned a 3310 and my mum wudnt let me cus it woz 2 bulky
shes rite so i bought a siemens a60 instead im boered of tht now
im gettin a motorola v220 over all nokia 7650's are like an 80's
brick Rating:
Reviewed by Ruszu from Romania on
5th May 2005
How can u say something bad about this phone? I just don`t get it!
How can u say "this phone is not for use in 2005!it`s damn rubbish!Do
not buy!" Of course this phone is over-dated but if u make a objective
review bare in mind that this phone was launched in 2003!What did
u expect? Technology evolves!Don`t say bad things about NOKIA 7650!How
many of you know that this is the all time no1 flawles phone(if
you aren`t so unlucky to buy a messed-up second hand one!)!It has
an ARM1040 cpu that runs at 104 MHz with series 60 Symbian upgradable
software(wich is like the Godfather of all modern Symbian based
phones!-and for those of you that don`t kow much obout phones, i`d
say that this is like Windows for mobile phones!)It has 4096 color
display and low memory.So what did you expect for the first quarter
of 2003?Back then i`m sure u didn`t even know what bluetooth is!Sure
it`s big but let`s face it it`s the first of Nokia`s Symbian based
phones,and evan today Smartphones like this one are just BIG(6600-the
best example!So don`t talk about phones if u don`t know much about
them and especially MAKE AN OBJECTIVE REVIEW! PS:I still use 7650
and a 6600!7650is by far more stable in intensive Cpu usage! Rating:
Reviewed by Baghail Singh Rathore from
India on 28th Apr 2005
In 2003,I was the first person who brought nokia7650,a mobile phone
with integrated digital camera in my college & everyone was getting
crazy to see it.I never want to get rid of this phone, I love it.Well
its so cool..en nice...nokia. Rating:
Reviewed by Rohit Prabhakar Eligeti from
India on 22nd Apr 2005
Still even now many people who have no knowledge about Technologies
thinks that Nokia 7650 is the latest and new model of Nokia with
slider for the first time!...they don't know that it's a very old
model! but still they love it more than 6600 or any other mobile
companies because of it's design but the features may not suit today's
technology but it may well come in useful ways...Actually really
i say that the nokia manufacturers really manufactured and engineered
7650 perfectly good than other's and today's nokia smartphones......when
after the next model arrives...we treat 7650 an old model...it's
not right...I should say that 7650 has the best mobile design and
performance ever made from nokia!...Great credits to Nokia...And
no wonder Samsung D500 had won the best handset awards 2005...it's
almost a copy of 7650....So hope for the best to nokia do make better
models in near future...All the best to NOKIA Rating:
Reviewed by Akshay from India on
20th Apr 2005
Oh boy.. This was one phone I loved such a damn lot.. Got to use
it for a month or so when I swapped with my friend [yeah he was
totally phased out when I told him I wana swap my 6600 with his
7650 for a little while].. If only this damn thing had MMC support
I wudve tossed my 6600 away and bought it even today !! Rating:
Reviewed by bob from mongolia on
15th Apr 2005
this was the best fone i ever used, it was great until all these
new better smaller phones came out. great phone it was . Rating:
Reviewed by shifat from sharafi on
14th Apr 2005
love at first site great Rating:
Reviewed by Anand Patel from England
on 1st Apr 2005
When this phone first came out it was the BEST phone of those ages.
Bluetooth (although no one really knew how to use it until some
time back), camera and a slick, stylish way of opening caught the
technology hearts of many a hundreds of people. Despite all these
good points, this phone has a serious let down... THE MEMORY!!!
Everything about this phone is good except for the lack of memory. Rating:
Reviewed by Robert from England on
30th Mar 2005
This was an excellent phone in it's day but that was when I bought
over two years ago. It did crash sometimes and unfortunately, on
mine, switching it on became a real pain so was was only switched
off when boarding aeroplanes. The Bluetooth is very restricted in
its capabilities although I was aware of this when I bought it.
The synch with Outlook was good. After much research, especially
on this website, I consider the Motorola V635 to be a successor
to the 7650 and a pretty good one at that. Note that it does split
the address book into seperate entries on loading from Outlook.
Also the context dependent use of the menukey needs to be understood. Rating:
Reviewed by Gabi from Romania on
29th Mar 2005
I have been using my 7650 for over two and a half years now. NEVER
HAD A PROBLEM! NEVER! No dropped calls, battery life is excellent
(it`s like a week). NEVER CRASHED! and if I come to think of it...
i think the last time I turned my phone off was a year ago. It`s
been working ever since, no restart, no shutdown. NO PROBLEMS but...
but... i never dropped the phone, and i am taking good care of it.
