Nokia 6500 Slide
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Features of the Nokia 6500 Slide include:
- 3G: Video calling
- Camera:3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, auto focus, double LED flash and 8x digital zoom
- Video Camera: Supports video sharing, streaming, and recording capabilities (640 x 480 pixel resolution, MPEG4)
- Display: QVGA 16 million colour, 320x240 pixel display (2.2. inches)
- Music Player: Supports MP3, MP4, eAAC+, AAC and WMA music files
- Media Player: Integrated video player for download and playback or for streaming: 3GPP, H.263 video, MPEG-4, and AMR
- Java Games: y
- Ringtones: Use pre-loaded 64-voice polyphonic midi ring tones, MP3, MP4, AAC, eAAC+
- Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB 2.0 port, TV-Out
- Memory: 20 Mbytes plus microSD memory card slot (expandable to 4 Gbytes)
- Messaging: MMS, SMS, e-mail
- Internet: WAP 2.0, XHTML browser, HSCSD, CSD for browsing and as data modem, EDGE, GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) class 10 (4+1, 3+2), HSCSD (High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data) transfer up to 43.2 kbps in HSCSD networks
- Operating Frequency: WCDMA 850/2100 and quadband GSM coverage (GSM 850/900/1800/1900)
- Size: 97 x 47 x 16 mm,
- Weight: 123 g
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Reviewed by Anjila on 18/03/2010
I love this phone. It's true that it's heavy... But camera works really well no need of digital camera and mp3 works..like an ipod. <3 it
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Reviewed by gemma on 02/03/2010
for some reason my phone will only aknowledge my sd card if i squeeze where the card is,thus, break screen!has any1 else had this and can it be fixed?ive tried putting cardboard behind the sd....it dont work!!
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Reviewed by The 5310 owner who complained about that too :) on 28/02/2010
Replaced my 5310 i had a moan about last time,and this phone just freezes when you open a video,and also if you take it off charge when its full(during the night,presumabely it'd woke you up and u go back to sleep)the battery goes completely flat O_o when i tried charging one battery then another,one battery didnt work(nothing to do with the phone)and when i put the fully-charged one in it were flat,i took it out put it back in and it said it was full :/.On the upside it accepts my 4gb sdhc,outstanding camera,big keys,good looking,not too bulky,and battery life does tend to last 2 days max with music pictures and texting.On a whole a brilliant phone,just a little unreliable at times ;)
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Reviewed by Funky on 26/02/2010
I have had my Nokia 6500 slide for 7mths. I was happy with it at 1st, but then it started turning itself off & the battery life was awful. I had a replacement phone delivered (after quite a few attempts), which was a recon one. I had to send that back 'cos it wouldn't pair with my hands free kit. I then waited another 3 days for ANOTHER recon one which seems to be behaving itself - so far!! I would NEVER have another one - well Orange don't even do them anymore cos their so old!!
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Reviewed by charles blascsok on 26/02/2010
Phone is still going strong with no problems since being fixed in October. Battery life is still min. 5 days. Camera is very slow but takes excellent quality shots if subject holds still! Works for me!
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Reviewed by Cliff on 18/02/2010
i've had this phone for 2 years and found this a good phone, the only problem I have had has been with the sound quality after I dropped it - which was fixed that night by tightenning 2 screws at the rear of the screen on the slidey part. Battery lasts about a week between charges (light user) and I love how easy it is to send texts from it. Always had Nokias for the last 10 years and resisting pressure to change manufacturers.
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Reviewed by Roshan on 17/02/2010
Going on 2 years with this phone and still very happy. Solid product which does exactly what it's asked to do without complaining or giving up. I've even dropped it in the loo and it lived to tell the tale. Battery life starting to evaporate, but that's to be expected. A bit old-fashioned in these touchscreen times, but has a charm about it.
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Reviewed by ahmed on 15/02/2010
it is the best phone you can ever have all my friends told me to get it, people say its good but they dont have anu idea of this phone, it contains all the gadgets and features that handy on every occations
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Reviewed by Monty Python on 11/02/2010
Compared to others who have submitted reviews on here, maybe I got lucky with my 6500 slide but I’ve had very few problems with it over the 2 years I have owned it on an orange contract. I had an issue with the background wallpaper going blank which was solved by a firmware update which I did myself. Battery life with normal use seems to average about four days which for me is perfectly acceptable considering the functionality. It pairs up with my cars Bluetooth no problem and clarity on calls has been excellent. The Camera quality is good for snapshots and is perfectly acceptable and miles ahead of a Sony Ericsson that I had owned previously in this regard. The phone also seems to hold onto a signal very well even in patchy reception areas and apart from fluff and muck getting behind the battery door too easily, the build quality also gets a thumbs up from me. I also enjoy the weight of the phone, as it is nice to know I have the phone in my pocket. I moved to this phone from an all bells and whistles HTC sliding front smart phone which was bug ridden piece of junk compared to this Nokia. The HTC totally died after only a year of use so I decided to go back to basics at contract renewal time, and I haven’t once regretted it since or missed any of the smart phone functions. I was honest with myself and realised that I didn’t need or use most of the smart phone functionality and the 6500 slide has been a faithful companion. So much so that now my contract is up for renewal, I am not sure what to get that will compare in terms of build quality, looks (love the brushed aluminium) and reliability... suggestions are welcome.
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Reviewed by Barnsley fan on 02/02/2010
Battery life poor - having to charge on a daily basis. Camera ok & music player good.
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Reviewed by giorgina on 23/01/2010
i had the nokia 6500 slide, it is an amzing phone and is very easy to use. I loved it ever so much. It is stylish but at the same time very pratical. However, mine broke about 7 months after i had it as i had dropped it and the screen broke. I was devestated. Overall, i would say the this phone is amazing and easy to use. It comes with good applications and is suitable for everyone. :)
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Reviewed by SP on 22/01/2010
i have nokia 6500 slide mobile, even its a good set but has got many of the problamatic stuffs. for example battery prob, back cover problem, and its missin a cam cover.. recently my display has completly gone... have to go to nokia care..
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Reviewed by Verjolas on 17/01/2010
I've had it for about a month now, really enjoying it to be honest. Great camera quality, fantastic black-metal design and slimmer than the nokia 6280 I've had before. So far I haven't experienced any softwarehardware problems. To sum up, great looking phone, also very good as a cameramp3 player.
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Reviewed by anon on 12/01/2010
This phone makes me angry, not only does it freeze for ever, and whenever you turn it on, you have to wait an age for it to load, but the stupid memory card doesnt work, because of some stupid problem in the stupid phone.
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Reviewed by Yiannis on 10/01/2010
Have this phone for 16 months now. During that period i came upon the following problems, the first 4 of them, as i noticed, is common to most owners: 1. Speaker broke down. Took it for a fix and said i broke it, possibly by a drop and paid 35 euros for replacement (of the speaker). Yet, even after replacement, the speaker sounder as bad as before the "fixing"; you could hear the person on the other line as it was speaking in the background. 2. Screen faded some times showing weird colours for a sec or two. 3. Battery's life too short. 4. Restarts some times. 5. The screen just "burned out" a few months ago so i had it replaced with a new one (65 euros). This is the worse mobile phone i ever had!!
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Reviewed by Steve on 09/01/2010
Excellent phone, Although I had to return it initially due to a pixel fault it has been fault free since then. Best feature is the camera. Seriously thinking about keeping it when my contract ends next month.
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Reviewed by mark king on 06/01/2010
I have this phone on 3 stay away from this phone and network they are no help at all. This phone has been sent back 3 times as speaker keeps going wrong and i have to use external speaker.counting days to change phone and contract
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Reviewed by ANAND on 29/12/2009
this mobile is very comfortable for all
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Reviewed by rsh_ on 28/12/2009
Not a good phone. Screen saver keeps on going off and resets ring tones. Keeps on freezing. When writing texts writing vanishes.
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Reviewed by Francis gallagher on 27/12/2009
Usual Nokia story Phone packs in 6 months into 18 month contract no insurance and Nokia say it's water damage. Can I prove different NO! They say it could be condensation caused by being close to my body!! Three visits to the shop for repairs £50 later phone won't even power up! Stuff Nokia never again! Not since the 3310 have they made a phone worth having LOL.
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Reviewed by Gemma Evans on 24/12/2009
The Nokia 6500 slide is the most useless phone I ahve ever, ever had the misfortune of owning. I ahve stuck it out now for 13 months. It ahs been sent to be repaired 2 times and now completely refuses to even switch on so I am using my husbands identical phone with my sim card and even his phone is crap: Some of the faults are: 1.switches off for no reason 2.Poor battery life 3.Speaker stops working intermittently and I ahve to speak on the phone using the speakerphone 4.People sound like a dalek when you do get speaker to work 5.Screen savers and wallpapers disappear without warning 6. when text messaging using pre-emptive text it decides to add letters in words from buttons you are not even pressing. 7. Video quality very poor I could go on more but I will run out of breath. Only good thing about phone is the camera is quick and quite good quality. BTW 3g will not give you a replacement handset when this goes wrong so I ahve had to BUY, yes, BUY a pay as go to use when I ahve sent it off for repairs. Coverage in my area not bad though. MOAN over!
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Reviewed by Frank Butcher on 24/12/2009
pish
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Reviewed by bla bla bla on 22/12/2009
this phone is the most beautifu8l phone
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Reviewed by tony on 21/12/2009
it was good when i first purchased it a year ago.now the phone has become quite faulty a big problem is the memory card slot as the cover when pushed disables it...also the phone is giving me a error conection every time i try and call someone..doe's anybody have similar faults ???
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Reviewed by Donna Kemp on 10/12/2009
This is the worst phone I have ever had! The reception is absolute rubbish, the line is continously breaking up, it cuts off, often doesn't even connect, the battery life is is really bad lasts about a day at the most, signal is the biggest disgrace and when you complain to the 3 store they are not very helpful at all! My bf has had the cheapest mobile which is also nokia and paid only £30 pay as you go, and his phone is far more reliable than this piece of sxxx
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Reviewed by user on 05/12/2009
I've been using this phone for almost two years and it failed me three times. One was my keypad not working well. Secondly my slide, the inside, it torn off and the whole phone wasn't able to work. Third was that it restarted a few times NON STOP. The whole thing spoiled. I wouldn't recommend this phone.
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Reviewed by Katie on 02/12/2009
I hate this phone, the battery doesn't last longer than a day, whenever i set wallpaper it changes it back to the original theme one within an hour, it resets my ring tone, the back is broken, it has developed black marks on the screen, it crashes and doesn't let me open messages, i have to turn it on and off to get signal arghhhhhhh i cannot wait until my contract is up and can get rid of it!!!
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Reviewed by Nureen on 01/12/2009
Rubbish Phone.......I have had this phone for 5 months and replaced twice and still have the same problem, the key lock, the phone doesn't reconise the memory card, phone switchs off itself. The phone get stuck, so if someone is ring you it will come as engaged. The worst phone I have ever had.
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Reviewed by Daniel on 30/11/2009
Rubbish phone! Had it one year and its now broken. Screen flickers & phone calls make a buzzing noise. I've had to update the software once because it kept on resetting mid conversation! The camera is a really good quality - unless you zoom in - however it takes AGES to take a photo.. You press the button and then 10seconds later, the photo is taken. When you update the software, you lose any purchased applications! Overall... Rubbish :-/
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Reviewed by Chris Maddox on 29/11/2009
Awful phone, Battery lasts a day if that. Corrupt, turns off during phone calls. Am trading in and going back to Sony Ericsson. Avoid!
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Reviewed by Elaine on 29/11/2009
I have had my Nokia 6500 slide for nearly one year and I have to say it is THE WORST Nokia I have ever owned. I am hugely disappointed with it as it has started to play up and I have never had a Nokia that is so unreliable as the 6500 slide. I would not recommend this phone to anyone and can't wait for my contract to end with my current provider so I can get shot of such an awful mobile phone. The battery is rubbish and I have to charge the phone every day even if I don't use it very much, the screen has started playing up, the internet freezes, you have to wait ages sometimes to erase letters in texts you are writing and overall it has a very slow response to all applications. The volume of ringtone is poor too. If it was possible I would rate it at 0 stars!
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Reviewed by Pree on 28/11/2009
Ive had this phone for over a year (still have it now), dropped it, thrown it so many times and it still works. Sometimes freezes 4 a sec nd goes off, but not all the time. Battery is ok, lasts 4 3 days. Its also one of the best phones to txt from, even friends agree, soo easy. Best thing is the camera, the pictures come out better then my 10 mega pixel sony camera!! Also, its a nokia so you cant go wrong nd i highly reccomend this phone.
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Reviewed by Becks on 20/11/2009
THe 6500 slide, have just returned my fourth slide 6500. Waste of time. each one faulty. Kept switching itself off, losing time. I was fobbed off and fobbed off until they changed it for the 6500 classic. What a relief now this is a phone worth having. When I eventually spoke to someone about the phones problems I was told that 8 out of 10 people ended up returning this phone and the staff had nick named it the boomerang phone as it was most likely to come back. Good luck with yours you'll need it.
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Reviewed by Pierce on 20/11/2009
this phone is actually woeful, keeps freezing. Gets me in a right tiz-woz
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Reviewed by Lowri on 16/11/2009
Rubbish! Screen started going heywire a few weeks after recieving phone. A couple of months later and ... no screen at all. Yeay!!!! :/ Took to Carphone Warehouse, who said this would not be covered by warranty. It also used to turn itself off randomly and occasionally run out of battery after a couple of hours of charging when it had said the battery was full. If I'd have taken out insurance for the last four months at £6.99 I'd have spent £28 on a replacement. For that price I can get a similarly lame phone on Ebay that supports 3 anyway, so I'm glad I didn't since, however funky this model may look, it's rubbish! My advice to you is steer clear all together.
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Reviewed by Dan on 15/11/2009
DO NOT BUY !!! Thought i was alone on the freezing issue, the voicemails instead of texts and it turning off during calls then i looked up on it. Common fault known by all the networks. 3 are replacing mine for a different model tomorrow whether they like it or not and i'm not usinbg the insurance cover to do it. Surely a warranty issue
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Reviewed by karen on 14/11/2009
i hate this phone! things keep going wrong with it..it spends more time in the repair shop than with me. people i know who have the same phone have had problems with theirs
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Reviewed by Mabel I. Agha on 13/11/2009
My Nokia 6500 Mobile is doing great infact to me it's more like a mini Palmtop i have stored in it most of my day to day data with the help of a mermory card.The only problem i've encountered is that the battery does not really last these days for me.
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Reviewed by Al Wood on 12-11-2009
Have had this phone for a year now. Usability wasnt bad. I had a little samsung previously, which i loved as it was so easy to use, never had any problems with it and it seemed to be indestructable. Within a month of owning the much higher spec nokia i was missing the samsung. The back of the nokia stopped fitting properly, the camera didnt seem to be as good, and there were little nigley things, like not being able to set multiple alarms. The battery didnt last as long, but i was expecting that as it does a lot more than the samsung. I get 1 to 2 days out of it now, but im not a heavy user. I always had problems getting a decent signal, even when people with me, on the same network, were getting a full signal. When the signal was bad i would only get about 7 hours about of the battery. But about 2 months ago things got much worse. I get voicemail alerts instead of txts, it switches itself off, freezes, the memory dissappears. Apparently, these are all known software problems. I'm sending the phone off to get updates, but i friend of mine also got this phone around the same time as me, she had problems with hers after about 6 months, she sent it off to be repaired twice and it wasnt any better when she got it back. So beware, its not the worst phone i've owned, but i wouldnt recommend this one, and i'm put off getting a nokia again.
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Reviewed by Nik Warner on 09/11/2009
Good phone when it works. Liked the phone at first, then it began to freeze quite alot. Then one day it turned itself off and I couldn't get it to work. Sent it back to Nokia who sent back a replacement. I lost all my numbers which was frustrating. 8 months later the same thing happened again. Time for a new phone. Bye bye Nokia 6500 slide.
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Reviewed by Emmaa on 09/11/2009
This phone is awful! Freezes constantly and takes forever to load also cuts off during phone calls...don't buy!
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Reviewed by Lizzie on 08/11/2009
I hate this phone! Worst phone I've ever had! I'm on my third replacement now! & can't get an upgrade till March!!!!! My previous 2 of these have both had the screen just turning black & not turning on & off the keypad kept deciding when i could use the keypad & when it wanted too light up or not! My memory card stopped being recognized! But soon sorted that out by having too twist something around in the back of it...ridiculous!! I can't delete more than 40message because everytime i do it crashes then won't turn off or do anything i take the battery out of it then it it won't turn back on for at least an hour without functioning properly! I can't get onto my message or send messages for about an hour after its stopped crashing it just says 'Message storage is not ready' or something along those lines! Its the worst phone ever! My friend had the same problems with the keypad & it took her phone company 6months too send her a new phone! 6MONTHS!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Jake on 03/11/2009
Very good phone had it on orange contract for almost 24 months now goin to be renewing my contract with sony erricson C902. the phone is slightly heavy compared to others but i liked that it gave it a sterdy feel to it. keypad was great easy to use and to text on. sound is very loud which is also a plus. Battery life is acceptable. offers software updates but are not neccessary for ohone to work. camera is good but upgrading to higher mega pixle. only downside the back becomes scratched easily but that might just be because i drop it a lot but considering i drop it a lot its is still in great workin order even after 2 years! over all an outstanding phone. do not reconmend orange network though very bad problem with signal.
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Reviewed by francis on 01/11/2009
i bought nokia 6500s-1 in March. i've not enjoyed it a single bit. the music player keeps skipping, playing only the intros of the songs. furthermore, it recognises my memory card when it chooses to. it takes sometime to load snapped pictures and battery life is nothing to write home about. i much enjoyed my former nokia 6300 for its non-stop music playing. nokia 6500 is a sham and shame, unfortunately.
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Reviewed by jimbobaloobob on 30/10/2009
this phone isnt very good at all.mines gone really loose and the battery life is rubbish,forever lighting up by itself doesnt help,would not have another plus i would not reccomend 3 either.signal goes on and off and is very frustrating.
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Reviewed by sukhjit on 29/10/2009
hello am sukhjit from india nokia 6500s-1 very good mob
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Reviewed by Luke Ede on 29/10/2009
I love this phone and have had it for a year and although im a complete butterfingers all thats happened to it is 2 dents and a small scratch. This is an excellent phone and the only reason it wasn't 5 stars was because: 1) i use my phones as music players and this phone has a weird memory card holder so that the music library has to stop and keep searching. I fixed this with a little bit of blutak in the back *not recommending it as my phone started getting really hot and may have been damaged by this in the long term* 2) Some of the songs become locked and are unable to be played. this was only a few songs and didnt really effect me but i can imagine it getting quite annoying BUT with a quick google search i found how to unblock all songs with a few texts to your provider w/e. anyway a brilliant phone after I "Fixed It" and would quickley recommend to anyone
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Reviewed by Nick on 29/10/2009
I've had this phone for 18 months and never had a problem with it. It took a while to find some of the features (like how to end a call by closing the slider). Now my contract's up I have to get another phone. It's proving very difficult to replace (my supplier does not offer the 6600 slide!) It syncs with Outlook, has Bluetooth, takes reasoanble photos and video (for a phone), text and of course voice. Does everything I want it to. The only problem I've had is finding a case that I like that allows me to use it without taking it out.
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Reviewed by Amyy-Lou on 25/10/2009
the worst phone you could ever get! x the phone industry is thinking of discontinuing this phone because it has had so many complaints x don't buy it cause it's a waste of money ! x
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Reviewed by sadaxdfd on 25/10/2009
had it a year and a half. its alrite.