You have to learn to respect phones, especially this one. It`s a
vet! Rating:
Reviewed by Haribo from England on
24th Mar 2005
Although its collosal I reckon it is a very good buy in the long
term.BUY IT!!! Shuga looga ley!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Natalie from England on
24th Mar 2005
Dont buy this phone if u want people to make fun of you for having
a massive phone, the phone is good, has an exellent camera although
buttons are quite small! The recorder only records for 1 minute,
sometimes you need more than 1 minute! The phones good its just
the size! Rating:
Reviewed by T. Watchorn from UK on
14th Mar 2005
This is by far an excellent phone for features but battery life
and reliability are its major flaws. Be prepared to charge it almost
every day and be prepared to make short phone calls aswell. Mine
dies almost instantly after connecting a phone call. I also believe
this was love at first txt but I wouldnt recommend unless u like
a machine that does nothing but txt and take pictures Rating:
Reviewed by cornelsky from philippines
on 6th Mar 2005
the phone that started it mms, nice feel, but its just too jhard
to extend it as often for sms, size is too big almost same size
of 9500 when extended Rating:
Reviewed by andy from england on
4th Mar 2005
GET USED TO SAYING THESE WORDS: "no officer its not an offencive
weapon its a 7650 mobile phone" This is by far the biggest sickest
lard arsed phone in the world. not matter how big ur pockets are
it wont fit in them, it ways as much as a tank and is ugly. Rating:
Reviewed by j.clark from NL on
26th Feb 2005
it was love @ 1st sight, that's for sure; but how does love grow
old? had a 7110 as my 1st mobile for four yrs (and i can understand,
after 2 yrs why the 7650 wasn't the "Matrix Revolution" phone >:)
i will not get another 7650, possibly not even a Nokia; PLUS camera
& video SW; address book; games; GPRS & WAP; availability of applications
for Symbian OS60 (file mgr., task mgr., games); general interface
once got used to the idea of it having an operating system (Symbian).
MINUS unable to program a phone call in the calendar )can't press
DIAL button when the alarm goes off; you have to look up the name
in the address book... or type it in :(( ; somewhat unpredictable
battery life (depending on used applications); interface with PC
sucks (only bluetooth and can't copy everything, only address book/agenda
and photos). SHOW STOPPER for use keen to use a head set, that is...
the jack for the head set is beside the antenna (design flaw) and
the signal out gets SCRAMBLED beyond re cognition; can't use a head
set (not even BT, which requires a additional "plug-in... into the
same jack >:(" CONCLUSION want a phone that works and offers a few
nice feats, & phone is not "mission critical", this is an acceptable
choice Rating:
Reviewed by islam from egypt on
24th Feb 2005
low memory only Rating:
Reviewed by Russ from England on
22nd Feb 2005
This phone is good....even though the size isn't appealing....the
functions and memory are excellent! Rating:
Reviewed by amy from england on
18th Feb 2005
Horribe! Rating:
Reviewed by Pieter Leyssens from Belgium
on 12th Feb 2005
Poor synchronization software Unstable system software and very
bad support After 2 crashes within the warranty period (had to bring
it in and wait 2 weeks each time), it crashed a 3th time just a
week after the warranty period. Requested support via the retailer
--> Nogo, they asked 124EUR (160$) for repair (and it was only a
software problem) No more Nokia for me... Rating:
Reviewed by Dave from Australia on
1st Feb 2005
DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE. The problems listed about this phone in various
forums are real, and have occurred to me several times. Memory problems,
power on/off button, bluetooth connectivity.. I think whilst Nokia
had good intentions they failed miserably on this model. Spend your
money elsewhere. Rating:
Reviewed by tonichi from philippines
on 27th Jan 2005
really great phone! bluetooth, can play true tones, video, shot
pics, java o yeah.. two things that isnt good enough display 4096
colors only, low memory handling Rating:
Reviewed by Asim from Pakistan on
18th Jan 2005
I have been using this fone from the last 9 months and i feel that
this set is really excellent, nokia have designed this set 3 years
back and it is still in such a great demend it contains the features
that are now being used by the fone companies. IT can record a movie
and can play wav files as well, but the only dropback is the small
memory. as compared to 3650 its size is too small. and the features
are excellent..! really Rating:
Reviewed by taysha from australia on
15th Jan 2005
rubbish fone..I'LL BURN THEM ALL!!!!! doesnt even tell you when
the memory is nearly full & then when it is full the fone decides
2 turn off & decides that it wont turn on again, unless u take it
to some really xpensive nokia dealer, who will take it apart & attempt
2 fix it, but also erase all the memory... thats loss of fotos,
contacts and any other info u keep on ur fone...& there has been
cases similar to this all over the world. just look it up on the
internet... Rating:
Reviewed by Alex from The Netherlands
on 4th Jan 2005
It's a pretty good telephone: +Large screen +Bluetooth +video and
foto camera +voice recorder +conventer +notes +sending e-mail +infrared
+handsfree on by pressing a button -impossible to change covers(if
it is scrached it is irritating!!!) -swithes off while you have
an important call -not enough internal memory -not compettible with
navigation software. (I would like to have Samsung SGH-600,it has
Bluetooth, videorecorder, digital camera 1.3 mpixels and MP 3 player. Rating:
Reviewed by Andy from UK on 4th
Jan 2005
BRILLIANT PHONE BEST NOKIA PHONE EVR MADE BUY IT. Rating:
Reviewed by Frenchie from England on
3rd Jan 2005
I have had the nokai 7650 for about 12 months now i think it is
the best phone nokia ever made only its size lets it down i feel
that this phone is a must have for everbody. I am now upgrading
my phone for a nokia 6230 so if anybody wants a 7650 please call
07854545014. Rating:
Reviewed by Muhammad Ali Butt from Pakistan
on 17th Dec 2004
I am using this phone from last six months It is good mobile phone
having large display but there is a problem with its battery which
realy irritaes when an urgent call is interuptted by the battery
failure. Rating:
Reviewed by becks from england on
9th Dec 2004
i had this phone about a year ago it was the best phone i ever had,
downloading was easy and fast and you could litterally download
anything,camera good i would of kept it if it was not so huge didnt
fit into my bag on a nite out!!ring tones good too Rating:
Reviewed by trubes from UK on
3rd Dec 2004
Bought this phone second hand as I wasnt able to afford a flash
up to date phone on pay as you go (which is what I wanted as opposed
to contract). Has been brilliant so far however I have encountered
the same problems with it switching off and of course frustrated
at the limited memory. These problems have been few and far between
and havent annoyed me. I think its inevitable with the current generation
of mobile phones where too many features are crammed in and not
enough memory to run them all that these problems occur. Having
seen other phones, I still feel the image quality of the screen
holds its own even though its an 'old phone'. True, its a little
on the big side. Overall, Nokia created a fantastic phone but its
definately eclipsed by newer models now. Compared to a friends SPV
phone, the Nokia works alot better and has alot less bugs. I just
hope the quality of the OS improves in Nokias future phones. Rating:
Reviewed by chrisman from indonesia
on 1st Dec 2004
Ive had this phone for about one year now and I can tell you it
sucks, too damn large, not ergonomic at all, too heavy and no style.
When visiting the freezing mountains it just stopped working while
my friends had no problems with the cheaper nokia phones and the
large screen takes up too much battery. DO NOT BY THIS PHONE - unless
you don't know what to do with your money. Rating:
Reviewed by Zain Imran from pakistan
on 18th Nov 2004
it is a great mobile with an excellent camera. when i bought this
mobile my mother said that it is great. Rating:
Reviewed by Attie from RSA on
9th Nov 2004
My 2 years on contract is over and for the first time I am not rushing
to get a new phone. Apart from replacing the battery a couple of
months ago, I had no problems. A bit bulky and heavy, but for the
rest, really outstanding. Rating:
Reviewed by Tom from Great Britain on
2nd Nov 2004
This phone has lasted me 18 months, i have finally replaced it with
a sony ericsson k700i due to the difference in size, but this and
the looks are probably the only thing bad about this phone, the
picture quality even 2 years after it came out probably still rivals
many of the phones on sale, memory is fairly spacious as well as
a videocamera which was a very rare feature for any phone to have
in 2002. Batteries can be purchased for about £3 on ebay which would
fix most problems to do with battery life and overall one of the
best phones i have had. Rating:
Reviewed by MBLASS from UK on
1st Nov 2004
Hi! I think this phone is abosoloutly amazing. I think that the
look of it is nice and unique. The interface is nice and user friendly
and it even has it's own OS System. The Java and GPRS is very good
and handy. Over the GPRS you can download the Video Recorder which
is outstanding, you can record up to 30 seconds (according to the
lighting). The polyphonic ringtones are lovely and clear, so you
can always hear your phone ringing. The games are really good, with
nice 4096 colour display graphics. The camera is amazing quality
with the Night Mode, for use in Dim light but is not half as effictive
as a flash, but still very good. The zoom after you take a photo
is outstanding so you can have a full screen photo! You can't normally
get that on other phones. You can download a lock, so that you have
security over who looks at your images, which is very useful. :D.
I don't really mind if people think that the phone is big, because
it's smaller than the 3310, for crying out loud!!! I' m very happy
with this phone and i'm going to keep hold of it for a long, long
time! :D Thankyou! Rating:
Reviewed by Jay Jay from UK on
1st Nov 2004
Do NOT get this fone... that is all Rating:
Reviewed by Simo from Aus on
31st Oct 2004
Pretty good phone. The battery life is decent, and the camera quality
is above average as well. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants a
phone that's reliable and unique. Only thing is that it takes a
while to turn on, but it's an excellent phone. Rating:
Reviewed by Khurram Zeshan from Pakistan
on 31st Oct 2004
Nokia 7650 is good but not excellent.Because there is no password
protection of the menu items and photo ....It means that no secure
way to hide your files of different types.It also has no surplus
memory or memory slot.....But except that it is good because of
its Digital Camera. Rating:
Reviewed by caoimhin from ireland on
26th Oct 2004
Great phone when originally launched but now not so hot. Was great
initially e.g. great picture quality but as time went by things
went pear shaped. On mine the on/off switch packed in twice and
the battery life decreased rapidly. Rating:
Reviewed by botongski from phil on
16th Oct 2004
guys,the fone p me off..at first you will see nice things on ur
fone..good images.good memory.nice recording..but soon as your fone
reaches to a almost full memory..the fone itself has its like a
self-destruction..i dunno y..but im sure that the memory is still
enough to do its operation..ive search some topics some about this
error messages like memory full, msg error, and lastly contact the
retailer..so im going to the repairshop and its something about
the firmware of the fone.. the fone memory is not expandable.. but
the outside view of the fone tdoes not annoys me.. just the software
of the fone..Ão try other brands of fone.. and look closely to its
specs.. i hve nothing to do with it but to bring it to repair..Ão Rating:
Reviewed by James from England on
14th Oct 2004
I got this phone when it first came out as I saw it advertised on
the Nokia website and fell it love with it. When I finally got it,
I played with it for hours; it has been a trusty little phone. I
have never had any problem with it. Unfortunately the love affair
came to an end when it was stolen. I now have a Sony Ericsson T630
which is a good little phone in its own right, but I do highly recommend
the Nokia 7650. Rating:
Reviewed by Milo202 from England on
25th Sep 2004
This phone is absoloutley brilliant! Just look at it, and the features
are just *EXCELLENT*. For all you people who are moaning and complaining
about the battery, for me it lasts for atleast 3 days! The camera
photo quality is fantastic! Cya Rating:
Reviewed by max from germany on
22nd Sep 2004
this phone from nokia is really very good i have using it for 1
year no problems it has all the things to work with and with a good
memory only 2 mb less then 6600 so why should i go for it ring tunes
are also nice mostly dO-mI-sO, foxy and message. only lack is radio
function.its better then motorola e365 even its a newer model from
motorola Rating:
Reviewed by Emma from UK on 1st
Sep 2004
Wish i never got it, had nothing but problems from day 1!! Battery
life is really poor, and i find it doesnt ring very loud on the
highest setting compared with other fones on the market. Ive often
missed fone calls because of it.Size is a problem, couldnt get used
to it at 1st, takes up quite a bit of space in my bag on a nite
out or in jeans pocket.This fone cannot withstand hard use and knocks