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Reviewed by Andy on 21/10/2009
Poor phone,scratche on keypad realy bad,poor at connecting to interweb, tendency to freeze/wipe settings Reception USELESS - have sent phone to carphone warehouse ( waste of space!) and Nokia. Al to no avail.On good side UI is clear and simple:), Have now upgraded all 3 of my N6500s to SE. Lets wait and see!
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Reviewed by Natalie on 18/10/2009
Had this phone last year in July and it was the worst phone ever, if you accidently drop this phone it resets everything, the wallpaper, your calling and text tones, your screensaver etc..obviously because it was also made to break, everytime i put the slider down it reset itself, i rang up three and they sent out a new back to my phone, this did actually fix the resetting problem, also around bout the same time my slider started to make a crunch noise, i took it to a nokia shop and they said the ribbon in the slider had totally snapped, i would of have to paid for a new ribbon, i just decided to forget that, anyway since then i have gotten used to the crunch noise, that was all within the first 3months of having this phone, since then the phone does have a mind of its own, it constantly freezes, and constantly ends my calls, all of a sudden you will be talking to someone for lets say 2mins and then it goes silent and ends the call, as if you are in a no signal zone , my boyfriend has the same phone and he has all these problems too..in a 1hours conversation on the phone i would have to ring tht someone back about 6 or 7 times within a hour, battery is really rubbish on it,it started to reject my memory card after 9months of having it, then i had to use the bog standard nokia ringtones and use my internal memmory, after 11months of using this phone i had enough with its constant problems, i decided to go back to my previous phone the LG U880, which has lasted 2 and half years now and it is still going, i cannot wait to upgrade to a new phone, so i can get rid of this Nokia, think i'll carry on using my LG till i can have a new phone, i recommend no1 get this phone, theres nothing special or outstanding bout it, worst phone ever, only get it if you want a phone with continious problems.
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Reviewed by Sophie Chandler on 17/10/2009
When i got my nokia 6500 slide, i loved it , it was perfect, but a few months on. The memory card was too loose and then the phone didnt reconise it, so i cant listen to my music unless i hold the the back on my phone which is really annoying. Alos it freezes and turns off wen im in the middle of ringing or texting. Also the camera take along time to take a picture therefore wen im trying to a capure a legend moment, ive properly missed it because my phone took ages too take the picture or its properly turned off. Dont get with phone :)
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Reviewed by sam on 17/10/2009
I didnt have this phone a year and it broke crashed all the time and turned its self off plus the battery couldn't last a day. Just had to finally give up on it, also have a friend same phone same problems do not reccommend!
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Reviewed by Colin Lambert on 16/10/2009
6500 slide? Worst of 5 Nokias I have owned. User manual lies and says that info on hands free is on page 19 and it is not mentioned anywhere. Orange techy was baffled as well. The most un adaptable Nokia I have ever owned and the most infuriating. I wish I had never seen the thing! My Nokia 6630 is FAR SUPERIOR in EVERY way. Whatever you do don't waste your time and money on the 6500!
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Reviewed by charles blascsok on 16/10/2009
After 3 mos. ownership, and having the phone repaired properly, I have to honestly say that the phone is excellent. Since my negative post in August, the phone was properly repaired in Bratislava, SK and the battery life has jumped from 12 hours to 5 days. They replaced some part which the salesperson at orange coudn't explain, and since then the phone has worked properly. The back cover came back from service with a bigger gap than when I sent it out, but I finally gave up and folded it around myself so that I have minimal gaps all around. A colleague at work bought the same phone a month after I did and her phone had minimal back cover gap. Maybe my phone was a Monday product... The camera is good, with limitations in low light, but I have still managed to make excellent photos in low light as long as the subject is stationary. signal strength is as good as any other phone I have had. I haven't had any problems with the phone freezing up. I bought this phone because I don't like touch screen models. I had an LG in my hands which was slow as anything and didn"t come with any cables as standard for the same price as the nokia. So, I retract my 1 star rating and give it a 4.
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Reviewed by Aisha Latif on 09/10/2009
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. Gorgeous handset. Brilliant features. Loved it and wanted it so got it on an 18 month contract and still got 5 months left and it is torture. Don't know whether to blame the network 1,2, yes you got it THREE network,but the signal on this phone is so bad that I have thrown it against a wall,seriously.I've lost friends cos they thought I was cutting them off that's if i could get a signal/connection in the first place.So please don't judge a book by it's cover. NO.
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Reviewed by A-Dog on 08/10/2009
only thing i can find to fault the phone is the battery on mine and my mates 6500 slide is very intermittant, one minute it will be almost full, next minute it comes up with battery low icon, and then just dies on me, other than that, the phone is brilliant
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Reviewed by K Graves on 08/10/2009
Hi i love nokia phones and i also will use them BUT! the battery lift is the worst i have ever had, being very poorly and needing a phone could be urgent for me, i have to charge it nearly every day i need some thing better or is it just a faulty battery?
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Reviewed by Vinnicout on 01/10/2009
It looks good but keep it dry. Got one and had it repaired twice in a month as the phone was behaving badly... Second time, they found that water damage was the cause apparently. Not sure how as I do not used it often and would have remembered if I had dropped it in some kind of liquid. But from now I would not get another one...
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Reviewed by Kashi on 30/09/2009
Dont buy this phone as after few months the screen will become blank and the ring tone switches back to default ring tone. Even after upgrading the software still the same problem.
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Reviewed by hbs on 28/09/2009
Nokia 6500 Slide. I had 2 problems the other day, I looked them both up online and found forums discussing them both. I have since found the answers, but now I can't find the same forums again to post them! So I'm putting it here in case it helps someone searching! I read that there is no settings option to turn off the CAMERA SHUTTER SOUND on the Nokia 6500 slide (due to 'privacy' laws). Not true. This IS in the settings menu, but the camera settings menu (under options in camera mode) looks like it only has 4 items on the menu, but you CONTINUE to scroll down ans it has the shutter sound on/off option. Secondly, this phone software had the annoying tendency to RE-USE IMAGE NUMBERS after you have deleted photos. This means if you transferred pictures to your PC, then deleted them from your phone, any new pictures taken would be given the same numbers again, so next time you try to transfer photos it would say 'this image already exists' and you would have to manually re-name them if you wanted them saved off into the same folder. I had to order a replacement handset recently, due to damage, and the new one has recent software improvements with this problem now remedied so that images numbering ascends, regardless of deletions.
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Reviewed by Eunice on 27/09/2009
This phone is pretty good. It has great features. I guess it's just a bit heavy compared to other phones and the square key easily gets tacky. But overall a good phone.
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Reviewed by Bogjinderdeep Sondhoo on 24/09/2009
This phone is excellent. Great looks, very sturdy materials used and a user friendly interface. Highly reccomended.
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Reviewed by phone user on 23/09/2009
had nothing but trouble with this phone sticky keys rattly speakers dead batterys and failing signal etc how nokia have gone down hill over the last 2 years
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Reviewed by Andreas on 22/09/2009
I bought it in Oct 08, five months later the display became faulty with bigger getting black spots. They refused to repair it under the still valid guaranty, saying that it was my fault and asked for CHF 180.00, whereas I handled the phone always with care. I refused and will not by any NOKIA phone any more.
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Reviewed by ad on 22/09/2009
i have had this phone for nealry a year now and i must say this is the worst phone i have ever had. i started off with a nokiaand lved it. i then went over to samsung and now i hae came back over i wish i stayed with samsung. always crashing, screen keep going white and i never get signal but thats becaue f the ntwork. silly phone sorry -)
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Reviewed by Sophie Deighton on 16/09/2009
This phone was good to start with, but I have had to get in replaced 3 times in less than 18 months with all different things wrong with it (faulty screen, faulty software and just general faults with the phone) The battery life is terrible; doesnt even last 12 hours, the phone is very heavy and the size of it isnt practical. I wouldnt advise this phone at all.
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Reviewed by titi on 14/09/2009
this phone is brilliant i recommend you get it on 3
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Reviewed by ashwin on 14/09/2009
nokia 6681 is the best nokia i've ever used in terms of robustness,durabitlity, battery ..and nice common options. I've been on the nokia line(different phones) over 9 years but this nokia 6500-s got a problem just after 5 months, that the menu/OK/navigation button is not working. Its pretty nice in terms of options and looks but its useless if the OK button doesnt work. Yet m deceived...
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Reviewed by Ben on 12/09/2009
Words cant describe how outraged i am with the quality of this phone, it is shocking. it turns off when im going through menu's, it freezes for a few minutes, the home screen freezes when an incoming call is happening so i dont know who it is, the back of the phone feels loose and badly made, overall a bad phone in my opinion and from this it makes me question whether i would have a nokia again, my girlfriend has a samsung and has never had problems, the nokia has caused me no end of trouble.
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Reviewed by Greg Sutcliffe on 09/09/2009
The phone was great for about the first 10 months then had nothing but problems phone keeps crashing turning itself off trying to transfer numbers between the sim and the phone has proved a nightmare and all the numbers are in phone limbo unable to read any, can't wait for the contract to finish so i can change phone
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Reviewed by Jamie on 08/09/2009
Had 3 of these.... not because I liked them that much but kept having problems (stopped reading memory card, would occasionally default to factory setting, stopped getting signal, would momentarily freeze etc). When it worked it was a tidy looking easy to use phone, however....
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Reviewed by ben on 07/09/2009
its a rubbish fone dont waste your time and mony. wen u slide it it skratchs the key pad, it freezes and shuts dow wen ever it wants to, it hardly ever reads the memory card, the batter is rubbish u have to charge it every day.
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Reviewed by P Reed on 07/09/2009
I have owned a nokia 6500s and loved it. unfortunatly it got lost but am going to buy another one without delay !!! i think that it is a brilliant phone with loads of features that are easy to use and useful. the 3.2 cz camera is a really good one and the picture quality is 100%. the brushed steel against the black makes it look more expensive than it really is and the weight is also very refreshing as you know its sturdy and wont mind a few good knocks in your pocket. there are a few down points though. the speaker being on the back and also the voice tag option does not even work. why put something on phone if you cannot use it. im going to get a black one next as i also think that one looks cool too. if you are having problems with the phone resetting your ring tones because you have jogged the back cover( i know there is a constant gap between the back of the phone by the way !!!) use a small piece of tin foil between the back case and where the memory card cradle is. this will only work however if you dont remove back case but you are not going to do that every day though !!! other than that i would rate the phone itself at 99.9%.
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Reviewed by Emily on 06/09/2009
Had a love hate relationship with this phone - its done well overall for the last 2 years I've had it, but I've had repeated problems with it, and no matter how many times I've sent it back to be repaired, its come back with all the same problems it went with in the first place. Its provided a good all round handset, but definately nothing special, especially with all the repairs. About to take delivery of my next Nokia, the 5800 - fingers crossed this ones goes a bit better!
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Reviewed by AndyK on 03/09/2009
The worst mobile phone I have ever had the misfortune to own, with freezing, wiping of memory/settings and EXTREMELY poor reception. I have e-mailed Nokia who cannot even be bothered to respond. (They are aware of poor connectivity and will release an upgrade soon- still waiting since Dec '08). I have had problems all over the UK but good signal in France, Begium, Holland, Luxembourg and Corfu. NOKIA - NEVER AGAIN! I got three of these on contract ALL of them are faulty, the network have apologised and offered a discount on contract, Nokia have not responded to 3 e-mails and I cannot recommend this phone - OR NOKIA to anyone now!
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Reviewed by Tjr on 01/09/2009
I have Had it for 1 full year now and for starters, it is the first Nokia that has not completely packed up on me. But lets see, the Camera only works once in a blue moon, the data connection port is gone, ditto the headphone jack.on the plus side, voice and text still works. I have lost voice loudness and clarity though. well, that I'll take 50% blame, because I keep droping it on my construction site. But the camera Quality was good... before it packed up. but now, thankfully I have a 7 mega pics digi by samsung.
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Reviewed by robert p miller on 01/09/2009
I have had the Slide 6500 for 2o months and it is brilliant in all aspects. Ive dropped it quite a few times withhout damage. It is very robust. Camera is very good but sometimes it takes two or three attempts to activate the shutter. Over all the phone is a very good piece of kit.
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Reviewed by Brendan on 31/08/2009
After reading most of these reviews reminds me of my own troubles with the phone the nokia 6280 I bought it on the 3 network (Thought hey cheap phone ill get it unlocked) It then failed to pick up signals with my own 02 sim card in places where i knew the reception was fantastic and began to reset my settings and even reboot my phone. Turned out to be a big problem due to the software 3 itself had put on had to have the phone completely wiped and to start from scratch...havnt had a problem since then so my advice is to possibly buy the phone sim free or to avoid networks which are having a dodgy time with the phone.
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Reviewed by Dupas on 28/08/2009
Had many phones over the past years this one is much loved. I love the fact that it heavy & Nokia making it a slider makes it slick. I have has NO issues whatsoever, battery was a bit of an issue but then I started using BP-6MT Battery. As this Nokia battery was made for the more smarter phones it lasts much longer than the original BP-5M is 900mAh. Mine is 1050mAh. I would recommend this phone to everyone. Get the black version overall my friends say it performs better than the standard silver/black. They had to make the black one better because these networks were paying Nokia loads of money to have them branded with their logos. Keep It up Nokia.
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Reviewed by robert p miller on 26/08/2009
I have had the 6500 for 18 months, just got an upgrade being the Sony Ericcson W595, I definately prefer the Nokia 6500 Slide.
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Reviewed by rob on 25/08/2009
hi i have had ths phone. and i did not have any props. great little phone. my mate still has his and loves it to bits. very strong phone. should have more than 2 stars. better than many newer phones out today.
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Reviewed by Chas on 17/08/2009
ABSOLUTELY USELESS! I'm with Keith in Ireland.. I fI could give it a ZERo I would! (did you know phone companies now pay people to put 'good reviews' on these sites to help keep the phones selling? Just remember this when shopping and try to make sure it a fully sign-up and sign-in database, meaning more work for them).
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Reviewed by charles blascsok on 17/08/2009
Read all the reviews, was dead set on not buying one, then I had one in my hand and like an idiot I went and bought it at Orange (Slovakia). What a mistake! Battery life of 12 hours at idle with only one call of less than a minute! Back cover has a gap an ant could get through after coming back from a two week long service! Have sent it back again as original problem was not even fixed! In the month since I bought the phone, It has been in the repair shop for all but 5 days! I haven't had it long enough to find all the other faults which I'm sure it is full of. This phone is an absolute piece of junk! The bad reviews are there for a reason. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE!!!
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Reviewed by abbey on 15/08/2009
this phone is the worst phone ive EVER had !! its a pile of junk ! it freezes all the time,blanks out ect...i wouldnt reconment this phone 2 anyone !
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Reviewed by jordan on 10/08/2009
dont really know what you guys really have against the 6500 its pretty good in my mind, just cause its diffrent from the classic means nothing, i have the classic also, its quite good, and i just dont get what you hate so much about the slide lol, im my opinion its a great phone, im upgrading soon to a n97 which you guys say is amazing, which im hoping doesnt mean its rubbish cause if you think this phones bad, .. .well. . .
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Reviewed by Gemma'09 on 09/08/2009
This was a very big disappointment! The phone looked really good before i brought it and when i got it, it was rubbish. It broke down every copule of weeks. I would not recommend it to a friend or anyone looking to buy a phone. It's rubbish.
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Reviewed by steph on 06/08/2009
hey i have a nokia 6500 its really good! great camera but it takes quite a while to process the pics. but all round good mob! im 13 and it suffered lots of 'accidents' but its still great!
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Reviewed by Mel on 05/08/2009
oh dear oh dear oh dear....... I 'chopped' in my trusty LG Cookie for one of these - and so wish I hadn't. I've only had the thing for 3 hours - and its already unusable. Sim Card Registration Failed seems to be its favourite message - and then it died on me! Couldn't switch it back on, even when it was attached to the charger! Needless to say - the sim card has gone back into the Cookie for the time being..... Lets see what E2Save.Com come up with now!!!
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Reviewed by Alex on 04/08/2009
Battery life no more than 10 calls. After ending phone conversation phone crashes. Completely freezes when you ask it something difficult like open a file.I have memory card in the phone but this pile of junk finds it when it likes. Poor signal. Bits now falling off like the trim at the bottom just above the Nokia logo. Returns to default setting's, wallpaper, ringtones etc. All in all avoid!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by spannerjock on 03/08/2009
i have found this phone to be unreliable, speakers break down regularly ,4 times with my set and battery life is poor ,i would not recommend this phone, which is unfortunate as i have used nokia for more years than i can remember
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Reviewed by chelli on 01/08/2009
Love the phone looks cool and stylish HOWEVER had many hitches with the softwear. It tends to freeze so sometimes you either cant answer a call or call out. I know that these are small glitches but very annoying. My phone had a softwear flash through it but has not made any difference so ill have to live with it or so i thought up until i accidently dropped it down a loo grr now im phoneless looking for another, trouble is i want a 6500 slide again aaargh
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Reviewed by angry complaint on 30-07-2009
the phone was gud gt it for 18 mnths contract and now the phone turns on then turns off straight away.
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Reviewed by ben ford on 30/07/2009
i have had my 6500 slide for about 10 months and i have to say, it is one of the worst phones i have ever owned. i honestly cannot wait for my contract to end, and im even considering buying out my contract so i dont have to put up with this rubbish anymore. it resets itself at least 5 times a day, mainly when im using it. it takes hours for me to send/recieve a single text, the battery dies every single day, despite me charging it for at least 8 hours a night, and it constantly freezes. im going back to sony ericson. cant wait to snap the little *bleep* when my contract ends. no longer a fan of nokia!
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Reviewed by Dave in Cornwall on 30/07/2009
I got this phone after losing my motorola - its good to be back with a Nokia. Yes, the phone is a bit "industrial" compaired to other phones i have owned, but it is a good steardy workhorse. I have had the phone for a couple of weeks and had none of the software problems that other people are mentioning. The keys are solid and easy to use, and the camera is good for a phone -have downloaded some to the computor and the quality is fine. I have put a 4gb sd card in which give ample memory for the music player. Would recommend
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Reviewed by Dipu Chowdhury (Dhaka) on 28/07/2009
The phone is ok. But some time it's want to off automatically. The real problem of this phone's output Speaker, it's behind of the phone. So sometime I missed my calls. But the other quality is ok. Dipu.
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Reviewed by Beth on 27/07/2009
I have had this phone for a year, it is very good however it has had to go back to carphone warehouse 2 times due to it not switching on. Now the camera is playing up and it's going very slow on me. It's a shame that it has tech problems as it is a good design and easy to use. It looks great too!
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Reviewed by Gaye Woodage Peat on 26/07/2009
I love the camera, it takes great pictures. The mp3 sound is ok, although you cant use it on full volume as the bass distorts the sound a little (ok with head set)My problem has been the memory card! OMG CRAP. It keeps disappearing ive updated the software 2 times and bought a new mem card and it STILL keeps diapering. The phone memory is crap and only holds a few songs and photos. All in all, I love the look its very pretty especially at night and the camera is brill with auto focus and flash also its easy to use. But I've had huge memory problems so never have used it to its full potential.
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Reviewed by Pepica on 25/07/2009
How I wish I had never chosen this phone. I'm stuck with it until Feb 2010 - terrible battery life, it's lucky to last a day now. Also rubbish connectivity - I thought it was my airtime provider until I put my SIM into another phone and discovered that it was much better. Considering dumping this phone and actually paying for a new one - it is that bad. OK - it looks nice and is nice to use - but that doesn't make up for the poor performance.
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Reviewed by Jenny on 24/07/2009
I've had this phone for 12 months. Do not bother. It often freezes, crashes and yesterday I could not access my texts nor make any calls. Pity there's no zero. Unfortunately I have a 18 month contract; will go to phones 4 u to buy remaining contract. Will get a Sony Ericsson
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Reviewed by Joe Mills on 24/07/2009
Having had this phone for almost a year, I really wish i had not signed up for the contract. It freezes a lot, it is too simple to use, it has no memory whatsoever. Who ever is considering buying this phone, I would definitely say dont do it, and go for a sony erricson or samsung. Very poor phone, will not be using nokia again !