etc.Dropped mine a couple of times whilst on a nite out and the
front of the cover fell off.As ppl have said the buttons on the
side wear away easily.The only good point about this fone is the
picture quality, best ive saw on a fone! I wouldnt recomend buying
this fone. Rating:
Reviewed by ben from wales on
12th Aug 2004
this phone is a excellent phone many modes and a gr8 camera it is
verry reliable and looks stylish 2 !!! it has alot of memory and
hardly ever rubns out just sometimes you might overfil it and then
you are done 4 overall brilliant phone Rating:
Reviewed by inabowa benson from nigeria
on 4th Aug 2004
NOKIA 7650, I bought this phone about a year ago,quite useful as
a personal organiser,infact i strongly recommends this phone to
those who cherish style,reliability and durability. Rating:
Reviewed by Ausy from Pakistan on
27th Jul 2004
good camera n nice picture quality........... Rating:
Reviewed by Gordon from Geneva Switzerland
on 16th Jul 2004
I wish ! I wish ! Nokia would bring out the same phone but half
the size ,with the 7650 they made the world best phone with reliable
remarkable workmanship ! COULD NOKIA DO IT AGAIN ? with more memory
etc I used this wonderfull phone for years ,but by todays standards
it is considerd BIG ah ! those were the days when phones should
be heard and not seen ,seems NOW phones must be seen and not heard
Rating:
Reviewed by Ben from England on
14th Jul 2004
I bought this phone from eBay, when i first got it every time i
closed it, it would loose signal and say that the sim card was taken
out, i sent it to maldon and got it fixed but then when i turned
it off it wouldn't turn back on, i got it fixed once more and now
it often locks up and the screen fails to display anything apart
for some multi-coloured lines. I can't bear it, i prfer my old nokia
3310 to this! Other than that the camera quality is excellent but
the memory is poor, at the moment i only have 5 pictures on it that
come up to 100 kb when you add them together but on my memory manager
it says that the pictures are taking up 1700 kb! I am planning to
get a nokia 6630 though now. Rating:
Reviewed by Giles from England on
1st Jul 2004
It is an extremly good phone with many good points. Good points:
Easy to use, big clear screen, high quality camera, fairly large
memory space. Overall quite sturdy and will withstand hard use,
knocks etc. Bad points: The on/off button wears out quite quickly,
as does the little rubber menu button. Is a bit big. Rating:
Reviewed by star from uk on 30th
May 2004
dis fone is heavy, man dem dont normally write about how u can get
da mp3 player nand video rcorder, or even da goboy or sega emulator.so
i say dis fone is bad!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Wil Drinan from UK on
20th May 2004
The on/off button is a nightmare. It becomes progressively more
difficult to switch the phone on. I am on my second phone now and
the service I have received from the Link and their insurers has
been diabolical. They are now trying to say it is water damaged
and charge me a fee for a replacement. The problem has been the
same with both phones:eventually you can't switch them on. Has anyone
else had this experience with this phone and this company? Rating:
Reviewed by Akshay from India on
5th May 2004
hey get this champ back into the market goddammit......i'd luv this
thing over the 3650 any day of the week and it's the only thing
that can possibly fit my budget (though it'll take some effort to
slip into my pocket)......damn ! Rating:
Reviewed by Richard Wilson from England
(walsall) on 20th Apr 2004
I swapped this fone with a mate and i had it literaly a day, when
it turned off for no reason with 4 battery bars, it came on again
but it took a while, when i looked at the battery bar it had one
cell !, when the battery finally ran out it refused to charge !,
i took it to a fone dealer, and he told me i needed to pay £25 to
have the on/off button fixed ! i would never buy a nother nokia
again ever, do not buy this fone Rating:
Reviewed by lil thing from britain on
17th Apr 2004
this phone is massive and outdated! the battery doesn't last longer
than 3 hours and after not even 1 year of use it is fallin to pieces!!
camera is good but too embarassed too take pictures because of the
size!!! does hold a lot of memory though more ideal for the workman
type not trying too be stylish type!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by irteza from pakistan on
5th Apr 2004
this is best mobile phone ive ever seen it before.you can share
ur office work with your office mates you can download java applications
like games ,ringtones ,graphics this mobile is no more avilable
but i say that NOKIA hav to give that mobile to the coustumer beacuse
it is a good looking mobile phonei think that the every body wants
this i also want this mobile back in market Rating:
Reviewed by SezzB from UK on
3rd Apr 2004
I can't wait to get rid of this monster of a phone I too have suffered
practically all of the problems that have been mentioned here. Currently
it's refusing to charge, when it does it holds it for about 6 hours
and the switches off. Oh and the memory, no matter what i delete
it's still screaming at me to delete more data as the memory is
nearly full... I'm off to buy a 2nd hand phone as soon as I'm done
here... LOL!!! Rating:
Reviewed by jonathan from Thailand on
25th Mar 2004
I live in Thailand, land of the trade it in before it's old at two
months mentality. These things are cheap here so I bought one. I'm
impressed. The extra size is okay 'cause the big screen comes with
it. I read a lot of reviews on this phone. Many are comparing it
to the T-68i, I'll never know why. Got three T-68s, love em but
don't do what the big guy does. I'm old so I like all the light
and detail the screen offers. I read a review on mobileburn where
the author says: blah blah, and most of all, it's a great telephone.