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Reviewed by Maeve on 23/07/2009
Hope this helps with people who have problems with phone freezing and memory card not working - wedge a small piece of card/paper on top of the clip that holds the sim and memory card. I did this after 3 'repairs' on my phone and it has been perfect ever since. Could be a design fault in that connections not very tight?
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Reviewed by Claire on 22/07/2009
This Phone is absolute garbage and I would not recommend it! I bought this phone last year and I have had a number of problems with it, eventually resulting in buying a new phone! It: Freezes, deletes messages/contacts, changes my profile and background picture and ringtone. I will only receive messages days later than I should have, and when I ring o2 the problem is not with the network so basically it’s with the phone. I have taken it back to the shop and they have fixed it…which has lasted a day. It is terrible.
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Reviewed by UKgal on 22/07/2009
TERRIBLE mobile phone. Have had problems with it since day one. Having read bad reviews online I thought 3 or Nokia would have done something about the phone's malfunctioning, but they obviously haven't. Awful excuse for a piece of modern technology. From day one it freezes randomly, won't call, won't hang up, won't let me view messages, won't let me listen to music, gets really warm when it's on messenger and stops working, goes from full battery to none in about 10 mins so you run out of charge even though you thought you were ok. The worst part is that I have not been allowed to cancel my contract, and I have been repeatedly unable to get it fixed for a number of excuses ranging from the 3 store having no loan phones to me not having the correct proof of purchase (which I was never given in the first place). Finally get everything sorted out and get told I can't actually get it sent away by a 3 store because I got it online. Ended up just driving it to the repair centre myself. Disgusted at this terrible service from 3. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE. Even if none of these go wrong with yours it is still a very slow phone, and ridiculously heavy. Avoid at all costs!
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Reviewed by yoyo on 21/07/2009
nokia 6500 breaks on the first day. i brought it for £ 5,000 and they didn't even giv my money back.
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Reviewed by Shoaib sheikh on 20/07/2009
Very nice and great feature
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Reviewed by vivek on 19/07/2009
i just got mine today, for a 'mid range' phone.. its good!
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Reviewed by Aqab on 18/07/2009
i think that the nokia 6500 is a very good phone with good quality feuters
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Reviewed by ASHLEY on 18/07/2009
THIS PHONE IS ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE!!!NO SIGNAL ON 3G ALTHOUGH OTHER PHONES IN THE SAME AREA PICKING UP NETWORK. ALWAYS FREEZING UP, UNABLE TO USE FILE MANAGER AS PHONE CRASHES BIG TIME AND I MEAN BIG TIME!!IN A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION, THIS PHONE WILL LET YOU DOWN!! DO NOT BUY!!!
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Reviewed by Anon on 16/07/2009
Got this phone on an 18 month contract. I'm now coming to the end of my contract (ordered Nokia E71) The Nokia 6500 slide is a durable, reliable phone, I've dropped it on concrete a few times and it only has a few scratches. The only downside is that battery life, it's not very good! The software needs to be kept updated otherwise the phone goes a bit nuts! The camera is reasonable and takes good pictures considering it's just 3.2 megapixels.
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Reviewed by Danny on 16/07/2009
Memory card didnt work on my first one. Then it got stolen while i was at a fair striaght out of my pocket i got insurance to get me another , still memory card doesnt work slider broke (no resistance to sliding at all) screw at the back came out so now i have to hold down the back while i make a call background image keeps changing can be really quite without memory card music storage is a no go so basicly I HATE THIS PHONE! Worst peice of rubbish i have ever had on contract! honestly do not buy this phone!
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Reviewed by Rod K (New Zealand) on 15/07/2009
I've had my 6500 slide for almost a year. Good points, 3.2 megapixel takes superb photos in full sunlight, bluetooth is easy to use, slide works well, good solid phone, bad points, battery life is crap, I need to charge it every night. camera flash is a bit pathetic at night, only good for close up shots.....but overall a good phone!
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Reviewed by rusafa on 15/07/2009
i love the camera of this phone.its easy to use.overall its worth the money!
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Reviewed by Ada Zulafifi on 14/07/2009
This phone is one of the best ones i had so far!
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Reviewed by Kaajal on 13/07/2009
i think it quite nice but bettery not that good. i also dropped mine and it no read memory card
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Reviewed by Aberdeen on 12/07/2009
DO NOT BUY. The phone worked perfectely for a month, then it kept freezing. This would be a good phone but it one big problem. If you play a video it is liable to freeze, and wont work again for around an hour. I put songs on my phone ( no virus, straight from the cd) and the phone froze, i switched it off and on. Took an hour to work properly.It kept freezing eery time i played ANY song. If you let it run out of power the same thing happens I would not get this phone until a software fix is released. you will be lucky to get it working.
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Reviewed by Rebecca Tyson on 09/07/2009
I've always had nokia phones, and they've always been very reliable, and are able to do what they say they do, but i have to say; i am very disapointed in the nokia 6500 slide. I bought a 1gb memory card and it was all fine for the first 4 months, reading it fine ad everything, but it suddenly stopped reading my memory card and wont read any other memory card either, also the middle button has decided to stop working. So, i am very disapointed in this phone.
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Reviewed by April on 06/07/2009
Terrible phone has good battery life but keeps freezing and has a mind of its own. buttons unresponsive and very chunky phone. very disappointed - avoid this phone
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Reviewed by Sven jansen on 05/07/2009
THis phone is the worst and irritable gsm ive ever had!!! Been to repair center for 2 times now within 6 months and problems ony get worse; - keyboard or pad failure, need to slide up and down then finally i can type a character - screensaver looses picture, goes to white screen - mp3 player often says "unknown track" in the middle of a song - camera is too slow - sometimes doesnt read the SD card, which makes it impossible to transfer files from or to my laptop - takes a few minutes to begin recharging after pluggin in
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Reviewed by Asma on 05/07/2009
FAB!!! i have been using it nearly one year (will be one on 15th July) and never experinced any kinda problems. its the best one so far. maybe a bit heavier in weight but who cares when the phones giving me peace of mind. i love it and hoping it would last longer. camera is EXCELLENT!!AWESOME!!!... and i have used upto 1GB memory card so i m not so sure about 8GB. but when i went to 3store to buy a memory card they said the mobile accepts upto 4GB. I LOVEEEEEEEEEEE THIS NOKIA 6500 SLIDE, black!!! even looks very COOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!
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Reviewed by M. Taylor on 04/07/2009
My 6500 slide completley crashed after 5 months and was duly replaced by an unsurprised o2 store. The next one was ok although the charging point did not stay in the phone and had to be held in place with an elastic band. However this phone has just completley died 2 weeks outside of my 18month contract. So; 2 phones in 18 months - 1 for 5 months and 1 for 13 months - both died Thanks Nokia I enjoyed using the phone and thought the keys and balance excellent. Battery life was disapointing compared to ever SE i have had
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Reviewed by lesley jo on 03/07/2009
I have had this phone on an 18 month contract and everything was fine for the first few months but then it started to cut out mid conversation or text, wiping all my info such as screen saver, pictures etc. I had to take out the battery each time to reset the screen. I took it to my network provider shop to be told it is a common fault on nokia phones and involves having to remove the back and battery to adjust a small gold pin each time it cuts out. Not acceptable! I am upgrading tomorrow and won't be getting another nokia.
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Reviewed by Tom on 03/07/2009
had this phone for 12 months now, worst phone ive ever had. poor reception, flimsey, keypads locks out. I wish I had never bothered with it. I think 3 mobile got a bad lot of these phones they are not interested. Dont bother with this phone - shame you normally get good quality phones from Nokia not this one!!
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Reviewed by holly on 03/07/2009
it is awful!!!
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Reviewed by Paul on 29/06/2009
This is, without doubt, the BEST phone I have ever had. I am absolutely dismayed by the negative reviews and would encourage anyone to buy one. This was given to me by a friend who was upgrading and does not have a single problem. The battery lasted for 1-2 days. I bought a new one and now enjoy 3-4 days average call and text use. Camera is excellent but constant use and bluetooth do drain it. Therefore, I carry a spare, they're small and easy to manage. (Today's announcement that several phone manufacturers plan to share a common charger will help families and businesses with different phones.) Perhaps people mainly leave reviews when they are angry or disappointed,overall I think it is fantastic.
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Reviewed by Ayman on 27/06/2009
I Like This Model 6500 Slide
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Reviewed by Munk Munk on 25/06/2009
Bought this phone 18 months ago and returned it after 2 days as there was a loud hissing noise and everything kept resetting. Once new phone came, have been very happy for 18 months. It's a reliable, nice looking phone, OK camera, good battery life. Well done Nokia.
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Reviewed by Eric Mernasias on 23/06/2009
This phone is a good little unit, jack of all trades but unfortunately a master of none. Camera, internet, features are all above standard, but in a era of high end phones it simply is just a good phone but no more. Where is excels is the weight and size of it, very comfortable and easy on the pocket. Battery life is two days maximum (used to be three), and texting is great with those big keys. Recommended if you want the basics and nothing more.
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Reviewed by mick on 23/06/2009
i have had my phone for 6 months now its been back to the shop for software downloads 2 times this last time the key pad has locked out so i cannot use it at all the only thing i can do is switch it on /off once again back to the shop it will go for another 2/3 days without a phone my review is dont buy one
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Reviewed by Andy on 21/06/2009
very unreliable phone,poor battery life, loses settings regularly and poor signal. Network not interested in problem, nor are Nokia who did not even answer my e-mails.
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Reviewed by T charles on 19/06/2009
I've had this phone now for just under 1 year now and though I remain impressed with the Nokia ease of use and build quality I am concerned over the battery life. I use my phone to make/received on average 20 mins a day plus 5 mins 3G online stuff. In the begining a charge would be good for 4 days or so but now I've got to charge every day! Also I find it gets uncomfortably warm when in use and that the built in speaker is is not particularly loud when used in hands-free mode.
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Reviewed by rupert on 19/06/2009
this is a great phone stylish and well built, call clarity is excellent,battery life ok. birthdays can be entered with year of birth so it will display age next birthday, only downsides are. ringtones are not loud enough and does not support say callers name.
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Reviewed by junaid on 18/06/2009
I like this phone with the 3.2 megapixel camera. the resolution of this camera is better then my n95 8gig camera.
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Reviewed by Daisy on 15/06/2009
I love this phone!!! The auto focus on the camera is really effective and there are lots of little extras! The music player has a good sound and is very loud.
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Reviewed by Paul Webber on 14/06/2009
Both my wife and I have the 6500 slide, but we both have different views of the phone. We had them at exactly the same time, mine has been fine, but my wife has had three of them in the past 18 months! Her one kept freezing, wouldn't turn off, wouldn't connect to the bluetooth headset, and other little annoying things like freezing when you are writing a text, then the whole line appearing after 10 seconds. But, as I said at the start, that my phone has been no problem at all and I love it. It seems that if you read the reviews on a lot of mobiles (as I have been doing lately!) in search of a new mobile, that a lot of people say the same things about other makes of phones, but then other people say that the same phone is rubbish and not to buy it! It does seem that its the luck of the draw weather or not you get a decent phone. The battery life on the 6500 slide was very good at the start, but after 18 months of use, it has started to drain fairly quickly. On the whole though, I personally would recommend this phone to anyone, its user friendly and a nice and modern looking.
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Reviewed by dan on 10/06/2009
i just bought the nokia 6500 slide and it is rubbish! i had the sony ericsson w910i previously and everything about it was better. It was eaier to use, the menus were far better laid out, the keypad was easier to use, it looks better, its far lighter, you could adjust the themes and wallpapers completely even having moving backgrounds. The nokia 6500 slide has none of these things. It's an awful phone don't buy it.
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Reviewed by waleed on 09/06/2009
the phone in need to be upgrade, there is a problems at the software, plus the memory card is not stable .
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Reviewed by alibmander bakhtawar on 07/06/2009
this fn is gud but has lots and lots of down effects e.g 1. slide broke after taking it out of box 2. water damaged by my aftershave 3. screen craked by dropping it once 4.charging slot snaped after taking charger out very SLOWLY 5. internal speaker popped after a long scream on the fone by my girlfriend 6.mic went after i played wid my bike 7.fone got bloked after 8days 8.wud not read my memory crd. 9.back facial snapped 10.camera got damaged now if you excuse me im going to buy anuda 6500 slide (listen if you got da muny buy an k660i or 3120c or 6300 or 6120c or w375) DER WORTH IT
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Reviewed by Tammy on 06/06/2009
This phone is the worse phone I have ever owned in my life(out of 7!) Originally I thought it was durable, nice shiny, sleek & a good all round Nokia. The battery is my first complaint- I use the phone for occasional calls & some up to 20 texts per day & can never get more than 2 days battery life out of the damn thing. The battery indicator will show low- you will get the 'low battery' message once & then it turns itself bloody off- no warning! When you then try put it on charge, it takes a few attempts for the charger pin to be recognised for it to start charging. The screen has days when it just shorts out- very annoying when you are mid text message & have to start again! When you are about to recieve a message, the phone makes a low pitch echo noise proior to the message notification, very weird. Also, there are days when no matter what signal strength I have message just fail to get sent. This has to be remedied by turning the phone on & off a few times- whats that all about? I have set up the 'personalised' settings for certain callers- the phone keeps resetting itself to the default tones no matter how I do this-quite frustrating when you identify a caller by a different tone to others! The ring tones are outdated for a phone of this age, the message & other tones are also poor selection. The camera is good quality if you can figure out where your photos actually go after they have disapeared off the 'review' screen. Having to use it landscape always to get the best photo is also annoying. I have had this phone back to the shop for fixing on all the faults & suprise suprise- the age old 'no fault could be found' story! I am very disapointed in this Nokia phone. I changed from Nokia to Samsung 4 years ago when no hansets were available on the deal I wanted & will be going right back to Samsung as soon as my contract allows!
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Reviewed by arthur on 06/06/2009
great phone but flimsy cover its a bit loose !!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Andy on 06/06/2009
Awful. Only had it for three months of an 18 month contract with THREE. It just stopped working. They sent it off and said liquid damage. It has not been anywhere near any liquids and I don't take it into shower or bathroom , as suggested by THREE that this could have happened. I think it is not fit for purpose and am in discussions with THREE about it at the moment, but I am not happy with them either
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Reviewed by Michael on 05/06/2009
Hate this phone it has gave me nothing but grief, battery lasts a day if that sometimes depending on how much i text. Phone constantly resets itself after a while of having it and it never keeps ringtones, i would never recommend this phone to anyone even if you start off with it being good give it time and it will break, i currently cannot even access the internet anymore has a restore settings wiped it clear. DO NOT GET THIS PHONE!!!!!
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Reviewed by pauline on 04/06/2009
This phone is awful and has put me off Nokia's for a long time. In the space of 4 months I had to send it off for repair 5 times and on 3 occasions I ended up being given a new phone as not even repair company could fix it. They told me right at beginning that there was big software problem with this phone. For some reason it kept locking up so you couldnt do anything with it, not even re-install software so it had to go away. On the occasions where they returned phone to me "fixed" it died again within hours of receiving it. Luckily the last one I received has been fine for few months now apart from nuking my memory card. The keypad is difficult to use as so shiny my fingers just slip and buttons dont press easily. I do like that you can leave camera on high resolution and then when you send mms the phone will automatically adjust the resolution so it can send. Something that my last sony ericsson never did and was right pain.
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Reviewed by Carlisle on 03/06/2009
Have had this phone for number of months, bought for 180 and am now forced to sell for 45. it is AWFUL! mate, at the start things weren't too bad with it, few odd little faults, such as the settings resetting themselves a minute after fiddling with them, and refusing to delete messsages. Now, it takes 13 and half minutes to load up my message system, and continually crashes at least twice a day! I've done nothing to harm it, but ignored all the other reviews containing fault warnings, so DON'T IGNORE THIS ONE LIKE I DID.
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Reviewed by Nat on 03/06/2009
I kind of reccomend this phone to people only if you can replace the LCD screen every few times. The screen of this phone is really really fragile and mine cracked inside. If you becareful and Do NOT put the phone inside your pocket without a GOOD protector then this phone is right for you.
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Reviewed by Zoe on 02/06/2009
This phone is just not worth the hassle it gives. Too quiet, drops calls, poor sound quality, T9 dictionary remembers words when it wants to - I could go on but it's all been said before. **AVOID!**
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Reviewed by Graham on 01/06/2009
I have the 6500 Classic which I love. I can connect via blue tooth to my Samsung NC10 and get my 3g O2 sim to connect me at very good internet speeds. The phone itself is very easy to use and everything feels in the right place as you expect with a Nokia. It never falls over and looks fantastic. I just wish it had the 3.2 camera and radio same as the slide, I am not a fan of slides.
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Reviewed by Mandla on 31/05/2009
I regrat the day i first lay my hands on it... The phone frezzies all the time even when i want 2 make a call,that iretates me the most,what is the use of hving cel4ne if can't even make a 4ne call???
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Reviewed by Beckyy&Beckayy on 30/05/2009
beckyy hasd this phone and the memory card wont work.... i wouldent get it myself because i have a KS360 in pink:D
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Reviewed by Chariot on 27/05/2009
Had this phone as an upgrade since March. I have been complaining to Tmobile ever since, they even got me to return the phone for repair in April, it came back weeks later and and still having same problem. I cannot hear the phone ring unless I have it in my hand. I keep missing calls. The battery life is bad, I have to be charging it every other day even with minimum use. After sending a final email to complaints section someone eventually ring me to say they will send me a different phone because they had stopped supplying this phone since end of last year. Pretty phone but not worth the headache
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Reviewed by sudheer on 27/05/2009
I am using nokia slide 6500 since 2-3 months, but I am not that much satisfied, because the batterry is not that much good, it is discharging with in 1 day. If I use for listening songs, It is giving only 6- 10 hours back up.
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Reviewed by Deepak Singla on 26/05/2009
Video quality is too bad. Ear speaker Volume is also to low. Overall it is not a good choice to buy it.
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Reviewed by unknown on 22/05/2009
The phone is the worst phone I have ever owned. The battery life is terrible, the phone has its own mind of when to work. Also the network provider (Three) are useless, half the time I have no signal and when I complained they said its not them its the phone. So why sell it on contract. A bit of advise to future customers of three network... save yourself the stress and go on another network. Even the networks in Zimbabwe work better than Three.
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Reviewed by Davinder singh on 22/05/2009
i love the design this phone
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Reviewed by Holt on 22/05/2009
It is a good phone within the first month or two. Nice classical and stylish phone looks good but always plays up ive took it to repair 4 times in 8 months. The menu and scrolling system is very slow and memory card doesn't show up. Id give it 5 star for looks but 2 for overall. Hope this helps :)
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Reviewed by googleboo on 20/05/2009
rubbish phone don't buy, arrived first day had to send 2 back and third only just about works!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Rob on 19/05/2009
I've had this phone for nearly 9 months, and have regretted getting it since the day I signed the contract. It has great features, the camera is the best quality I have seen on a phone (Thanks to the lense - Megapixels aren't everything!) and the speaker is pretty good quality. The bad points far outweigh the good points however. The first day I got it I noticed the signal was terrible, I took it back to the shop where I got it, and it turns out it needed a software update. They sent me off to another shop to do this, where they kept it overnight. They also put on the wrong phones software, so had to do it again at a later date. The battery life is aweful, it lasts a day or two at most, and far less if you go on the internet or use any of the features!! The phone is forever crashing, freezing and reseting itself. I can't take photos, compose messages or surf the internet without it freezing, and having to restart the phone. This is particularly annoying since it takes so long to restart. I am having constant memory card issues too, sometimes it just says it isn't there, other times I will be browsing the card, and it will just exit. There is also a problem with the camera and the memory card, each time I start the camera it asks me to save to phone, I press no, and it asks me to format the card. I have formatted the card several times, but it has not helped. Overall I would say to stay away from this phone - some work, others don't. My house mate has had no problems with his at all. You would be better off getting a Sony Ericsson.