It is just that and that's what I use it for. Best 150usd I ever
spent. Rating:
Reviewed by Michael Jones from U.K on
18th Mar 2004
This Phone is the best one I own, Excellent Camera, Excellent sized
screen, very easy to use, clear ond loud handsfree speaker, excellent
internal speaker, good memory capacity, good games and as for the
size, it's way smaller than the bricks that were around in the 80s
+ far more technology and I buy for the quality of the internals
not the externals, the calendar and To Do list is excellent, I would
be lost without it. Excellent Phone and i can't say a bad thing
against it. Mike J. Rating:
Reviewed by SARA from ENGLAND on
8th Mar 2004
I LOVE MY PHONE AND WOULD BE LOST WITHOUT IT! NEVER HAD A PROBLEM
WITH IT. CAMERA IS EXCELLENT - PRINTS COME OUT TO PROFESSIONAL STANDARD.
I CANT DEAL WITH THE REALLY SMALL PHONES AND FIND THIS ONE TO BE
JUST RIGHT. READING THE REVIEWS SOME FIND THE BATTERY LIFE TOO SHORT
- HAVEN'T HAD THAT PROBLEM MYSELF. COMPARED TO LOTS OF OTHERS THAT
ARE ON THE MARKET THE NOKIA 7650 IS WELL MADE, EASY TO USE, RELIABLE
AND MY FRIEND!! - ITS ALWAYS READY FOR ACTION WHEN I NEED IT!! Rating:
Reviewed by dan from philippines on
6th Mar 2004
This mobile phone does pack a lot in terms of features, but what
I don't like is the relatively short battery life and especially
the memory capacity. I wonder why the memory counter (in the App.manager
found in TOOLS) fails to update itself thoroughly although you have
deleted entries in contacts and calendar, sent and received SMS
messages, photos in images, and cleared the log? It was as if the
phone uses up memory both in storing and deleting entries. Does
this phone have a recycle bin or something? Rating:
Reviewed by Brad from UK on 6th
Mar 2004
This phone is big and bold. The 7650 is hard to get round and couldnt
find the ringtones for about a week until I looked inside the manual.
The menu button is confusing however the function of recording your
own songs to use as ringtones is a great add on. Nevertheless, its
camera functions are some of the best quality I've seen, and the
screen is big enough for my Grandad to see! This is one of the better
phones Ive had for features wise (And I've been through over 10
phones in the last 6 months). Im only 14 and as a teenager I find
it confusing, big, but very compact. It has everything you could
possibly want in a phone. Its a shame its not smaller. Overal, I
would still recommend it to more of an adult worker for its calendar
functions GPRS, WAP etc. It stores everything you could want in
a PHONE! EXCELLENT Rating:
Reviewed by viki from UK on 8th
Mar 2004
this fone is absolute c**p!! DONT BUY IT. its huge, heavy n doesnt
turn on easily. if youre thinkin of buying one then take my advice
and dnt, ull regret it, trust! You cant just take it anywhere with
you as it is so big and may not fit into the pocket or whatever
of what you are wearing. Get something else instead!!! Rating:
Reviewed by SCOTT from N.IRELAND on
6th Mar 2004
I THINK THIS PHONE IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Ehris from England on
4th Mar 2004
ALthough this phone is growing a bit old now, i still think it very
good! Ive had mine for around a year now but now im going to get
a nokia 6220 mainly because of the size difference! The size of
this phone is pretty bad and it doesnt look to good anymore due
to the countless better looking camera phones now available on the
market. You cant fault the picture or screen quality, i havnt seen
a better screen for ages. Also the bluetooth is great. And the build
quality is amazing compared to sony erricsons imparticular. However
there are some really stupid faults such as the weird battery that
magicals switches itself of with two bars left! and the inability
to sent ringtones. if you can get your hads on one of these im sure
you will be happy Rating:
Reviewed by len dee from south africa
on 3rd Mar 2004
has anyone tried to set the alarm at month end WITHOUTA 24 HOUR
ERROR... At say 10:00 pm I set the alarm for 06:00 the next day...
I gat the correct delay (6 hours) BUT IF THIS IS SET AT THE END
OF THE MONTH, THE ALARM ONLY TRIGGERS ONE DAY LATER. This is an
unacceptable software error and has proved to be costly for me in
missing appointments etc.. Also the "HANDS FREE SOUND" is pathetic...
I give this phone a -10 and will NEVER choose another Nokia Rating:
Reviewed by Yves from Belgium on
25th Feb 2004
Ive had this phone for about one year now and I can tell you it
sucks, too damn large, not ergonomic at all, too heavy and no style.