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Reviewed by Johnathan De Mcroy on 18/05/2009
The best mobile phone i've ever owned, Everything about is just pefect, i used to have a Samsung G800, but this phone wipes the floor with that, fantastic battery life, one of the main things that i like about it, is that you can set the text message tone to what ever you want, whatever you put on the phone, plays music pefect, you can also make it loud with stereo widening, fantastic signal, it's a bit heavy, but then you know it's in your pocket and that you haven't lost it, too many light flimsy phones about these days, it's packed with everything that you could want. THE BEST FEATURE THOUGH IS AS FOLLOWS, it's the voice texts, you go to text to send one, then you can record up to a 3.04 minute voice recording add it to the blank text and send it, when the person at the other end opens the text it plays them your spoken text, and the cost is only the price of a single text, so instead of putting what you want to say into about 6 texts, and it costing you 6 texts , you speak and send and it costs you 1 text, and the person knows how to take the text by the tone of your voice, as we all know some texts can be taken the wrong way. My ex-wife hates the sound of my voice, but when i need to text her to ask if she wants anything to do with the children (I HAVE FULL COSTODY, NOT HER), my voice really annoys here, but you can't tell whether it's a voice text or a text text, until you open it, and the phone starts speaking to you, lol. If you have the chance, get this phone, Nokia 6500 slide on the O2 network, yes they can be unlocked too.
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Reviewed by Emma Heath on 16/05/2009
Awful phone! This handset has put me off Nokia completely, since purchasing the phone has had faults and they have only got worse. It is incredibly slow when deleting or moving or opening files, even text messages, and it is rather heavy and doesnt slide easily. On top of this, the memory card decides to erase itself at random moments, causing all files saved on it to temporarily disappear - irritating when listening to music or looking through photos. There is no picture editor, just setting to change the contrast and even then you cannot save it. The voice clarity is terrible and eventually mine did not regester that i was on the phone to someone, and would hang up randomly. After a while, text messaging started to ecome a pain as the letters wouldnt show up till 20 seconds after typing them. For saying it's a simple, dull phone, I would have expected the main features to work well. Definatley a disappointment - do not buy this!
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Reviewed by Lucia on 16/05/2009
Have had this phone for 15 months now and absolutely love it. Orange has just offered to upgrade it to 5800 express music which should in theory be more advanced. Having had tried 5800, it made me appreciate how great 6500 slide was (still is). Camera is superb, even pictires taken in dark conditions or with flash are clear and have great color. Menu is much better than 5800 as well: fewer steps, makes more sense, more options, pretty much everything can be customised. Has nice emoticons - how comes 5800 doesn't have any? Fm radio... The design is great, and very solid, have dropped it a few times and aside from the tiny scratches, no problem. The only minus is the main button which peeled rather quickly, it's just a detail, though. I like 6500 so much that I am tempted to get another, newer one (they have bigger memory now) instead of an upgrade. However, if anyone has any recommendation for a phone to upgrade from 6500 without making a step back, please let me know.
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Reviewed by Andrew G on 15/05/2009
I don't have a problem with the phone itself but I do have a big problem with the software that Three have loaded on to it. Constant issues with dropping of the signal are enough to make you mad. The main issue I have with Three is that they take no responsibility for selling a phone with dysfunctional software and then try to offer you a cheaper replacement phone. It's just not good enough.
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Reviewed by Pete on 14/05/2009
Simply the worst phone I've ever owned. Unacceptable from Nokia! It's always freezing or turning itself off, usually while I'm on the phone. I rarely get through a phone call without being disconnected and having to call back. Complete nightmare! The battery life is also very poor, and it gets really hot when in use. Often can't find a signal when I know there is good signal. My old Sony Ericsson W850 was far better. Getting a new phone next month, and it definately won't be a Nokia!
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Reviewed by Akash on 12/05/2009
I use this mobile in 1 years. it is very good mobile. it is value for money mobile.. nokia 6500 slide is better than nokia n73... there is only 1 problem which i face that- its slider is not excellent, only i say very good...
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Reviewed by Matthew on 10/05/2009
worst phone i have ever had always freezing
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Reviewed by me on 09/05/2009
my dads got it he oves it i hate it. nota good phone for kids due to hi pich scream from top speaker when calling dad cant here it tho . other than this great phone
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Reviewed by Collins on 07/05/2009
The slide 6500 nokia phone is amazing it enables u 2 manage ur bank accounts,u can take up 2 any photos u want and transfer them to families and friends,portable and easy to use whenever.
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Reviewed by Christine on 07/05/2009
Had the phone nearly a year. There is a common fault whereby when you put your memory card in it doesn't register. Brought it to Carphone Warehouse where I left it for nearly three weeks as they had to send it back to Nokia. That issue has been repaired BUT the ONGOING FAULT is that calls drop, text messages don't go through and reception goes down for absolutely ages. When I brought it to Carphone Warehouse that was supposed to have been sorted with a software upgrade.... no such luck. Wrote to 3 as i'm still locked into a 18 month contract and paying for a phone which is unreiliable. Apparently they know of this fault and have said both issues are common faults with the Nokia 6500 Slide. According to the advisor it is something to do with a certain batch of phones that have been sold. I am now getting a totally different model free of charge which will not affect my contract, I am also getting £10 credit on my account. Leads me to believe the fault is not as minor as they make out.
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Reviewed by Big Nas on 06/05/2009
It's screen isn't scratch resistant and you can't even use the front camera
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Reviewed by Matt Snashill on 04/05/2009
Excellent phone. Good user interface. Looks really smart. Great functionality. Lots of downloadable applications and games for it. Camera is decent quality. Excellent music player (even plays videos), with good PC connection software and cord. Would definitely recommend
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Reviewed by Dan on 03/05/2009
- great slide function, flicks up and down with the perfect amount of resistance. - the interface is easy to use and i haven't encountered any of those software glitches that seem to plague others - very sturdy construction, i've dropped it onto hard floors a couple of times and nothing untoward has occured as a result. - the camera is good enough quality for casual shots on a night out but i certainly wouln't use it for any important photos. Also, the camera is a little awkward to hold and use but other than that is good - A negative is when i remove the back cover, the memory card must dislodge itself and consequently any settings concerning the card (i.e. background from an image stored on the card) are reset Overall, a good phone where the pros heavily outweigh the cons.
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Reviewed by Michelle on 03-05-2009
I have this phone and have some good comments and some bad ones. On the good side , this is a loud phone which is good for people who like to play loud music , and also it has a good picture quality. Th4e bad things are that it is quite a heavy phone. Also if you drop it , it gets dinted very easily because its metal. I have an 18month contract which is due to end soon and not sure whether to keep it or get a new one. Overall i like this phone and find it very easy to use.
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Reviewed by Ellamonkey on 29/04/2009
This is the worst phone i have ever had and ive had a fair few- First week i had the phone i thought it was great so didnt understand where all the negetive feedback was coming from - but soon came to realise that they were right and i was a fool to have even given it a chance- everything seems to go wrong with this phone over the year ive been stuck with it- i will hopfully be able to throw this one away tomorrow and will not be sad to do so. Stay well clear guys.
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Reviewed by pete williams on 27/04/2009
what a rubbish phone, i got two on contract from 3. ok for the first 3 months, then the problems started, we all know about the bad battery life, 1st fault. the phone freezes, the navigation/key pad packed up on the same phone, why is it when you send this phone off to repair they say it has had water/liquid damage, cost me 30 quid to repair it and the phone has never been near a drop of water??? the second phone has had the speaker replaced after 8 months by car phone warehouse and have a guess what, its back in the repair shop again for the same fault, speaker not working but yes you guested right, its al to do with water damage again, surprise, surprise, stay well clear of these phone, they may have nice features and look good but what a nightmare, even worse when i had two and stuck in 18 month contracts!!!!! get it right next time nokia, a very pee'd nokia fan, well was............
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Reviewed by Pratyay Das Sarma on 27/04/2009
i bought this one 6 months ago,i have never liked the smart phones as they try too hard to become a laptop but they do actually get the better quality materials.......... this one changes the rule,with outstanding build quality and with (in my view)the best 3.2 mp cam. yes though few others have better color sensing but here the detailing's are just awesome. better than any 3.2 megapixel cam even Better than the k810i. though battery life could have been better, well it's not a total let down,and the QLED screen is just breathtaking. it's music capabilities are verry good too though it's not a music phone. well overall this one is a very nice phone,the simplicity of a s40 with the functionality of an n series.....................
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Reviewed by Chris Winterburn on 27/04/2009
I love this phone! It's a good mid-range phone with a reasonable camera. It does what it says on the box! Pleasantly chunky but not too heavy! I'd read a lot of reviews saying the phone is full of bugs but my own experience of it is that it's an excellent performer. battery life is still OK 3 days on from the charge and after a couple of calls but a large number of texts.
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Reviewed by Zaid on 27/04/2009
It's rock ...Its camera is so nice and sound quality is good slide with 3g makes it fast & furious....
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Reviewed by Rachel on 25/04/2009
I had this phone a a contract and at first thought it was great but not too long after started having problems. The buttons on the front panel started to not respond and then the main keypad would only let me dial numbers when it wanted. I had to have it repaired and since then has been ok but not fantastic..couldn't wait to change!
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Reviewed by Kat on 22/04/2009
Worst phone ever! it got water inside it and the whole thing decided to not work anymore. very disapointing.. when i first purchased the camera didnt work, took it back and got a new one. the new one worked on and off; mainly the top navigation keys i had issues with but lived with it. then last few months it whenever i called anyone phone went white and blanked out then turned off, apparently this is to do with the some sort of liquid internally killing it; even though i was so careful with it. has hardly any scratches, kept it in a silicon case and never dropped it. Now it doesnt turn on at all; had the phone for 10 months and i am on a 24 month contract - great stuff.. NOT! dont buy this phone unless you intend on having it for only a few months.
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Reviewed by Iain on 22/04/2009
When it works it is a good phone. But it has several well reported problems. THe battery life is low. I get 2 days tops on standbye. Plus charging is hit and miss, it will start and then stop. You fiddle with the cable and it starts again. For me though the biggest gripe is loss of network. I have coverage at home but sometimes for no reason my phone tells me i don't. It has to be turned off and on again, and then as if by magic i have a signal again. This means that i get delays receiving texts and so on. I can't wait to get a new phone!
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Reviewed by Dale on 21/04/2009
Great phone but had mine about 6 months. Not a huge amount of texting or calling but battery only lasts a day. Not having signal reduces this to about 12 hours and i do leave bluetooth on all the time as well. It has stopped reading my memory card. Reluctant to send back to nokia as i stil need a phone. And also screen goes white and phone restarts itself.
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Reviewed by ash on 20/04/2009
Brought 5 6500 slides & 1 6500 classic for work phones. All have had the speakers replaced and 1 only had 10 - 15 hours talktime on it. Would not recommend this phone to anyone.
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Reviewed by Amber on 20/04/2009
I do not recommend this phone at all, I have had this phone for 18 months and after 6 months the phone will keep going off half way though a converstion, the memory gets full very quickly and if you take the cover off and look at the back where the speaker is it looks as if its burning out.Worst phone I have ever had!
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Reviewed by ??? on 17/04/2009
very good
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Reviewed by kaixax555 on 17/04/2009
I bought this phone 1 month ago and I enjoyed it. The camera is very good, it produces good pictures. The audio was good as well. I love the keypads, they are easy to use and comfortable. And I love the brushed steel casing.
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Reviewed by John on 17/04/2009
I have had this phone for 8 months now and love everything about it. I honestly am struggling to find anything wrong with it. Perhaps the battery life is a little shorter than some other mid-range phones but it's not too bad. All Nokias are well built, but this is something else, its lovely stainless steel finish gives it a reassuringly heavy, solid feel. It feels much more solid than any other new phone I have seen. Also the camera with the Carl Zeiss optics gives great pictures, the first time I tried it I couldn't believe it had just 3.2 mp. A fantastic phone from a great brand!
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Reviewed by Mike on 16/04/2009
Had this phone for 7 months and would highly recommend it. I had none of the above problems and found it a pleasure to use. If you do have problems with software freeze ups try installing the latest os software. This can be done by using the nokia suit that comes with the phone.
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Reviewed by John on 16/04/2009
I got this phone as an upgrade and compared to my last no longer available Motorrola PEBL I have to say it was a huge dissapointment. Battery - lasts about 24hrs Text - great if you have tiny fingers as keys are tiny Reception - strength no where near as good and on week signals voice turns into Darlec Weight - its like a brick. When you open the slide I have dropped it as the weight distribution seems uneaven - you certainly seem to need 2 hands to text. Suitable for anything other than an executive office environment? No If you like playing with all the features you get these days in this phone, email,web,video,camera and listening to music etc etc then you will probably love it. If you are a bloke with maybe an outside job who just wants a phone with the basics being easy to use then I would say look elsewhere. Unfortunately the trend seems to be for bricks packed full of stuff that some people like me just dont want or need. This phone has just cheesed me off to the extreme in its complexity.
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Reviewed by Dave R on 14/04/2009
Mines on 3 and signal is appauling. Anyone get any ideas how i can improve?
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Reviewed by ?????????? on 14/04/2009
Its a good phone, but brakes easily.
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Reviewed by Baz W on 13/04/2009
I have the Black 6500 Slide and so far the only problem I have Had is it's inept ability to freeze when trying to do things to quickly. Build quality is EXCELLENT but there seems to be a limitation with this phone as far as features go for a phone of it's size and calliber. If the software was more feature rich then I believe it would deserve a 5 Star rating. Considering mine is on the network and using their firmware, I am impressed.
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Reviewed by Andreinuk on 12/04/2009
Having owned numerous phones from most manufacturers I can easily say this is the worst phone I have ever had. Sound quality abismal as the speaker only seems to last for about 3 months. Been replaced twice and yet again gone again. The phone switches itself off and on about three times a week for no apparent reason. If I miss a call 99 times out of 100 it will not display a missed call. My advice is steer well clear!
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Reviewed by tony kav on 12/04/2009
good phone but poor battery life and absolute intolerable problem with reception, signal fluctuates and disappears making the phone unusable
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Reviewed by Anon on 04/04/2009
My friend had it and when he dropped it smashed! Brakes very easy DONT GET IT IF UR CLUMSY! i like the banana phone song XD
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Reviewed by giuseppe giampaglia on 03/04/2009
this phone has been a nightmare always braking down freezing slowing and the worst is when it wont let you do anything because its gone into some multiscreen mode its been in repairs more time than i have had it network three have replace it once already and even reduced my contract to try and make up with this bad phone and i am not the only one i know of other people who have this hand set that are or have sufferd the same issues
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Reviewed by Sarah on 03/04/2009
Absolutely awful! Had the phone sent off three times for repairs, can't wait for my contract to end. I'd never have another nokia!
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Reviewed by colin on 29/03/2009
i have a problem with mine the phone does not seem to reconise the memory card.otherwise the phone works well.
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Reviewed by Marc on 28/03/2009
RUBBISH PHONE DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY. YOU WILL REGRET IT!!
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Reviewed by Adam griffiths on 28/03/2009
i bought my phone and the camera is good it has a good music player good screen resolution its awsome it even gives free updates mines version 8 it works much better 5 star.
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Reviewed by barbara on 26/03/2009
this is the best phone i have ever had!i thought the 6300 was good,but this is far superior,i have only had it week but (bar problems) i dont think i will want any other phone
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Reviewed by shawn on 25/03/2009
this phone is the best!camera best!design best!slide best!got autofocus and carl zeiss optics!sound quality and volume also good!best phone!
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Reviewed by JAMIE on 25/03/2009
I HAD THIS PHONE LAST SUMMER. TO BE HONEST THE PHONE IS PANTS. EVERY TIME I TURN IT OFF IT RESETS ITS SELF ITS ALWAYS TURNING ITS SELF OFF AND CRASHING. THE ONLY GOOD POINT IVE FOUND IS IT IS VERY VERY VERY..... STRONG AND MINE HAS BEEN THRU THE WASH IN MY JEANS AND IS STILL WORKING AS POOR AS IT WAS BEFORE
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Reviewed by AK on 24/03/2009
Excellent Phone.
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Reviewed by Ben Duke on 23/03/2009
Good phone i got it on contract,there are a few problems with mine, my camera doesn't seem to work properly, it is quite easily breakable and i find whenever i put my 2gb memory card in it freezes. But still the music player works well overall apart from the few setbacks i would say it is a good phone
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Reviewed by Richard Chappell on 23/03/2009
I have had a 6500 slide for a little over 15 months and am glad that I am getting close to the time when I can get a new phone. Don't get me wrong, it's features are superb, the camera is excellent, its web-and-walk speed is amazing and its ease of use is brilliant, when it works. That however, is the relevant phrase. It is its general unreliability that has made me curse the day I got it. So far. It has locked up 3 times necessitating replacement. All have shown a tendency to reset themselves at the most inconvenient of moments, usually mid way through call. The display is prone to flicker and total failure on all of them. Yes, as mentioned the battery life is not brilliant, not something I have ever noticed to be honest as mine doubles up as an MP3 player for the commute to and from work along with surfing the net on it during breaks so it is charged every night. right now, it is suffering from a total failure of the 1, 4 and 7 keys! If they could get the reliability sorted on this, they'd be onto a winner, alas, all you have to do is google 'Nokia 6500 slide faults' and let the pages do the talking.
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Reviewed by scott on 22/03/2009
well wat a phone i love it just got a upgrade from this phone to the n95 and to be honest its lke a downgrade this phone is built bulletproof its smart brilliant camera and very quick u can turn it on and be texting in 10 sconds n95 on the other hand its like starting a computer up takes a age plus the n95 battery is pathetic even the net is so slow and u will be lucky to get it started next stop nokia 8800arte STAY AWAY FROM N SERIES !!!!!
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Reviewed by Paul Yates on 22/03/2009
I have owned mine now for five months and can only discribe it as first rate I don't find the battery life an issue and to be honest the life is down to useage. I have tried other brands in the past but always come back to Nokia.
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Reviewed by Ajay kumar on 20/03/2009
I love my 6500 slider
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Reviewed by Rachael Lauren Higgins on 20/03/2009
Ive had this phone as part of a contract, it was excellent to start off with, then progressivly got worse.. my back off the phone fell off, the memory card holder fell off, the screen began going wrong too, i had black lines acrosst the screen, and the odd white one flashing when i used to down button. Lets just say i wont be having another!
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Reviewed by Chariot on 19/03/2009
I've had this phone for 2 weeks but only started using it for a week. I do have mixed feeling about it but probably because i'm always dubious when starting to get used to a new phone. At themoment i do find that the battery goes to quick. My biggest disappointment so far though is that, despite the phone being on the highest volume, I can hardly hear it when it rings. I went to a T mobile shop with it but they were not very helpful.
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Reviewed by Alex on 17/03/2009
I've had my orange contract since November and since then i've had 5 of these mobiles! This is the worst Nokia I have ever used! The first went back the day after delivery with an intermittent flash on the screen, the second, third and fourth all went back when the phone decided to keep turning itself on and off and I dont mean once, I mean constantly. The Keylock would kick in halfway thru writing a text and to top it all off the fourth and fifth reset themselves so lost all my settings, Orange have now agreed to change for a different model till my contract runs out so I am now going to have to have a Samsung again... I'll never go back to Nokia if I can help it, this phone was terrible!
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Reviewed by Mark on 17/03/2009
Excellent all round phone. It's really stylish, works well and has great feature set. I put a 4GB memory card in mine and now use it as my MP3 player. It came with cord to link with computer (also has bluetooth). In response to the 2 negatives stated: 1) that's it's heavy - maybe, it's definitely not noticeably heavy! 2) short battery life - no worse than most other big screen phones. Great phone, would definitely recommend!
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Reviewed by Dean on 15/03/2009
I've had this phone since Summer 2008 and on the whole, its not a bad handset. The battery life is decent as is the camera and in black, I think it looks rather smart too. The menu system is easy to understand and you can personalise enough of it to your liking, creating shortcuts to your most used functions and so on. Some criticisms though - the predictive text function is appalling and seems to forget words you have stored after a short period of time, this also seems to go for the ringtone you've selected - it reverts to the default one as it pleases. Whilst generally this feels like a durable handset, slightly heavy but not unacceptably so, the battery cover could do with another clip as too much dust is getting in. I'm stuck with this handset until Xmas 2009 and have little doubt that it'll still be working then. But I expect that i'll have reset my ringtone and re-entered words on predictive text a dozen times in the meantime! Three out of five seems fair.
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Reviewed by DANNNY on 13/03/2009
Keeps crashing, memory card wont work as the phone isn't tightly connected to the back enough, when making phone calls the quality of the speaker is awful. But other than that the phones is good looking, good camera and works well for practical use.
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Reviewed by Zama on 10/03/2009
I've had this phone now for eight months. When I first got it, I had to have it replaced three times becuase of all the faults, I eventually gave up returning it to the shop becuase it took days for them to replace the phone and in the mean time left me phoneless. The one thing I'll say about it, is it has a great camera. The screen is nice and big, the buttons are great for texting and the speaker if good as well HOWEVER, the battry is useless. Even if I charge my phone the whole night, the next day by 5pm the battrey is flat. Now I have to admit that I do use my phone quite a bit to go onto Facebook, but isnt that what it's for ? I mean what the point of adding a feature that you cant use. Also when i put in my 2GB memory card in and half filled it with songs, it rendered the phone useless becuase it froze so much. Again, whats the point ? Overall it's a nice phone, very bloke-ish though. I wouldnt recommend it to anyone purely becuase of the battrey life thing.
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Reviewed by Richard Howlett on 10/03/2009
All in all, a pretty good phone. I've always like Nokias and this one hasn't let me down yet, despite having been dropped while cycling (that's an advantage of the stainless steel case I guess). One point though - battery life. Mine was awful but I spoke to my servie provider who suggested turning off the 3G function if I wasn't using it. It was basically roaming because our local 3G signal is pants and it was flattening the battery in less than 3 hours. It now lasts 3-4 DAYS. I didn't use 3G anyway so that's my only gripe sorted.
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Reviewed by Mr. Shabazz on 09/03/2009
My nokia slde started freezing after the first week while I was playing games. Now the phone resets itself while I am on calls. It even stops reading the memory card and I have to turn the phone off and on for the memory card to show
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Reviewed by TERRY on 09/03/2009
Why all the negative reviews? This phone is brilliant love the feel and construction of the device feels sturdy and is built to last, I have dropped it a few times now and still fault free. no freezing like others have remarked on everything works as functionally as clockwork. Do yourself a favour and buy the nokia 6500 slide the camera is amazing, and don't beliveve the hype this phone is definitely not bulky, if I could give it a higher rating I would, so there. Great phone fantastic product from Nokia.. Thanks
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Reviewed by Rastafari on 09/03/2009
Sony Ericsson, you can keep your K800i, the 6500 slider stomps all over it, so glad to be back with a nokia, this really is a superb bit of kit, well done Nokia.
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Reviewed by zak on 09/03/2009
I have had my 6500 slide with 3 for about 11months now, and have found it to be shocking! It continued to crash for the first few months, so i ended up installing new firmware, which helped for about a month and the same problems started again. Definitely wouldnt recommend it. Im looking for another phone just now that i can replace my contract sim onto for the remaining time.
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Reviewed by janice on 08/03/2009
the nokia 6500 slide is rubbish i have had it for about 6months and all the games have stopped working the calculator has disapeared everytime i pt my phone down it resets itself it crashes al the time but apar from that it is fine
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Reviewed by Paul on 06/03/2009
Love the phone but it crashes way too often
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Reviewed by marc on 06/03/2009
Worst phone I have ever owned. on 5th replacement handset in 6 months....All with speaker problems...latest one gone the same way & the camera is playing up......DONT BUY ONE!!!!! RUBBISH
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Reviewed by Mr. officer on 05/03/2009
Ik have had this phone for a few months now and i see no problems with it. It doesnt lag or stut down. Ik have excellent connection speed om 3G with Vodafone. The phone feels solid and i like that it is a bit heavier. it makes it feel good and solid. Software is standard but nothing special. It is good for what it does. The camera is fine too for taking quick snaps. I can connect the handset to my PC without problems. I downloaded Ebuddy mobile messenger and it is a great phone to work with. Also works great with google maps mobile, the gmail application and the opera browser. No problems here. I put an Iphone theme on with new icons and it looks better then the standard Nokia theme. If you like a good solid phone thats basic in setup and feels good n solid and does everything on the internet your pc does buy this phone i like it.
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Reviewed by Policarpo on 04/03/2009
This phone sucks! after a sufficiently long period of constraining myself from writing this I must finally share with all you how disappointed I am with the Nokia brand. Me, my wife and one of our best friends bought brand new Nokia phones around the same time, the musicxpress 5610 and the 6500 slider All three phones more or less at the same time started giving the same malfunctions of the software, mine, the musicxpress phone also very bad mechanical failures and straightaway breakdowns. I must say all these happened in the first six months. I am still paying two of the phones. Its a shame! Nokia should respond to this. When someone sells bad cars they pull them back and repair them. I wonder the amount of money people like me have lost over sucking Nokia phoneys?!? These are the models: Nokia 5610 xpress music Nokia 6500 slide phone
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Reviewed by Ruth Lumley on 03/03/2009
I've had a 6500 slide for just over a year and I can honestly say it is the worst phone I've ever had. When I first got it I had to take it back three times because it wasn't working properly and kept cutting out. I have given up with the latest model. It will go dead while I'm writing a text or I;m mi phone call, it quite often won't call out or my friends can't get hold of me and when I downloaded songs off the internet, it locked them all after about three weeks and I cannot get back into them. Do not ever get this phone because it's mroe trouble than it's worth. I have always had Nokia's and each one seems to be worst than the last. I will not be getting one again.
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Reviewed by Rash on 03/03/2009
Contract bought from E2save and changed the phone times and calls keep on dropping and no signal from 3. Rang 3 and not at all helpful and same as e2 save. Would not recommened anyone to buy the contract from them. The short answer is no you shouldnt buy it, especially on the three network and E save
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Reviewed by Ryan on 02/03/2009
I had it for 6 months, it worked fine, although it is rather confusing. Anyway I used my phone, put it in my pocket, took it out an hour later to use it again and the LCD screen had a crack in it and didn't work. Now I would have noticed if something hit my leg (pocket) hard enough for it do be able to dmg a phone and there was no mark or anything on the actual screen (it was the LCD behind it). So I figured it should be replaced under warranty seeing as I didn't misuse it or treat it roughly in any way but they said it had been damaged by yours truly and wouldn't fix it without me paying $130. Waste of money
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Reviewed by david parkinson on 02/03/2009
i work in the handset faults section at orange, and this is a nightmare phone, it does not read the memory card properly, it get easily confused with sim/phone contacts so messes up the caller id feature, call history is mostly no correct, or even stored at all, and last but not least, nokia phones are renowened for good signal keepers, both the 6500 and the slide version are terrible signal keepers, but ear in mind this is not with every single one, but it is the worst nokia on the market at the moment for faults
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Reviewed by Matthew on 01/03/2009
Ive had this phone from Friday 13th Feb, I Love it, but there is 1 thing. The phone lags at times or sometimes it doenst even do what you want it to do, like going to mesages or music player etc, you keep pressing enter and the phone wont do anything. Took it to the orange shop and they said it was a fault and to bring the phone in its box back and they would give me a new one. But apart from that when the phone works its great, hopefully the next one doesnt have that problem.
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Reviewed by Shanin on 27/02/2009
First time had a bad experience with a Nokia Phone,i have used severel models but this is the model gave me a tough time,first thing is the pathetic software platform,really sad and u cant install any addons except the nokia regular bundels,in contacts u cant search with the second name,Memory card slot is the funniest it wont allow to sit the card properly and the clips has got serious problems,as it wont read the card..end of the day youhave to use the phone with out memory...only the looks sells this model..hope i am gonna have a good model from nokia next time,,,purely an experimental MODEL>>AND current users are the rats for that..
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Reviewed by David on 27/02/2009
Good if you don't mind heavy phones, good screen size, fast internet, good features.
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Reviewed by josh smart on 26/02/2009
LOVE It
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Reviewed by Shannon on 25/02/2009
my phone keeps freezing and not letting me text, anyone know what i can do, ive tried turning it on and off several times but it isnt working. x
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Reviewed by Ryan mcdonald on 25/02/2009
if you rate this phone higher than a 1 you are a lying or you work for NOKIA (both?)it is clear to all that this product is a joke on every level,then try to get NOKIA to admit it and have it fixed good luck...
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Reviewed by Tholi on 23/02/2009
This phone is a disaster, it froze 8 days after I bought it. two of my friends have the same problem.
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Reviewed by muhammed imran ghulam on 21/02/2009
2 weeks ago i purchased this model and i am satisfied what i have purchased.,its outstanding
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Reviewed by Ian on 20/02/2009
i bought this phone about 6 months ago now and i have to say it is one of the worst phones ever made. the bugs with this phone are endless! For starters the battery life only really lasts just over a day (maybe 2 if you are lucky) even when it is hardly being used which is pretty poor. Also, i dont know whether its the fact that im on 3 but the signal i recieve is messed up because at times ill have the phone sitting in exactly the same place and it will have full signal strength but then randomly it decides to have none at all and will not regain any signal for a good couple of hours or so (but you can bypass this by turning the phone off and on). The phone also resets your ring tone and background to it default at random times which is really odd. When you have music on the phone and you go into the music player and then bring up the list of artists, it will have a message appear every now and then saying searching for files (or something similar) and will be constantly searching for a good 5mins or so. There is one plus though, the camera is of a high standard. Overall though, the software on this phone has been badly put together unfortanately as this phone could have been good.
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Reviewed by Marie on 18/02/2009
When i first bought this phone i thought it was fantastic. I liked the weight and look of it. Had it for a few months and then it started freezing, and then the screen started going blank, then it started to fizzle. Decided it wasn't worth the hassle and bought myself an LG, i dunno if it was the battery or what but now if i switch it on, it gives me the welcome message and then the screen fizzles to black and then lights up white. Waste of 150 quid!
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Reviewed by marie on 16/02/2009
i got this phone on contract it has been very poor .........it frezzes go to answer phone wen people ring you wen swicthed on it lockeds up all the time and cuts off wen u make a call would not recomend at all :(
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Reviewed by Pat on 15/02/2009
Worst phone ever only had it four weeks and the screen cracked Nokia says it was due to rough handling ! Whatever ! Going back to my samsung which i've dropped numerouse times and still works ! Don't buy this phone !
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Reviewed by scotty on 15/02/2009
This phone looks great and ok is a bit heavy but the main problem with it in my opinion is it has probs with receiving calls in certain buildings and places. This I am told is due to antenae probs. This means the phon goes into answer phone mode without ringing. Really annoying! The network provider Three will not replace my phone with another one the same even though they say only some of the Nokia Slide phones have this problem, they want me to have the Nokia 3120 instead. They must be joking surely. Anyone else had similar problems?
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Reviewed by nick on 15/02/2009
On paper, looks fantastic. When it works (take note) fantastic. Good camera, good music, even for talking to people in another place its pretty darn good. HOWEVER. Have now been the frutrated owner of this model for 18months, (contract on orange runs out today) and have had 6 refurbished and 3 new handsets. Thats a replacement every 2 months. Software is extremly unstable and various hardware aspects also unreliable. If the back becomes bent in any way (it shouldn't its made from steel ffs but I work in Construction) the memory card will not register. Speaker went one one, one had fixed buttons fail to work, out of the bloody box. Also don't like the fact that you have to instal yet another media manager over and above WMP11 (which I use for all my Collection) just to get the music onto the phone. This is a Nokia thing however and not the fault of the phone itself.
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Reviewed by Vikas on 14/02/2009
it is not good for teenagers. it will be good for adult ladies.it is a bit frutrating to use it.
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Reviewed by kelboy on 12/02/2009
6500 slide tends to lock / freeze and you have to remove battery and turn back on to clear otherwise tidy little phone
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Reviewed by Ghosh mohan on 11/02/2009
not good !!! opera browser.not working from begining. settings for access point seems complecated. this spoils the name for nokia from user friendly. and the problems continue.i contacted the provider and too the nokia web for suport . none was able to help me . so has to look for a better choice.
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Reviewed by Geth on 11/02/2009
ive owned this phone for 3 months and have had nothing but trouble and i am going to change it, the battery dosent last as long as other phones. even though the camera is a very good quality and the sound quality is very good.
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Reviewed by Jack McCormack on 11/02/2009
I had this phone for 3 months before I noticed things going wrong with it. I took it out on a 24 month contract with no insurance thinking it would be ok. It holds battery life for less than a day and I use it alot at school even in classes. Im willing to get it taken of he if i need to, to get to use it as an important part of every day life. It freeezes the speaker is all hissey can't find memory card and as my dad borght it I am thinking of chucking it against a wall to get a new 1 so then it is totaly dead and he has no exscuses not to get me a new 1. To the guy who can't get the back of there is a button at the top you need to push to get the back of
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Reviewed by Lyndsay on 10/02/2009
All in all a pretty nice phone there are a few faults though that appear to exist in more than my phone! Sometimes when txting/calling the phone screen will just go blank as if turning itself off (yet not) and then take a few seconds to come back on- then even longer to pick up a signal. The battery life is NOT as good as they say it is- on mine anyway I have downloaded 'themes' (the things that you download off the net) and they dont stay on your phone very long- i.e they seem to dissapear when you scroll through the phone. Background pictures on the desktop (cant think of a better word) dissapear off mine if i put it down on a surface to hard- almost as if im shaking them away??!! I know im going on but all in all its a pretty good phone and does a lot- even though I cant seem to get e-mail working on mine (which could be my provders fault).
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Reviewed by Dev on 10/02/2009
Extreamly rubbish fone, so many problems, restarts itself, comes up with right screen, memory problems and freezong all the time and not allowing access to msgs etc, samsung are way better tbh,
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Reviewed by peter fox on 08/02/2009
phone wouldnt open memory card told by three that by goin out in cold an then back into warm it was water contaminated,dont know if this can happen nokia says not
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Reviewed by KATIE on 08/02/2009
NEVER EVER EVER BUYING NOKIA AGAIN...IVE HAD 3 7373'S ALL WITH SAME PROBLEM AND THE 6500 IS RUBBISH...HAS PROBLEMS READING MEMORY CARD..RESETS WALLPAPER N RINGTONE TO NOKIA...TURNS ITSELF ON AND OFF...REALLY PUT OFF NOKIA NOW WILL NEVER EVER BUY ANOTHER NOKIA AGAIN
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Reviewed by Richard french on 07/02/2009
For the first couple of weeks it worked well. The camera is good and I got it with a good contract for me. But after about 5 weeks, it gradually started having problems, for example; the battery life is bad, my phone lasts around a day after fully charging. It has started to randomly turn itself off half way through a phonecall or a text and then it comes on again and stalls up and i cant use it for around 10 minutes. It doesnt recognise my memory card, i have a 2gb one so it should work, but cant pick it up. Overall i now find the phone annoying and its wasting my money, as i cant text or ring people properly. Alot of good for £25 a month!
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Reviewed by Richard on 06/02/2009
On my fifth phone now. Screen gone on three and earpiece gone on and handsfree wouldn't work on one.Great to use but reliability shocking.Two came with the problems. Trying to get Orange to change model.
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Reviewed by Ej on 04/02/2009
Bought in May 2008 with 3 Network. Started out very well with great features and performance. After a month I noticed that it wouldn't retain personal settings for more than 10 minutes. After 2 months, it started to slow down. After 3 months, it started to freeze. After 4 months it would lose contact with the memory card. After 5 months the battery was distinctly weak. After 6 month I didn't want to use it anymore. Currently the issue is that the screen flashes black about 3 times before it switches itself off. It now cannot be used as it will not stay on for more than 30 seconds. I'm just happy that I performed daily back-ups to my PC.
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Reviewed by Liberty on 04/02/2009
The worst battery i have ever come across.What is a phone with a rubbish battery life?I wouldnt buy a new one even for £40
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Reviewed by joanne on 03/02/2009
my 6500 lside has been in and out of the shop getting repaired and ive ponly had it about 5 months. ive been told because orange brand their software there is guaranteed faults with their phones...damn it...either have awesome signal and a dead phone that rarely works any way or have bad signal on another network and have the phone that works :S ARGHHH!!! any suggestions??
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Reviewed by STEPHEN DYKER on 03/02/2009
this phone is absolute rubbish an thats an understatement!! av had nothing but trouble ever since i got it, ive had it about 6mths(new 18 month contract) an ive already sent it back three times to 3 it goes to default,nokia ring tone and a plane screen can not send texts or make calls, they have software problem they tell me on 3 phones so 3 can not replace it so now they want to send me nokia 3110 or nothing, cheap as chips phone,when people ring me they cant hear me or it cuts out, so in a nutshel its a big fat no
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Reviewed by Paul on 02/02/2009
The 6500 slide has excellent build quality. The slide mechanism is silky smooth and it feels great in my hands. The weight is not so much of an issue since I have had heavier phones in the past. The screen is not overly bright which I appreciate since it does not cause me eyestrain. Also in bright sunlight the screen is completely readable. The screen resolution is excellent. The keypad is also very nice and combined with the external keys and customisation options the phone is very accesible. I have mine setup to reduce the number of times I have to slide it open. The camera is lovely for daytime pictures and does not perform terribly on close up night shots in the dark. For what it is, I believe its an extremely good camera. The battery life is not so good however as with any multi use device powered by a battery, the life depends on how many functions you intend to use and over what period. Talking on the phone takes the most power but just as a tip, try not to touch the antenna located at the bottom of the phone during calls as this causes the phone to use more power. The software is fast and reliable (the lastest update that is) and has given no problems whatsoever. My one gripe is that coming from a SE K550i the options for looking through pictures on the phone are a bit limited however that is a minor gripe. Overall the phone fits my needs quite aptly and its two most important uses are excellent. Texting is simple and fast and calls are loud and clear. Also with respect to calls, the voice clarity feature actually does work.
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Reviewed by Emily, Wolverhampton on 02/02/2009
Really loved this phone for the first month or so of having it, but now ive into my third month and i'm just having problems with it. while i'm texting it will just freeze for about a minute and a half and has twice "died" on me too. the slowness can't be the memory cause i have a 4gb memory card in it so i'm not sure what to say. i'd recommend the phone for everything else cause its pretty amazing, i just wish it'd stop doing this! (fyi, i have NO look with any phone i own!)
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Reviewed by P Daveran on 02/02/2009
Please dont make the same mistake as me, terrible phone on 3 network!!
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Reviewed by P Daveran on 02/02/2009
The short answer is no you shouldnt buy it, especially on the three network! Google it to see the known problems
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Reviewed by Mark on 31/01/2009
Can't get a signal,calls get dropped, keeps going back to factory settings don't no what's worse the phone or 3 mobile
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Reviewed by neeraj on 30/01/2009
that is a very bad phone hanging problem come again and again.