When visiting the freezing mountains it just stopped working while
my friends had no problems with the cheaper nokia phones and the
large screen takes up too much battery. DO NOT BY THIS PHONE - unless
you don't know what to do with your money. Rating:
Reviewed by Michael from Australia on
3rd Feb 2004
Fantastic Phone, Excellent Display, Best Phone I've Owned and I've
had heaps, For Features and Price I Highly Recommend the 7650 Rating:
Reviewed by ben deakin from england
on 1st Feb 2004
i have only had this fone about 1month but its the best fone i have
ever had. the camera is superb and quality of the fone is brilliant.
anyone who says it is unstable and soft they are wrong as it can
stand drops from distances. although i am having trouble on how
to activate the video recorder and t.v. remote. if anyone has any
info on how to do this can you contact me on mark.katy@btopenworld.com.
much appreciated. vuy this fone as soon as possible, i got mine
from ebay for £80! theyre going cheap..... Rating:
Reviewed by JET from UK on 30th
Jan 2004
I have had this phone for a year and have been more than happy to
keep it another year if the 6600 hadn't arrived on the scene. The
only gripe is that it's only bluetooth compatible for date which
since the legislation regarding handsfree use in cars has made my
decision for me. That apart an excellent phone. Rating:
Reviewed by Adam Isaacs from England
on 6th Jan 2004
Well, basically this fone is my best friend and i would be lost
without it. With the bluetooth link software such as the video recorder,
tv remote and many games can be added to your fone. This fone is
classy and has many amazin features like the big screen and the
good camera. Ignore people when they say it is a brick, it is not
big at all! Any faults, well the battery life is very short and
as you cannot change covers, if you scratch it, that's it. Overall,
a very good fone that i would recoment every time. Rating:
Reviewed by David from UK on
28th Dec 2003
This phone is advertised and sold as having Bluetooth, however it
can't connect to a Bluetooth vehicle hands free unit. A MAJOR flaw
in an otherwise good phone. Nokia have kept very quiet about this
fault. Rating:
Reviewed by Nickey from- on
22nd Dec 2003
Well, In my opinion, it's really a best friend with a lot of best
games (of course u have to download) such as B-man, Moto GP, SkateBoardX,
Prince, Lines, SiberianJ, Kamasutra . Wow , with Spy, voyeur's very
easy . Eticamcorder enables you to turn it into an unlimited video
recorder. If you lost your home's application's remote, it will
become .. such as TV remote or others. Yeah, i can check my website
with Doris Browser. One thing i don't like: its battery's life is
too short, it doesn't even have FM radio application, unable to
upgrade memory. Last, Althought its sound's good but can't not be
compared with SAMSUNG's model. Rating:
Reviewed by jim from england on
12th Dec 2003
i had one of the first, its to large, the screen is very easy to
scrape, its not a good design, as always with the first in anything
others will improve and so they have this phone is now for the bin
Rating:
Reviewed by Camille from United Arab
Emirates on 23rd Nov 2003
After several months of the software crashing and getting regularly
3 different errors while using it, I had finally gotten the Software
version upgraded and that took care of the crashes.... then to my
surprise, while getting the phone out of my warm pocket into a cold
theater room, the LCD screen simply cracked in half. I thought the
7650 was a very rigid phone but never imagined it will crack on
the first temperature shock. Rating:
Reviewed by Papa from UK on 17th
Nov 2003
If you are ok with the size and the fact that the battery last only
3 days on a good day (after being switched off at night) you will
have an excellent phone. This phone has a unbelievable number of
features, video, pictures, email, gprs, mms, java games, loads...one
of the best. I have had it a year and there are no phones that come
close (apart from the 3650/3660 and 6650). You can even stream video
on to it through the gprs, which I have done... Got the cash? Dont
mind about the size but love loads of features? Buy it... (gave
it only 4 stars because battery is a little annoying - and yes for
some reason if you turn it off and then turn it back on you do seem
to loose a large percentage (10/15%)of the juice) Rating:
Reviewed by Francesco from England on
3rd Nov 2003
I'll make this quick!!! This phone has extraordinarily good features
but. . . . its the most unpractical phone in the world. I was lucky
cos i bought this fone from a friend for only £80. With the fone
i got 8 java games, a really good application which allows video
playback and LOADS of ringtones. However, the battery life is sooo
unbelievably short!! This is cos the screen is soo fat the battery
life is drained and also, whenever you turn the fone off and switch
it back on the battery lufe is drained by about 25%. The pictur
and feature quality overall is rele good but if you wana get a practical
and swanky fone your probably better off with a 7250i or even better
a sharp gx10i which is my personal favourite!! Rating:
Reviewed by OSKI from United Kingdom
on 29th Oct 2003
Oh cummon ppl.... Lookin down this list there r quite a few complaints.