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Reviewed by Gareth Jenkinson on 28/01/2009
Ive had this phone for about 3 months now and im already on my 6th yes 6th!!! replacement. The issue ive had is the screen flashes black about 3 times before it switches itself off also ive had software problems. How come he's had 6 replacements I hear you ask, well its because Orange won't replace it with a different model simple as that. To anyone thinking about buying the Nokia 6500 slide, DON'T because trust me you will regret it. It is the worst Nokia on the market. Trust me.
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Reviewed by Joel on 28/01/2009
best phone ever. True dat sometimes it comes with faulty components but i fell in love with the phone. I had some problem with mine at fist but now iam just use to it and wont changed it for anything else
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Reviewed by daniel on 28/01/2009
i think the Nokia 6500 slide is a great phone to have
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Reviewed by ted on 28/01/2009
had my phone in for repair 4 times 3g will not give me a replacement mobile phone like for like offring a 3120 for a nokia 6500 sick of 3g
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Reviewed by alex on 27/01/2009
i have has 3 nokia 6500 slides so far as have all been faulty. I too have hasd problems with the memory as put a 2gb card in and it wont even store 6 pictures whats that about. I currently have this phone in repair as it kept jamming on me and turning on and off and not recognizing some of the numbers. I DO NOT recommend this phone as i have already gone through 3 in about 4 months.
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Reviewed by Rich on 26/01/2009
Rubbish phone on my 3rd one in less then a year! Wouldnt buy noikia again.
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Reviewed by Hannah on 25/01/2009
Total Rubbish,Nothing but problems!!
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Reviewed by stacey on 25/01/2009
After reading comments on here was slightly worried bout getting nokia 6500. However got this fone on 18 month contract had for a week now and love everything about it, camera good,battery good, menu easy to work !! very happy get this fone!!! :)
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Reviewed by JIM on 25/01/2009
There is a problem on the Orange network with this mobile. It has far too many area's where reception is intermitant. Orange techie guys say this is a problem with thier network, but I have proved by using a Nokia N90 in the same area's that this is a phone problem. Take a look at other phone's before comitting to a Nokia 6500 slide.
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Reviewed by rachel on 25/01/2009
nokia 6500 slide especially the silver model i believe is faulty. I had endless trouble with mine untill i got fed up of sending it back and used my old phone. With my new contract being 18 months i am stuck with my old phone which is annoying because it is an old model but a sony erricson and never had a problem with over 3 years. I always thought nokia phones were great but after having the slide i would never get another nokia i couldn't belive the problems i was having with this phone everytime i used it i asked other people about it and 7 of my friends with the silver slide had the same problems i even found sites listing so many bad reviews of this model there is obviouly a problem with this model that needs to be addressed
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Reviewed by Cindy on 22/01/2009
I've had mine for a year. The camera is quite good, but there are several things that annoy me: -Bad reception indoors -dodgy keypad that requires too much pressure to dial, battery life is ridiculously low, it needs charging every day, goes down after a long call (ie 30 min) - quite heavy
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Reviewed by mabbzz on 22/01/2009
They really messed this phone up didn't they? My nokia 6500 slide reset ringtones. settings>tones>change tone>save changes moments later the ringtone will return to default? can someone help me please?
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Reviewed by Stacie on 21/01/2009
This is the worst phone I have ever owned and has given me so much stress that I just feel like chucking it at a wall! It switches itself off all the time and refuses to read my memory card for more than a few seconds and therefore I get a flashing line across my screen. It also switches itself off at the most inconvenient times like in the middle of a long text! The battery lasts about a day and seems to get lower every time I switch it off; even though the battery lasted ages when I first bought it. I have updated the software on the phone and it still has the same problems and having bought it from Argos they won't give me my money back without repairing it first and seeing as I can't wait two weeks without a phone it looks like i'm stuck with it! Do not buy it!!!
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Reviewed by Harold,Kuwait on 20/01/2009
been 9 months since i bought this cell and i had to replace the keypad nowitsefnever had such a bad mobile in my life...been using so many brands of nokia in the past including n73..but this mobile is just horrible...it doesnt pick up range...even if u r in the fullest of range it just shows 1 or 2 bars..then like the previous commentators have said...the profile sound and wallpaper is being played and displaed according to its own wish not to wht we have set...and the sound quality is so bad u just cant hear clearly wht the other person has to say...i would never recommend any1 for this cell except for its look
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Reviewed by Norma Cairnduff on 20/01/2009
Hate my 6500 Slide. Very shortly it will be hitting the wall. Worked for first two weeks, then went dead as the dodo. But that's not the problem: I can't get the back off to get at the sim or battery. Spoke to technical support and they agreed that quite a lot of them have potentially immovable backs!!!!!! Back to my old Nokia to save my sanity.
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Reviewed by imaan on 20/01/2009
Nokia 6500 Slide it is a good
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Reviewed by Dom on 20/01/2009
Decent looking phones, but the firmware is riddled with problems. I'm on 3 and they have the most confusing customer services to try and get a problem resolved. An entire morning or afternoon has to be devoted purely to getting bugs fixed that Nokia should have sorted from the outset. Really good looking phone with some useful features, but definately beaten by the better hardware and software created by other manufacturers. Avoid this phone unless you particularly enjoy not receiving reception in builr up areas, default resetting tones and a background that seems intent on returning to factory settings twice a day.
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Reviewed by abdi on 20/01/2009
very dum
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Reviewed by Katyy on 19/01/2009
i relly liked diz fone b4 i gt it.. i was planning to buy it.. and wen i heard it was on sale.. i bought it! and i was happy. its kinda smal and easy to text and stuff. and i recoredd a video clip and went to watch it and 1st thng that happend was it went blank. i thought it wood b ok.. but ws after. my fone went rely slow to load and it takes like 2 hrs now -.-" and it goes blank relly relly relly often! this fone sucks i jst dnt like it noww! it laggs and goes balnk to much! and i have to wait 2 hrs for iht to load..
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Reviewed by Matt on 19/01/2009
Its a reliable phone - with a few faults. The software flaws differ from phone to phone, but it's a shame it can only support 4GB of memory. The bottom right of the screen on mine is loose, and squeeks a bit, but its fine other then that. Camera is brilliant. I would reccomend not going out of your way to buy this phone, but its a worthy phone to have.
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Reviewed by shweb on 18/01/2009
Brilliant phone without a doubt!! good battery, brilliant camera and with so much features...its easy to use ! only recently ive had abit of software problem....well it keeps freezing...itll play any music wen it feels like it! and sometimes the call button wont work! so ive changed my phone now....but honestly...i miss it!!! brilliant phone 5star!
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Reviewed by Michael on 16/01/2009
I really liked the phone when i saw it on the internet and i even read this page. didnt kno wether to buy it or not coz the reveiws were mixed in the extremes. got it eventually in black and as soon as i took it out the box i noticed the battery cover was not sitting on right. took it into shop and the guy told me toram a peice of paper down the side of the battery- great help...NOT. Then a few days later the top of the phone started wriggling back and forth wen i used the D-pad which just annoyed me to the max. I'm taking it in to the shop tommorrow to get a new one. Yet other wise, great camera with flash and really sleek design but badly made!!!
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Reviewed by Sophie on 15/01/2009
The memory card keeps corrupting on my nokia and i havent fiddled with it , this makes me angry and want to buy a new phone and wouldnt recommend this phone. Moreover it goes very VERY slow.!
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Reviewed by Jill from Worcestershire UK on 15/01/2009
I was aware of the reliability difficulties some people have had with this phone - but being a Nokia fan I decided to give the phone a go. I've used it extensively for 2-weeks. It is mostly good, although I get a better signal on my very old Nokia 6230i. Battery life is okay, but again not as good as my old 6230i. I have experienced some occasional'freezing' in various applications, but if I wait a couple of seconds, this seems to free up and the phone works fine again. I'm not overly happy with the handsfree speaker quality, and a normal headphone connection rather than the small pin would have been better - but these are minor points. The number '6' key stuck a little to begin with, but with use this has now resolved. I'm happier with this phone than the Nokia 6300 (which I had previously and found very unreliable, even after having 4 exchanges!), but if I could get a new 6230i I'd pick this any day. On the whole the 6500 is reliable, looks fab, is easy to use and has a lot of features.
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Reviewed by Leigh Green on 14/01/2009
Very poor reception. Cuts out at very crutial moments and stays off for about 5 maybe 6 minutes. Restarts itself at random times. Ringtones keep resetting to annoying default Nokia ringtone without notice. Screen keeps going blank. Other than that a great fone, great sound, good games available, good music player and TV connection has very good quality. If they fixed the reception problem it would definitely get a 10/10 but as it stands with thousands of people making the same receptioon complaints i'd say 4/10
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Reviewed by Mance on 13/01/2009
Pretty good phone, love the stainless steel. I give thumbs up
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Reviewed by Paulla on 10/01/2009
I love my phone and I've had it for a year now. I have to say that the first one I had gave me loads of trouble, had the software upgraded but it still gave me loads of trouble,so finally I had it replaced and so far I have no problems at all. Battery lasts well and it's so easy to use.I would change it for the 5610 XpressMusic for the simple reason that it.s much lighter, but features are the same.
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Reviewed by OERNii on 10/01/2009
It pulls my HAIR out. !! my hair is being killed by this otherwise great phone.
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Reviewed by Elissa on 05/01/2009
ive only had the phone for 3 weeks, and so far its been a dream to use, only have had problems with frezing but that only happend when i turned it on, and it keeps chaging the ringtone back to defaul, oh and the battery life is poor.. it is a phone that i doo highly recommend! if it wasnt for the few faults this phone would be great!!
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Reviewed by jonathan on 05/01/2009
this phone is the best phone i have ever had and so easy to use and it is black and holds alout of soungs and the camera is good with the led flash i have had no promblen 2 other poeple in my familey has the phone and has not got any think rough with it so that very good i have had it about a mouth.
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Reviewed by Lee on 03/01/2009
I got this from carphone warehouse just before christmas, it is a nicely built phone, but mine decided it wanted to delete my profiles i had set, and change settings on its own!Especially the 'close slide to end call' setting, it kept turning the function back off! This is with at this time of writing the latest firmware aswell! 8.30 or something. Also i had my doubts with the reception of the phone, i was only using GSM as i dont use 3G, and the signal was erratic, kept dropping off or only getting 1 or 2 bars when my other nokia would be full. Using the phone was actually nice, but my hands are not the biggest and it can be a bit tricky if u like one handed operation haha. Screen is excellent and call quality sounded great. Using the opera browser is great on this phone. BUT the problems i had mentioned at the start were not improving even after re-installing the firmware. So decided to take it back for a refund and stick with my 5310 for now. The carphone warehou se staff are extremely unhelpful at the store i went back to, i was stood waiting 10 minutes, and actually had to ask someone to help! Then tried to tell me i casnt have a refund! Il never shop at carphone again iv had problems with useless staff there before. as for the phone If not for the faults would give it full marks but only 3 today!
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Reviewed by jenny on 03/01/2009
at first i was so happy cos i got a nice featured slide fone! but my happiness didnt last when ive tried storing about 3000 messages in the fone. when i boot the fone,after that, i cant view messages right away! i have to wait for about 10 minutes just to use the SMS feature of the fone.. huhuhu then the second one, when im goin to use the camera, and took a shot, sometimes its says OPERATION FAILED then the image ive taken was not stored and sometimes the camera would change the storage from memory to fone.. i dont know really what the problem is. :( then sometimes when im using the fone ( specially when texting) it would unexpectedly turn itself off and on.. like the fone has hung for 3 sec then the booting would occur.
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Reviewed by imaan ahmed on 02/01/2009
it is a good Nokia 6500 Slide
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Reviewed by Laura on 01/01/2009
I'm now onto my 3rd Nokia 6500 Slide. My first phone was really slow and didn't always do what I typed or selected. Spoke to Orange and they changed the handset straightaway which was great. However, within days I found that the new phone had the same problem, if not worse! Also seemed to lose it's wallpaper picture everytime a text message was received. Just had it replaced again by Orange and so far its good. Although Orange seem to be anticipating that it will go wrong again - it seems there is a known fault with this phone. Otherwise it's a great phone!
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Reviewed by Mary on 01/01/2009
Nokia Slide 6500 has got to be the worst nokia ive ever had!!! This phone annoys me so much i would rather throw it through a wall than use it inbetween its resetting, freezing and turning off in between calls. Buying a new phone now in order to get rid of this rubbish, DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON IT!!!
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Reviewed by Eve on 31/12/2008
Have had this phone for 6 months of an 18 month contract with 3. dont know if its the 3 network or the phone but its awful. Messages take ages to come through, if at all, and the signal is extreemly weak to non existent. Was on pay as you go before with o2 and had no problem, so sorry I bothered to change but the £15 a month deal persuaded me. Cant wait to finish this contract, will never ever go with 3 again or Nokia for that matter. Evelyn.
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Reviewed by Blue on 31/12/2008
This is a brilliant phone with brilliant, high-spec features. Nokia at its best! I've no complaints so far (but have only owned it for a week) - it's a breeze to use and very sleek looking (neither too girly nor too masculine). Not huge like some of Nokia's slides are, lovely clear screen, battery life seems to be very good compared to my last phone which needed charging every other day. This one can last up to 5 days with frequent use! Has a really good quality feel, and scratch-resistant case. If you want the handset only, try and get it second-hand from a reputable phone shop, which is not only cheaper, but they usually check your model out properly to make sure it doesn't have any faults, and issue a guarantee. Generally you get better customer service in a small independent shop as well, unlike in the chains which can be a nightmare!
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Reviewed by lorna on 30/12/2008
the nokia 6500 slide is rubbish please dont buy it i have sent mine back 4 times and still its faulty i have gave up on it now and am using my old phone while my contract ends! IT TURNS OFF in a middle of a phone call sometimes very difficult to turn on. BATTERY LIFE very POOR lasts me not even a day! iv hour it seems to say sim card rejected! its put me off nokia completly. its so much hastle your better off with a different phone. i can truley say i think it is the worst phone on the market. my memeory card slows the phone down and makes it crash my default settings reset them selves! i have to charge it all day just to make a 5 min call no lies! ITS A RUBBISH PHONE would not pay 10p for it!! i would actually pay to give it away thats how much i hate it and how much it is a rubbush phone!
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Reviewed by amy on 30/12/2008
i've had the phone for about a week now and i love it. at first i couldnt get the back off then i realised it had a button up the top to get it off. so far its really good, although it is a bit heavy. but still a really good phone
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Reviewed by Alex on 30/12/2008
I chose this phone when I bought my contract in November and am already on my third, the first went back the day after delivery with a dodgy flash on the screen and buttons not working, the second was returned a month later with dodgy buttons, it was freezing and going to screen saver half way through writing a text and i lost count of how many times it turned itself on and off, now my third has decent buttons but it still freezes and goes to screen saver through writing a text, the screen will go black and come back on again and it decides what is going to work and when. It looks like this one is going to have to be returned to Orange and this time im not accepting another 6500 slide. I still have 16 months left on my contract and can do without returning my phone on a monthly basis. I urge anyone reading this, dont buy this phone, got more reliability on my dogs toys!
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Reviewed by Christopher on 29/12/2008
I bought my Nokia two months ago and I must say it's working well. It has frozen once but never since. I like all the features like the very good camera, better than I thought, but has nothing special. It is slightly heavier than it's rivals but that, to me at least, makes it feel durable and the battery life is pretty good. It has survived a number of blows and one case in which I dropped the phone from a balcony and yet it worked ok. The one niggle is that the brushed steel casing at the back scratches very badly but that might not a be an issue if I had a silver one. Mine is black. However, if I hadn't just went into the orange store and went for the first slider i saw I would proberly have came out with a Samsung G600 which has a better camera and would appear to be more reliable.
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Reviewed by Andy on 29/12/2008
Terrible phone that is too fragile to use. I had it 3 weeks before the screen broke while just answering a call. Nokia refuse to repair broken screens under warranty. The software is also bug ridden, freezes randomly when writing texts or searching contacts. The camera is okay quality but very slow and the LED flash is poor. Steer well clear of this phone. The phone is so bad I would give it a 0 star rating if I could. I will never buy another Nokia phone.
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Reviewed by Jason McGowan on 28/12/2008
Nice phone, feels strong, looks sleek, nice screen, then you have it for two months battery wont charger and is always critical, crashes and freezes alot, when battery goes i have to charge for 6 hours before it will come back on, camera is class :), signal poor, buttons i have to press repeatedly to work over all its extras are class but what good are they if you cant use them because of its poor reliability
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Reviewed by Lizzi on 27/12/2008
My third Nokia 6500 front is arriving tomorrow (Orange will only replace the front, not the back and battery at the same time - WHY????) and the two I have had so far have been total rubbish, freezing constantly, cutting out, keys locking etc. The battery has to be charged daily even when I hardly use the phone...all in all I hate it but Orange won't let me have a different model until my 18m contract is up (another 11 months). I wonder how many different phones I will get through in that time.......
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Reviewed by Rosie on 26/12/2008
I have a Sony Ericsson W890i and it is the worst phone I have ever had. The handset constantly jams and whatever function you happen to be in is lost? In order to get the phone unlocked you have to pop the battery out...complete nightmare.
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Reviewed by Jonas on 24/12/2008
I love this phone it is the best phone I have ever had!
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Reviewed by Bilal on 23/12/2008
i think all of these people are just barking and nothing else and if you don,t nokia then y you try.y not stick to your other sets and one thing more all of these problem arise to those people who have buyed at deal or replacement or in other way whatever they are saying but in pakistand and other countries as far as i know this is the good mobile and i don,t knw what they want in a single mobile ...don,t be so over in a thing that make your life difficult and don,t forget the use of mobile fone just to satisfied your desir to comunicate mainly and if you are so particular about things than y not buy some other expensive mobiles or someon about music so y not buy a beltay ipod if you wanna listen music and one thing whenever its comes to say about the thing and if you have a write to speak usually people take it wrong always anyway who want to buy its a very good fone indeed so take care all bye
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Reviewed by Andy on 20/12/2008
I've had this phone for around 8 months now? It's absoloute rubbish. don't waste your money. It freezes non-stop, i can't delete any of my messages or it'll freeze! The background resets and goes to plain white all the time, and the ringtones always switch back to default.
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Reviewed by Daniel on 16/12/2008
I have had this phone for 9 months now. Overall I like it very much. I keep it in my pocket and don't take that much care of it. I like: Camera quality (set to high settings) Screen Slide action stays firm Good Keypad Bluetooth Nokia simple menu system Works very well as a phone Battery life is 5 days (to get this you MUST charge it for 10 hours each time for the first month or so) I dislike: Camera response time is slow (5 seconds to turn on, 2 to take each pic, maybe 30 seconds to change the settings to something that is better) Had to send it back for repair, some component blew up (However the phone was repaired and returned very swiftly for free) The back cover is not as firmly attached as I would like it to be; if you are rough with the phone it may break easily (this has not happened to me) The phone is slightly bulky I'd say get it.
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Reviewed by E Darby on 16/12/2008
Had this phone for about 6 months and recently started to get software problems. At first thought the phone was great and with always having a nokia, thought that past software problems i have experienced would have been sorted by now - but hey, no such luck. Phone constantly freezing and to make matters worse whilst trying to transfer contacts from phone memory to Sim, the phone froze, switched off and now i have lost all of my contacts! Come on Nokia, don't you think its about time these issues were sorted!
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Reviewed by BIG DAV on 15/12/2008
THIS FONE IS RUBBISH AND HAS NUMEROUS PROBLEMS, IT FREEZES EVERY TEN SECONDS ANDIT HEATS UP WHEN U CALL SOMEONE. ALL IN ALL DONT GET IT!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by zachariah on 14/12/2008
I purchased a nokia 6500 slide and submitted twice to customer service center in U A E . I changed the Battery also . So I canot rate it an outstanding performance
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Reviewed by mick on 13/12/2008
good looking phone but 2x 6500's in 7 months. numerous problems.. phone locks up..needs software update...did it on both phones. drops settings all the time...reverts back to annoying nokia tune..again both phones. vibrating earpiece which is just dam annoying so you can't hear anybody and a battery that lasted 5 hours without using the phone...latest phone(replacement) total heap of junk. regret getting this phone. STAY WELL CLEAR OF THIS PHONE AND PROB NOKIA IN GENERAL AS THEY ARE AWARE OF THE FAULTS BUT DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. ACTUALLY I WOULD GIVE THIS PHONE A MINUS 10.
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Reviewed by James Nix on 13/12/2008
Having owned an 02 Cocoon I had to send it off for repair...Disaster...02 could not fix it nor supply a new Cocoon phone due to them stopping production of it... I was offered a 6500 slide in return for not getting my Cocoon back. I accepted it because after all A phone is better than No phone at all. So, the phone... The camera is exceptional. The screen quality is brilliant. The phone is very easy to use and in black, the phone looks outstanding. However there is one major flaw...Memory! I have had overcome this as I do not own an ipod etc so I generally use my phone for music playback. I went searching for a memory card to solve this problem... I bought a 2gb memory card for £7.25 from an orange mobile phone shop... A small price to pay to make this phone absolutly brilliant. For me it ticks all the boxes that I look for in a phone. It is Sleek, stylish, easy to use, fairly big texting buttons and easy to sort media files out when you do have a memory card to use.
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Reviewed by Dani P on 12/12/2008
love the phone, had it for 12 months on contract, very user friendly, camera great, mp3 player so easy to use, texting very quick, just love everything about this phone! so much so my contract upgrade is due. ive chosen the Tocco but still using my 6500 on the side as i love it so much! the only issue ive had with it, is the back slipping slightly meaning the memory card unclips meanign my ringtone defaulted back to the Nokia Tune...very embarassin in ASDA!!! but got that fixed so all is good! 100% fantastic phone for all your phone requirements.
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Reviewed by slie on 12/12/2008
i cannot save or use my ringtones coz they rivert to the nokia tune after a while, which is annoying thou i have o other complaint. do u kno how to deal with the ringtone problem
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Reviewed by Dennis on 10/12/2008
Great Phone Had It For Like A Month Now And i Love It, Its Absolutely Great It Has Good Features The Camera Is Ok, Music Player Is Really Loud Thats a Main Feature And Its Easy 2 Use. Really Good Phone If You Looking For a Good Slider You Found Your Phone
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Reviewed by florin, romania on 10/12/2008
i bought this phone in england, from carphone warehouse. like richie said, i also had a problem with my battery, cause it was only lasting 1 day. 1 went back to the cw, and they gave me another phone, with another battery, cause they noticed that i knew something about phones, after they tryed to show me a trick which i'd had alraedy done at that moment. the key to prelongue battery's life is to modify in settings/phone/network mode. don't leave it on dual mode, but select the mode that youre network operator uses for voice transfer. in my country i only use this phone for voice calls on a gsm network, so i switched to that. i have another phone which i ussually use for mobile data, so at 6500 the battery holds now like 5/6 days. i do have a problem with this phone: i have a holder for it, which is contained from t magnetic parts dressed in leather. the thing is that when i put the phone in this holder, it unlocks itself, even if i don't press any buttons while doin g this. i only solved this problem by setting a security code, which doesn't allow the phone to unlock, unless it presses 55555, so i tricked him now. it is a good phone, im satisfied with it, but at a second thaught, i would have preffered nokia e60.
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Reviewed by carpodin on 09/12/2008
fantastic phone had no problems at all.
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Reviewed by kj on 09/12/2008
Have had my phone now for 6 months and hopefully not for much longer. battery is rubbish, signal is awful and has been sent back 3 times to the manufacturer to try to fix this with no avail. good riddance
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Reviewed by mohsen on 08/12/2008
its great i love it. it has everything that i need. thankyou Nokia
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Reviewed by Krish Mistry on 06/12/2008
This phone is fine for me, it hasn't been a problem. It doesn't freeze or anything. It feels good when you hold it and I lovee it!
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Reviewed by Sid on 05/12/2008
i bought this phone 4 months ago from a 30% discount at a local phone store (already unlocked).and thought it would be a right successor of my sony erricson w800i . it's really rubbish,i did a software update to the latest version the only thing it did was freeze before the update and crash alot of applications. after the software update the phone was ok.the only thing it gave me was a preview of videocall,made my music player louder. when i put my 6500s on the USB to put in tracks, the battery suddenly went critical. P.S- the phone is easy to use. BAD NEWS is the keypad get's sticky and the back cover goes loose.
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Reviewed by Indran on 03/12/2008
Please dont buy this phone. I had this phone for a less than 4 months and the problem I had was that when someone calls me I cannot hear a thing on this phone. I gave it to my service provider to get it repaired. All I get is that they found traces of liquid on it so they cannot repaie it. Just dont buy the phone
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Reviewed by adam wakeham on 02/12/2008
Had the phone as an update from 3 for months now and although always been fairly happy with 3 before, this handset is awful, never worked properly since had it and despite numerous calls, have had no joy from 3 at all....it won't hold a ringtune and keeps defaulting back to that annoying Nokia tune, won't format or recognise memory card, locks itself and refuses to unlock without a total reboot ( battery removal) the list goes on and on...too much to mention heer...don't buy it !!
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Reviewed by Beth Thornton on 30/11/2008
On first buying this phone it looked and seemed like a good buy. I got this phone in May, so I've it quite a while now, and since then its just gone totally downhill! Always freezes on me, camera takes ages to take pictures, poor graphics and everytime you knock it the slightest bit, it resets all of your settings such as wallpaper, ringtone ect. If your stuck between buying this phone and another, get the other.
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Reviewed by Mark Pipe on 28/11/2008
Pros: Its not bad looking, is reasonably compact, has all the features you need and, like any Nokia, is well laid out and easy to use. Cons: The screen is fairly susceptible to scratches, the battery life is very poor (one day of fairly heavy usage) and the sound quality of phone calls is very bad indeed. Should you buy this phone? No.
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Reviewed by David on 28/11/2008
Phone has excellent display clarity and all functions work well. Unfortunatley Nokia have installed a memory card switch adjacent to the memory card so it will only register ther card when the cover is on. Not a bad idea in itself except the switch on the three i have had always end up breaking. The switch is intact but with the rear cover on the memory card constantly deactivates/ activates often causing the phone to crash. I have complained for the forth time and they have finally sent me a different model the 6600 slide. This phone is a slight improvement on teh 6500 slide however the camera does not appear to as good, and the screen isnt half as bright, the phone is much smaller and lighter though. I am having several hanging/ freezing issues with the new phone but i am fed up of complaining its been going on 4 months now!! Will just have to put up with it.
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Reviewed by Christopher on 26/11/2008
I have this phone and I really like it, The camera is really good but the screen just goes white and restarts sometimes and it seems to freeze quite frequently aswell
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Reviewed by keith m. on 26/11/2008
Don't know what to say about all the bad reviews. My wife has had this phone a month and a half and no problems with freezing or anything else software related. That's with the so-called 'old' firmware. On top of that, my 17 month old daughter managed to get hold of it and drop it in a glass of water. I took it apart and dried it off with a blow dryer, and other than the camera which was fried, it still works fine. I've since replaced the camera, and it may as well have never happened. My hat's off to Nokia for making such a durable and stylish piece of equipment.
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Reviewed by Princess on 26/11/2008
I got this phone from 3G on this very suberp contractthat i later realised was actually mde cheaper two days later after i had got it...It is a brilliant phone in comparison to the classic BUT it freezes at any given time worse with 3G insufficient network then it heats up being metallic doest make it any better ( apparently Nokia are trying to resolve the problem or rathr find a solution?????funny¤) and yeah it gets stuck/ hard whilst sliding...but ifu got it n non has happened..LUCKY YOU
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Reviewed by Paul on 24/11/2008
I hate this phone its really heavy and the second time the screen cracks the battery life is okay.
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Reviewed by sarah lou on 24/11/2008
had this phone 4 2 weeks now and i love it i have had a few phones this year ranging from the lg kf600 to the nokia 7500 and this is by far the best phone of them all. the camera is amazin with the flash works great on nights out. the only snag i have with the phone is the battery life because i use my phone a lot and i need to charge it nearly every night but with a phone that does every thing that this one does its allowed. an all round great phone would recommend to anyone. im really happ with this phone thank you orange lol
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Reviewed by J on 24/11/2008
Terrible battery, my battery on this phone is rubbish, lasted about 1 day totally unacceptable for a brand new phone. The camera is good but i can't live with such a short battery time so i went back to my old e900 :)
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Reviewed by Jonas on 23/11/2008
Okay, i read the reviews about this phone & i thought rubbish(silly me) so i wentahead & bought this phone. The phone is terrible. it does what everyone else was saying. DO NOT BUY. it is a useless lump of steel & plastic. Don't fall into the same mistake i did. I wanted it & now i'm on a 24 month contract & 3 is refushing to repair my phone without charging me money. SHAME ON YOU NOKIA
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Reviewed by Emily. on 23/11/2008
I've had this phone 6 time's now. The first one, wouldn't read the memory card, the second one stopped working within a month, and wouldn't switch on, the third one did the same within a day, the fourth also did the same within a week, and the fifth did within a month. Yesterday the phone shop, gave me yet another one, but it is working so far. Personally, the phones great, I don't have any other problems with it, except that.
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Reviewed by Peter in Dublin on 22/11/2008
I have had one for almost a year. The pros are that the camera is excellent, the music player /radio are high quality, the build quality is very good and ergonomics excellent. On the con side, buttons are small for texting, I had major trouble when I upgraded the firmware and my son has had problems with the one I bought him. If you can get a stable one , I would recommend it. Mine is up for upgrade and I'm seriously thinking of getting another.
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Reviewed by kal on 21/11/2008
verv250meg overall though a nice phone that speas quality rating8/10
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Reviewed by Marilyn on 19/11/2008
I've had this phone for a few months now and have been suffering from many of the problems mentioned in other reviews. My ringtone keeps reverting back to the Nokia tone which is very quiet, calls just drop out in mid conversation, the phone does get hot and the wallpaper seems to have a mind of its own! I previously had a Samsung but switched to Nokia after glowing recommendations from other people - unfortunately (or fortunately for them) none of them had owned a 6500 Slide!
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Reviewed by martyn on 19/11/2008
I've had this phone for over 6 months and it's terrible. i was onto my second one when i lost it and ended up breaking it in frustration. the battery life is terrible, it struggles for signal, the screen randomly freezes, folders appear and disappear constantly. terrible experience. i'm now having to buy a different phone with my own money because i destroyed this one out of frustration and rage. these problems all occurred on both phones i had, as i had it replaced once.
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Reviewed by Marcus Gloob on 19/11/2008
rubbish phone 1). Locks and you have to take back off and remove batt to unlock. 2) if you have stored any pictures or ringtones on mem card when you use them as ring tones or screen savers phone locks and reverts back to old nokia tune i would not recogmend this phone
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Reviewed by sharon on 18/11/2008
i had this phone for two months and now have an lg viewty, this phone was a pain i could not set any of my profiles because the phone kept resetting itself and it kept on freezing. The software is not that good but i will give it credit for the camera. Overall if you want a good phone i would get aother that is not a nokia 6500 slide.
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Reviewed by Lisa Mac on 18/11/2008
Absolute Rubbish! The screen keeps freezes and i have to take the battery out to turn phone off, Sound quality Rubbish,Battery life not much better, After sales team waste of time so i am now stuck with this rubbish for the next 13 months. Rating: ABSOLUTE RUBBISH
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Reviewed by ben79 on 17/11/2008
hi guys, great phone just make sure you download the latest software for it, and dont use the 'free' unlocking websites they DONT work. I was advised not to get a 65oo slide because of the problems and to stick to my N73 instead, but im glad i swapped cos i havent had any probs
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Reviewed by karan deep singh on 16/11/2008
This is the best mobile.
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Reviewed by ibz on 15/11/2008
brilliant phone!!!!!
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Reviewed by Emma on 15/11/2008
I hate this phone!, the second one I have had in two weeks & it still doesn't work, it looses reception & overheats, so if your lucky enough to have a conversation that lasts more than a few minutes without cutting out then you have to use loudspeaker or your ear gets burnt!!!. They tell me its a common fault!!!
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Reviewed by Hira Javaid on 15/11/2008
people dont hve to lie about it i mean its a great phone i have it from 2 years, the flash is the best!!in pakistan, when the electricity is gone we take pictures and it looks like the pix r taken in bright light!! and the voice is great too! also the video and everything! i would recommend it to everyone actually my lil sis also wants this phone we will buy her this one too!!
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Reviewed by chris on 13/11/2008
had phone for a few days,found it to b ok so far,i am not very technical regarding phones so stayed with nokia because of their ease of use and i am not dissapointed so far,the phone looks and feels good,have read lots of reviews before getting phone which i had free on a upgrade from orange and there was lots of good points as well as bad so i decided to take a gamble and try for myself,so far so good.
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Reviewed by john on 13/11/2008
-The sound quality when calling without using the earphones is abominable. Sometimes I cannot understand what people are saying, that's how bad it is. -Charger is not a standard nokia model, so you cannot use someone else's charger. -The video encoding quality is horrible and the sound is compressed way too much without option to selecte a higher bitrate (which is rather strange sicne you can put a 4G micro sd card in so you have storage space in abundance). The only things it does well are playing music through the earphones and taking pictures (but not as well as a real camera obviously). All in all a bad phone, or a ridiculously expensive low-end camera.
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Reviewed by Anonimous on 11/11/2008
My 6500 is rubbish i have had to get it repaired twice in the last 4 months. the key pad isnt responding, the battery dies down very quickly, it freezes, the lock guard doesnt work, the flash comes on by its self and the memory card wont stay in. never buy your phone from Phones 4 U. they dont give you another phone back even if it dosnt work properly and they blame it all on you. i am hoping to get a new phone. if you buy a nokia 6500 slide dont expect a lot from it.
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Reviewed by mrunal on 09/11/2008
i love my nokia 6500 slide.. but can anyone tell me about it's battery... i heard that it has battery problem, is it true ?.....
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Reviewed by John Traynor on 09/11/2008
This handset is a disgrace to Nokia! Poor signal reception and dropped calls. I was given it as a replacement for a unreparable fault on a previous Nokia. Forget the features - if it can't make and receive calls in an area where other phones work perfectly, it's useless. I don't want to play games, surf the net or take photos - I want to communicate with people.
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Reviewed by Melissa on 06/11/2008
I have had this phone for nearly 6 month, already it has been in repair 4 times! I actually don't have it this exact moment because it's in repair now. Always crashing, can't take memory cards. it was only a 1GB. It's slow and just generally rubbish. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. I'm getting a new one this weekend and paying that contract off.
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Reviewed by dissapointed on 05/11/2008
hi ive had my nokia 6500 slide for a about 3 months now and am quite frustrated by it. The phone is extremely sesitive to moisture, this often causes damage to the inside of the phone and it decides not to turn on anymore. The phone also has some faults apart from the frequent freezing and lagging the most significant being the design of the memory/sim card reading, if there is any damage to the back cover even the slightest bending it fails to make contact with a tiny metal piece next to the camera lens which doesnt allow the phone to read or detect any cards. i strongly suggest you dont purchase this phone unless you want a phone that doesnt turn on anymore after it has rained ( if you take it outside, not when its raining oviously after rain is gone and there is moisture in air ). But apart from that the phone is actually really good shame everyones will eventually breakdown.
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Reviewed by Nokia Nerd on 04/11/2008
Not a good Nokia. Battery life is deplorable - 2.5 days at most. The camera is good, but focusing is too slow to use on anything that is moving, plus the camera came set up for low res pics, as did video. Signal strength seems worse than for other Nokia's I have owned. Just not up to their usual standard.
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Reviewed by zak on 04/11/2008
for some strange reason i was using this phone one day when the memory card automaticaly locked, now this has caused the phone to operate very very very slowly, BUT once i remove the memory card out of the phone the phone begins to operate at it's original speed . CAN ANYBODY ADVISE
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Reviewed by zak on 04/11/2008
would not say good would not say bad AVERAGE.........
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Reviewed by martin on 03/11/2008
I have to say this is quite possibly the worst phone I have ever had. The battery life is terrible, I am on my second in 3 months and still do not get 2 days out of it even with turning bluetooth off. The sound quality is very poor and and the radio has given up. I will think long and hard about buying a nokia again.
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Reviewed by Calvin on 02/11/2008
i dont if just got lucky with a bum unit or the model itself has some problems! the phones hangs every time when i text!. During calls, i get suddenly cut off and i dont know why I tried to have it replaced a day after i opened the box, but the business center in SM megamall said it had to look for the unit as they had no stock!. no guarantees when they'll find one. in the meantime i suffer the inconvenience. talk about globe service! my only consolation is that the territory manager, trina radcliffe, is very helpful.
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Reviewed by stephen boyle on 02/11/2008
purchased phone from ebay, came with a bundle of problems that included nokia pc suite ( which in my honest opinion is a waste of space ) , with a memory card it just complicates things as images get stored in phone memory AND card memory, things must be stored in set places to work on the phone ( i.e mp3's videos ) my ringtone, after some time ( varies ALOT ) will change back to the nokia standard ringtone. My background will change back to the origonal when phone is tapped against something, even a pocket full of change! .. infact, just sliding the phone up or down has changed the background! phone display has also been messing up. lights come on keys, but no picture, need to fidget about with it until i get a picture back. sometimes people cannot hear me at times while using the phone, and i have to call back. reception will at the most random times stop working, and i will get nothing at all ( when with 99% of all phones i get full reception ). to fix tihs i must switch phone off then back on. really dissapointed with this phone, as i paid £250 roughly for it, problems may have came because from ebay, but phone was just realesed when purchased. ( the reason i bought it from ebay is because it came unlocked ). was considering going for a 6500 classic next, but worse ratings, reviews, and such a high price, will instead go for 6300 / 6301.
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Reviewed by John on 02/11/2008
dont but the 6500 slider i am now on my second one from a colour full operator..lol 1..constantly looses blue tooth connection 2..wallpaper there one min gone the next !! 3..When you slide the screen up there are noise lines on the screen. 4..when you select the menu button and go into the icon list some times the memory card is there but most of the time it gone. 5..Battery life very short.
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Reviewed by charlie taylor on 31/10/2008
terrible phone since got keeps turning back to default and also freezing not turning on and ive got it on contract for another year with 3 if u got the same problem as me please give a review
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Reviewed by Patooty on 29/10/2008
Had this phone 9 months on contract now and it is the most durable and reliable phone I have ever owned. The large screen is completely unscratched after living all that time in my pocket, which is great because the camera takes really great pics, with a great pin sharp auto-focus. The phone looks great and the extra weight of the aluminium casing (still also looks perfect after 9 months abuse!) gives it a solid, quality feel - even compared to an N96, which feels cheap and lightweight in comparison. Battery is still holding charge for 3 days use, though the charger plug is needing a little tweaking to connect properly. Nokia must have knocked out a really bad batch of these phones at one point, for there to be so many bad reviews!
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Reviewed by Eddy on 27/10/2008
Absolute rubbish phone 5 years with Nokia and this phone is so poor its unreal . Wony recognise the memory card , freezes , Jams , switches itself off , on 4th replacement wouldnt reccomend Nokia they appear to have dropped the ball and should stick to producing the 6230i which worked !!