Take into consideration that you can play 3D games, you can Video
Record, use GPS, and the amount of memory.... All facts considering,
it's a lot more robust and smaller then taking your PC out. The
last phone of comparison (well to me) was the Nokia 9110. Now that
was breakable.... a dam site lot bigger.... and not as good, and
the latest 1, the 9210.... Well I think as the 7*** are mid-range
it does VERY well as an all rounder! It's a useable phone, not a
posing phone... Not 1 for the hardcore crew in the yellow trackies
either, as I could forsee a few problems stompin with that weight
in your pocket! I think it's brill! (Jus get a cheap 3310 4 pi?s
ups n ur rite!) Rating:
Reviewed by TT from UK on 27th
Oct 2003
Wow! This must be the best phone ever.. Apart from the big problem
of the phone being a HUGE BRICK you can't fault the total quality
of the phone.. Sounds and Colours.. Had to downgrade to the T720
as I realised I needed a phone to just chat and text and one that
fitted in my back jean bum pocket.. Had some laughs by recording
some telephone converations and taking some wierd pics! Enjoy.. Rating:
Reviewed by Lisa from UK on 19th
Oct 2003
The Nokia 7650 is a very good phone in itself, but I seem to be
one of those who has been plagued by problems. I bought the phone
on the 31st December last year, it is now the 19th October and I
am on my 5th handset, about to phone Orange again to see if they'll
waive my upgrade fee so I can get a phone that works. It refuses
to charge, I have had 3 handsets in the last 3 weeks! It also strikes
me as strange that if its so fantastic, why is it no longer available? Rating:
Reviewed by andy williams from england
on 3rd Oct 2003
its a ok fone but needs to be sorted out cus it just turns itself
off and is really annoying. and slows down alot. could also do with
being bit smaller and lighter its like a brick in your pocket. Rating:
Reviewed by NTRGZ from Philippines on
29th Sep 2003
Whoever said that this phone is fragile must be kidding. I once
slipped on a curb during a rainshower and fell hard while holding
on to my 7650. The full impact of my fall was on the 7650 as I tried
to break my fall on the hand that held the 7650. The face of 7650
hit the pavement and to my great surprise, it did not even suffer
a scratch. I weigh 176 lbs. I think the 7650 which I've had for
almost a year now is excellent. The only thing missing is a tri-band
which I need when I travel to the United States as the system their
is not supported by the 7650. I have a Nokia 6310i for this purpose
but I will trade if for a Nokia 3100 which has tri-band and keep
my 7650 for my regular use which is like a PDA too. Rating:
Reviewed by Shiraz from South Africa
on 23rd Sep 2003
An Excellent phone. I owned quite a few phones and the 7650 is the
best!!!! My wife recently got the 7250i and it cannot compare...
it might have a few extra features but when it comes to the camera
and pics 7650 wins hands down. Also it allows transferring of pics
etc via infra red... which the 7250i does not... which means it
is also more cost effective. I will not swop it for anything for
a WHILE TO COME. Rating:
Reviewed by Sunil from England on
18th Sep 2003
This phone is .... AMAZING. What more can i say, the phone has the
best technology i have seen, when it comes to features and functions,
it clearly outpaces the samsung v200, the 7250i and many other phones.
On all phones the camera after a few weeks becomes a novelty which
quickly wears off, the design of the phone is excellent, apart from
it being a bit on the big-side. I have read that some ringtones
are quiet, but that might be the particular ringtone, as more traditional
ringtones are alot louder. The screen on this phone beats other
phones hands-down, and the overall design and intereactivity beats
many others. I have used other phones such as 7210's, v200's, gx-10's,
sl55's, 3510i's, and been lucky to use the new samsung p400 for
a week end. And although, the 7650 is on the large side, its still
alot better than the other phones, and in my opinion any person
who wants to run appz on their phones, BUY THIS ONE ! the value
of places such as ebay are alot cheaper than shop prices, i picked
up mine for £120. p.s. if you want your phone remote unlocked, please
e-mail me real_deal_paji@hotmail.com Rating:
Reviewed by nel from philippines on
18th Sep 2003
it used to be my dream -come - true mobilephone. it was almost perfect....
except that it was not memory - upgradable and was quite bulky.
now i've switched to sony ericsson t610. similar features such as
7650 but more compact. the problem wiht the t610 is its 2mb memory
capacity. but that's another story... Rating:
Reviewed by Amor from Spain on
15th Sep 2003
Yes, the model it´s not recent,but still is good for business and
FUN. The price is also nice when you consider new models (Samsung,
Sharp, Panasonic,...). Rating:
Reviewed by Joe from UK on 14th
Sep 2003
I persuaded my mum to buy me a new phone (I didnt really need to
because I alreday had a 7210!) and I was considering a 7250i. When
I got to the shop I saw a leaflet about camera phones, I flicked
through until I found the 7650. It looked much more advanced than
the 7250i (even though it came out quite a while ago). I asked the
person at the till what was better, he said the 7650 had better
polyphonic ringtones, screen quality and camera quality. So I went
with the 7650. I've constantly been going through the features ever
since it had finished charging for 12 hours. The only problem I
found was in the ringtone editor (some times an error message comes
up). The wap browsing is much better on a bigger screen. The symbianOS
interface is really easy to use! Overall, an excellent phone! Rating:
Reviewed by chloe from america on
11th Sep 2003
this phone is s**t phone i have had it for 1 month now.DO NOT BUY
IT IT'S A C**P PHONE if you do wasted your money spend it on a desent
phone like the 7250i now that is a 10/10 phone pull it together
nokia :( Rating:
Reviewed by Paulo from Portugal on
30th Aug 2003
***** Best value price and quality when you consider to buy a phone
with a camera. All the others just Win in style! Rating:
Reviewed by Petter E. from Sweden on
14th Aug 2003
This phone is an amazing electronical device, made to be a wonderphone,
full of technology. If you ever consider buying it, don't. The volume
in is remarkeble low, making it hard to hear in city noice. And