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Reviewed by matt on 23/10/2008
I have a nokia 6500 slide and i went for it because of its looks and design and is simple to use. BUT i have had the phone for 4 months into a 18 month contract and its started to switch its self on and off even without me touching the phone so as a result i had to take battery out to stop pissing me off hearing the starter nokia tune every 2 minutes.I have had 3 other problems with the phone but i will be here all day writing about them . So overall ill give it a 5/10 I have since sent the phone off for repair as its under warranty. And waiting for its return .
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Reviewed by Ant on 22/10/2008
I've had this phone now for nearly 5 months and I've been putting up with all of its frustrating flaws which people have been mentioning in other posts, but also some wierd things I didn't see mentioned: The memory card isn't recognised and get this, Nokia's solution: "We know the memory card has bad connectivity so the back cover has been altered to press the memory card against the contacts"!!! If it what I'm thinking and they just shove a piece of plastic on the back plate and call it fixed I'm going to blow a fuse! The battery barely lasts until lunch time on STANDBY, the software will randomly reset throughout the day, usually most noticable when I'm on a call and it cuts out. The keylock regularly gets stuck on and the only way I can get it off is to take the battery out and start again. But wait it gets better: now all my ringtones and themes are reset! Nice one Nokia! On a positive note, the phone does look really stylish, I love the weight and metal shell, makes it feel like a really premium phone, I just wish it's performance would keep up with it's looks. I'm going into town now to try and get a different handset as I don't believe this phone is fit for the purpose it was sold to me for! Not reccomended....
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Reviewed by J McDonald on 22/10/2008
I am disappointed with the 6500 slide. I am on my second handset and I believe the model to be inherently faulty. The speaker just does not work properly, the other party can hear me clearly enough, but I cannot hear them. Since this is a replacement handset and the second with a similar fault I am now of the belief that the fault is with the handset and must be known to Nokia.
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Reviewed by stanley on 20/10/2008
fantastic fone buy it
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Reviewed by ali on 18/10/2008
jiger i hav bought this cell 7months ago now its memory card system is not working me woried alot cozz is damn expensive bt this is nice cell bt not too good
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Reviewed by H on 16/10/2008
I HATE THIS PHONE WITH A PASSION. APPARENTLY BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN ON THE BACK OF THE PHONE IT RUBS UP AGAINST THE MEMORY CARD AND MAKES THE PHONE THINK THERE IS NO MEMORY CARD IN THE PHONE, RESULTING IN ANY SAVED WALLPAPER RESETTING ITSELF AND ALSO THE RINGTONE. IN ORDER TO HAVE YOUR OWN WALLPAPER OR RING TOWN YOU HAVE TO TRANSFER THE SELECTED TO YOUR PHONE MEMORY, SO WHAT'S THE POINT IN HAVING A MEMORY CARD. WISH I'D NEVER GOT THIS PHONE. I WAS WRONG IN THINKING THAT NOKIA WERE THE MOBILE PHONE EXPERTS AS THIS PARTICULAR PHONE IS VERY BADLY DESIGNED.
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Reviewed by Gill on 14/10/2008
Had this phone for a few months now it was an upgrade from a Sony Ericsson Z610i which i had no issues with whatsoever, it was just looking a bit tired! Now for the 6500 Slide... worst phone i've owned, the battery life is terrible i'm lucky if it lasts 30 hours on standby. My SE could last almost a week on standby. Mainly I use my phone for emergencies and the odd text message so when I go to use it I want it to be reliable, if this is the case with you.. don't go for this phone! I am having a lot of trouble with reception in areas that were good with my old SE mobile. I don't get a 3g signal very often which is ok, I dont use internet a lot. But voice signal is imperative and it just lets me down all the time. On a good note the phone looks good and feels good, nice and solid with good quality camera built in.
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Reviewed by hevreena on 14/10/2008
i really liked the look of this phone and it was easy to use however within a week it was freezing and lost the names in my phone memory so i had to send it back. I then found out that two of my friends had exactly the same problem! so just be aware that they can be faulty!
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Reviewed by Russ. on 14/10/2008
Worst phone ever! when your in a call the phone heats up so you have to put it on speakerphone, its always freazing, its freezes even more if you put a mem card in it thats nearly full, it stops half way through texting, bad bad phone to buy.
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Reviewed by Susan on 10/10/2008
When i first got this phone i did like it, but it's been all down hill from there. Use to get a brilliant signal on my old phone (Sony Ericsson K610i) anywhere, but this phones signal was suppose to be better, i think it is worse and the battery life was suppose to be better than the K610i but it so much worse and you don't get a warning when your battery is low it just switches off. Then i started to have problems that it resets it self everyday, sometimes up to 3 times a day and some of the buttons froze, so sent it off for repair and the phone came back damaged..so it's in for repair again....still got about 14 months left on my contract...think i'll put the phone back in its box and keep using my old sony ericsson.
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Reviewed by Westy Tunit on 08/10/2008
This phone is awsome i would reccomend it 2 anyone had it 2 months not a problem with it i bought a 4gb memory card 4 it and i love watchin my vids n listenin 2 my music on my tv amazin 3.2 mp camera every feature is amazin its not heavy it just feels solid which is great it dont feel like its guna break like them ultra thin phones it does everythin you cant go wrong buyin this phone its well worth the price if your thinkin about buyin get it NOW!!! i promise u wont regret it!!! =]
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Reviewed by Warren on 08/10/2008
forget cybershot phone forget sony ericsson walkman phones forget every other phone this is the phone your lookin 4!!! stylish slide design, 3.2 mp camera with carl zeiss optics auto focus and dual led flash, music player and radio, memory expandable 2 4gbs which is more than enough and a tv out cable 2 watch videos on the big screen through your phone you cant get bored it is the best ever had it a year and haven't had 1 problem with it amazin!!! reccomend it deffo!!!
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Reviewed by eastwood on 08/10/2008
only ever had nokia and have never changed nokia is the best and now i have found an all time fav phone i had the nokia 6820 first loved that then had the nokia 6111 wern't great but still good then nokia 5300 great music phone then nokia 6300 great general phone and now this the bes all rounder phone!!!! does everythin u will want a new phone 2 do well worth the buy for just £10 more than the classic had it since it came out not and no problems!!! great 3.2 mp cam and love the tv out reccomend it!!!
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Reviewed by Dee on 08/10/2008
Not a bad phone. Had it for six months and it is now atarting to freeze on me a lot and keep resetting its settings which is annoying. I know a few other people with this phone and they have had no problems, just think I use it a lot and have dropped it a few tmes.
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Reviewed by mallyjoe on 07/10/2008
i love the 6500 is the best phone i had and very good 3.2 camera
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Reviewed by sarah statham on 06/10/2008
volume does not go up loud enough so you cannot hear it ringing unless you are in the same room
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Reviewed by Dave on 05/10/2008
Sweet az
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Reviewed by T from Newcastle on 03/10/2008
Got this phone as an upgrade from 3. OK initially but after a couple of months this phone gets irritating. The menus look dated compared to many phones now. The worse thing is the reception from 3. The 3G network keeps dropping its reception and a lot of the time even if you are in the centre of London the 3G reception is awful. It's meant to switch to O2 2G reception when 3G is not available but this will drop your calls. 3 have locked the phone so you cannot switch off 3G. Also I was promised Skype on this phone with the free data on 3 -- this does not work on this phone. Overall, a poor increasingly dated phone.
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Reviewed by Christian Rees on 02/10/2008
I bought a 6500 slide with a little trepidation about the number of faults users were experiencing, but I figured what's the worst that can happen? It goes back to the shop and gets repaired or replaced until I've got one that works. I chose it because I'd just bought an SLR camera and wanted something I could slip into my pocket when I didn't fancy taking the big camera with me but still wanted to take pictures. Although I quite like the phone (love its chunkiness and solidity, like the way it looks and it performs perfectly well as a phone), it's disappointed me on two counts. 1) the camera is ok but the display isn't bright enough so I never know quite what shot I'm taking until I get into the shade. 2) it's been malfunctioning. The memory card is invisible unless I press on the side of the phone (!) I took it back to the shop and they sent it for repair but it came back with the same issue. It's currently back at the repair shop...we'll see if it comes back working properly, but even if it does it's a bit bad that it's had to go in at all, never mind twice.
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Reviewed by Nokia 6500 slide on 01/10/2008
I have a Nokia 6500 Slide I find it extremly frustrating, The reason be I like music and I used the software that came with the phone/ Nokia pc Suite I have only put about 10 songs on the phone and taken about 5 photos on it and all it does now is freze I have deleted all the music and all the photos but it still keeps freezing to a stage where I need to pull the battery out and put it back in. I also have a Motorola V3i and I have never had a problem with it. The end result is dont use the phone other then for texting or for making calls
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Reviewed by Lesley Crumpton on 29/09/2008
Thought this was a fantastic phone at first, easy to use with lots of features, very clear and loved the camera. However, am having to send it back as I have had so many problems with it and the back never fitted properley. Supposed to be scratch proof too but is not!
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Reviewed by izzah on 28/09/2008
the nokia 6500 slide is a piece of art, FYI my phone came with no faults, it works like magic, it does exactly what i want it to do and so much more, i expected it to be good but not as good as this, the screensavers are awsome the phone is solid and scratch resistant it feels good when your holding it and the camera is just as good as the k800i i think it is a miracle phone i got mine on 3 and its is fantastic would definatly recommend it so don't hesitate ust buty it!!!
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Reviewed by Rhi on 28/09/2008
Well, I do like the phone as it is nice looking and easy to use But since I have got it, it constantly freezes and deletes by wallpaper if it is a photo and my ringtone so it just defaults to the Nokia ringtone. I am having huge problems at the moment, it is just freezing all the time, i can't get to any of my messages or anything, its so frustrating! I wouldn't recommend it to anyone
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Reviewed by Debra on 27/09/2008
excellent phone. everyone says on this website that apparently all the phones are rubbish. perfect :).
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Reviewed by Jerry T on 26/09/2008
After having this phone for about 2 months, I have to say I am disappointed with it. It has been sent back twice; first time was because the speaker was 'grainy' and sounded like it was dying, second time the screen had a small amount of dead pixels near the upper right of the screen. I now have it back and it's going okay... touchwood. I wouldn't recommend this phone, it's not as good as my older Nokias, and certainly not as good a my trusty old v3. Good camera quality though, i'll give it that. But all in all, a lousy phone.
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Reviewed by kyle leonard on 25/09/2008
READ ME !! i have had this phone for 2 month and could not ask for a better camera or a more easy to use phone . BUT !! the music is the worst i have ever heard and i am not exaggerating SHOCKIN sound quality :( also when you try to organise tracks or playlists it just simply doesnot remember them at all !! if your looking for a camera phone then go for it , you wont be dissapointed but if you like listening to music on your phone then DONT Sony is the future .
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Reviewed by Mq on 24/09/2008
Had this phone for about 7 months and it's brilliant. Very simple to use but with really good camera, amazing flash and nice screen and keys too. Been having slight software problems with it but it's manageable. Might go for a SE next time though...
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Reviewed by Shane McEneaney on 22/09/2008
I have been buying Nokia mobile phones for 10 years. This one is the worst yet. I always perceived that Nokia was a safe buy. The screen went after 6 weeks. When I sent it back to the phone company for a repair under warranty they returned it with a "warranty void" statement. Apparently water got in. I used the phone once in the rain. Avoid! Pros: Looks nice. Cons: Will break really soon after buying. I am not the only one. The pictures were better on my old 2 Megapixel.
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Reviewed by Ross on 22/09/2008
I bought this phone for my girlfriend and it froze untold times in the first day of use. The loud speaker is non existant, the internet is useless. Wot a waste of time.
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Reviewed by Russell Avery on 20/09/2008
HONEST REVIEW (NOT BIAS) BLACK EDITION!!!!!! I have had this phone a few weeks now and I can assure all of you people that love nokia that this is a good choice! I have had a number of phones and Nokia still has the easiest layout and Text messaging. The photos are fanatastic for a 3.2 mp, I wouldn't pay the extra £200 for the N95 just so you can have a 5mp because to be honest its not worth the money plus this is smoother and smaller!!! The battery life is average, I mean if its on standby or calling it will last the day, if you use all the features on the same day i.e camera, video, mp3, radio and amke tonnes of calls the battery does deplete rather rapidly which is one thing Nokia could improve!!!! Better battery, but except all that its an average battery with a good calling length!! Most people need to let the battery completely charge and on the first few times let it die, this is an improtant process in expanding the battery. The sound is good with and without headphones, buttons very smooth. One major downer tho ugh is the quality of the phone call, the ear speaker is quite muted and can be very annoying but the headset soon retifys that or loudspeaker!!! Overall a very good hpone for the price bracket with lots of features to keep one busy ; )
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Reviewed by James on 19/09/2008
I have had this phone for 4 months now and apart from a short battery life (3 days ish) I have had no prooblems at all. My wife also has a 6500 slide and has had no problems with hers neither. I would reccomend this phone for anyone.
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Reviewed by moli on 19/09/2008
bought my 6500 slide in june 08 had it replaced 3 times in 3 months screen went first then one kept locking up then speaker went on the other 2 they dont slide nicely like samsungs i wish id never bought it should have stuck to sony ericsson.
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Reviewed by smceneaney on 19/09/2008
I have been buying Nokia mobile phones for 10 years. This one is the worst yet. I always perceived that Nokia was a safe buy. The screen went after 6 weeks. When I sent it back to the phone company for a repair under warranty they returned it with a "warranty void" statement. Apparently water got in. I used the phone once in the rain. Avoid! Pros: Looks nice. Cons: Will break really soon after buying. I am not the only one. The pictures were better on my old 2 Megapixel.
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Reviewed by Lo from central london on 18/09/2008
This phone is awful , for the first few months it's wonderful, then it starts dying... - turns itself off then on as it pleases - overheats and becomes VERY hot - always defaults back to factory settings - calculator can't add up - doesn't acknowledge memory card - turns itself on mute so your callers can't hear you. - reception is awful, even next to a different phone on same network with wonderful reception. - camera takes ages to take a photo - takes ages to turn on - games don't work - internet doesn't work - keypad doesn't respond - will lock and the only way to unlock is to take out battery and sim card - battery is awful - randomly continuously vibrates - random contacts get deleted - music player is tempermental will play what it wants to when it wants to. - cuts out during phone calls - takes ages to send a text This phone is AWFUL . Do NOT buy!!!
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Reviewed by Subzee on 17/09/2008
Great phone, had problems with software so upgraded firmware but still was buggy. Phone kept switching off and freezing. SD slot is also designed in a rushed and unsuitable way as the clip on the back cover controls and disconnects the Micro SD card from the phone. Sent back to a 3rd party repair company but still wasnt fixed. Would of been a very good phone if the Micro SD slot was in the right placed and designed properly. Also battery was average lasted about a day and half on silent, about a day on General profile.
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Reviewed by Rachel Turner on 17/09/2008
I have had the black 6500 Nokia for under 3 months and have never had such an awful phone. I wish I had believed the reviews before I got it. Freezes, changes ring tones, no signal, cuts you off, reception is poor. However, I cannot fault the network 3 they are offering to replace it. But be warned, this may look a nice phone but its rubbish.
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Reviewed by Sazzle on 17/09/2008
This is the worst phone I have ever had (if I still had it that is and it had not come back from repair beyond repair) and it has made me lose my faith in mobile phone companies and how phones these days are made. I had the phone for two months and had nothing but problems with it from word go. I think it must have been riddled with bugs. Firstly it was frequently switching itself off (which I have read to be a common problem) - getting the death screen. I had problems with the back not fitting properly and it not recognising the memory card. I had the problem of it reverting to the nokia tune after having customised to your own. I had my previous old Nokia for seven years, it had seen loads of everyday wear and tear - what have they done to these phones that they will only last a couple of months? Finally the phone got sent for repair as the death screen would not disappear and they declared it unrepairable due to liquid contamination - if this was the case I know it was from something like steam from a kettle in the kitchen or perspiration because I did not immerse the phone in water, nor dropped it in a puddle, nor spilt anything on it, nor had it out in the rain in the short time I had it. In my opinion phones should be made to withstand perspiration, steam residue, moisture (although they should not obviously be dropped in/immersed in water) - there was a time when they were. A mobile phone is supposed to be useable, this handset is useless and has nothing useable about it and now I have been fobbed off with an excuse that voids my warranty. Trust I will never buy a Nokia again. Not sure who to trust now though.
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Reviewed by Aisling on 17/09/2008
Got this phone 5 days ago and had 4 days plain sailing, charged it yesterday after work and it "died" suddenly without warning, no power at all since, either very unreliable or I have a faulty handset. returning it tomorrow.
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Reviewed by Sarah A on 15/09/2008
okay..where do i start...i have this phone on a 3 contract and so far its awful. MY first one kept freezing up, turing itself off in middle of texts and calls and had really bad reception (could be network). The screen i also found is very weak, i had to get it replaced twice as its cracked when it was literally in my bag with my purse in... hardly a brick or whatever! I then had a problem with the security settings for some reason it did not register the default password even though i had not changed it. when i went to the three shop the man suggested moving everthing on my sim and memory card so i could wipe my phone.., BIG MISTAKE!!...when all my contacts, pictures, music etc were on my sim and memory card my phone packed in, when i got a text and call it only showd the number even though it was saved in my phone book under a name, i couldnt add names or move them back to my phone memory. WHen i went to the shop they wanted to send my phone away for repair but as it had been done before and wasnt workin any better i managed to make them get me a new one (as i was insured) within 4 days of the new one...the screen cracked and this time it wont let me change ring styles, text tones or any of the settings, it always wants to use the default ones. I really wouldnt moan so much if i could just keep gettin it repaired or replaced, the only problem is every time i claim on my insurance its £30 excess... so... to sum up...this fone is rubbish, dont get the carphone warehouse insurence... dont get a carphone warehouse phone and dont use the 3 network... if you do get it from a 3 shop!
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Reviewed by ali on 15/09/2008
i got this phone 3 days ago, but its has some big problems. like i can not recieve any file directly on the memory card, therefore i have problem with large files in size. besides, the battery life seems to be very short.
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Reviewed by suzuka96 on 14/09/2008
nice phone !! i upgraded from a w810i to the 6500 on the 3 network and the battery life isnt good but its all down to signal strength if i leave it switched on overnight then its dead in the morning but if i turn at off overnight i can get nearly a week out of one charge apart from that its a pretty good phone
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Reviewed by domini on 14/09/2008
I have had then phone for two mth now and it has had two go back three times. First the speaker on it then the screen started flashing on and off then just went black. after getin it back the speaker went again the battery life wasnt that good only lasted me and a day and a half wouldnt recommend this phone
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Reviewed by RogMan Sweden on 14/09/2008
Everebody here complains about the battery time. Have u never had a 3G phone before? Just turn off the 3G/ and run on GSM and the batteri time will increase a lot. And another thing, reacharge it every night and you vill have no problem with it..i think! About the size: come on, you knew how big it is. Havent u tried it before u baught it? Why did u by it then? Stop bitching about it and stick to your toyphones (Samsung and other junk)
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Reviewed by Rais on 13/09/2008
Am big nokia fan although started my mobile use with samsung in sept 01.have used different handsets and loved them.Like this one too apart from difficulty in writing txts..had N93i which was big in pocket but easy in writing txts.also this is bit slow in response (may be u guys have had any issue in speed..lemme know the solution)..in nutshell good camera..good sound..simple looks..battery life good..nokia rules...:)
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Reviewed by nisha on 12/09/2008
i had the phone for around 3 months, and found loads of problems with it....1st- if you changed the background n theme then put the phone down on the table it would change bak to the default background, also the ringtone would change back to the nokia tone. Also the phone would tend to freeze completely, and sometimes switch off. Plus if the profile was on silent, a while later it would change back to general without switchin.The phone battery life wasnt exactly great either and it was very heavy too. I know it