its remarkeble fragile, making extremely easy to break. I have one
and the screen has broken twice. A screen repair in Sweden costs
around 180 Euro, making it expensive as hell if you break it. And
it's pretty easy to! But if you are a buisnessman you might like
the maps you can download,the internet operative system Opera you
can use on it, the advanced calender system and much more. But it's
fragile, very very fragile, consider that if you having thoughts
to buy this phone... Rating:
Reviewed by The God from England on
29th Jul 2003
This mobile is a good mobile for bussiness. i have had a few problems
with the phone. the first problem i had is that it freezes for 5
mins and starts to work again. the other problem is that it freezes
and goes off. Rating:
Reviewed by James Nichols from Spain
on 23rd Jul 2003
Having had many mobiles in the past I have to praise the 7650, the
camera quality is great compaired to other phones. the built in
software is great, the battery life is not to good, i have also
had problems with the phone locking up for no reason..? over all,
a little on the large size, great features, In my opinion one of
the best phones out there.,.. Rating:
Reviewed
by Stuart Mørch-Kerrison from Norway on 30th Jun
2003
The best phone I have ever had! Brilliant to use out of the box,
but also upgradable due to masses of third party software which
is available. My "other" phone is a Nokia 6310i but I never even
turn that on anymore! - Compared to my 7650, the 6310i is "just
a phone." The only drawback with the 7650 is lousy battery life,
but then with so many features to run and such a brilliant, large
full colour screen, I can almost forgive it for that. Buy it - You'll
love it! Rating:
Reviewed
by neil from UK on 22nd May 2003
Had my 7650 for 3 months now, it's had a good run of testing. It's
so far had a fair to middling life, neither being cosseted nor seriously
abused. I've found it pretty excellent overall. I like the fact
that the integrated camera lens is protected by the rigid plastic
cover when not in use. The picture quality, whilst not superb, is
perfectly reasonable for day to day use - main downsides would be
slight blurring toward the edges of the image, and not exceptional
low-light capability (although there is a low-light option, which
however needs the phone to be held perfectly still using a prop
like a wall). These aren't really criticisms though, just mild gripes.
navigation round the symbian operating system is lovely, really
easy after a little practise, and it seems to have a pretty big
memory for received texts. The most major annoyance I've found (mine's
on the orange network) is that you have to take the phone out of
its leather case and open the keypad if you want to delete voicemails
- this can be set up via the joystick to avoid having to do this
if you want, but even doing it that way is a bit tricky. I have
experienced the odd software lock up, as others have noted, so far
always clearable by a power cycle, but it hasn't yet become anything
like a major problem. All in all I'm a happy customer & I'd happily
recommend this phone. Rating:
Reviewed
by - from UK on 8th Apr 2003
I had been waiting for this phones release for some time, and so
when it was finally released I could not hold back any longer, snapping
one up early. Due to this I had to suffer many flaws in the phones
software. This included the white out and restarting of the phone
randomly that many others have experienced and occasionally the
total loss of reception, which only returns when you restart the
phone. Less occasionally I have had the phone freeze up with java.
These believe to be only problems in the early versions of the phone
and are now undoubtedly fixed. What makes this phone so good though
is its connectivity, its ease to use and the quality of its pictures.
To this date (as of February 2003) it has the best quality pictures
on the market, through integrated cameras or otherwise, that I have
seen, at least. On top of this, my phone has takes a bit of a beating
since its purchase (falling off desks, out of car doors, etc) and
has survived with only a minor scratch proving its hardiness. Don't,
however, take it too close to sandy areas since sand can get under
the screen (I learnt the hard way). Throughout using this phone,
i found so many little features that make it stand out from the
rest, down to even having a proximity sensor, automatically changing
from loudspeaker to normal when you pick up the phone. If you are
looking for a camera phone, or just a good phone in general, then
this should be on the top of your list and i suggest it will continue
to beat off its competition until 3g properly gets involved and/or
the Nokia 6220 is released. Rating:
Reviewed
by Scott from Wales, UK on 9th Mar 2003
When I first got the phone it looked & seemed great :) but after
a few days I noticed it began to switch itself off -- I could be
using the phone when the display would fade to white & the phone
would restart itself -- as this only happened occasionally I could
tolerate it. A few days later I began to get error messages when
typing txts & going through photo album, again I could tolerate
it. Then the phone decided to take a turn for the worse. It got
to the point where I could not get into 'Messages' or 'Calls log'
-- if I attempted to access these options I would get numerous errors.
Enough was enough, I sent the phone back & 3 MONTHS later I received
the phone back, STILL BROKEN, with the excuse that I was having
these problems because my sim wasn't media messaging enabled. Rubbish.
My mate has exactly the same phone (without the errors!) & he had
exactly the same probs when he put his sim into my phone. His works
fantastically so looks like I'm just unlucky :( Looking forward
to getting it back tho as is great phone when it works!! Rating:
Reviewed
by ChrisBP from - on 3rd Mar 2003
Best business & fun phone around. Great reception, fabulous camera,
superb screen quality, so so easy to use and live with. Phone book
and amount of info you can store is teriffic. I DID NOT WANT THIS
PHONE. Ended up with it through a fluke, but it is the best decision
you can make if you want a phone for all occasions. Dont let the
size put you off, it isnt that big and its great to handle. Can
not reccomend this phone highly enough. Since buying it, I have
tried the latest generation camera phones from Sharp & Panasonic.
They are not as good and are difficult to use. Rating:
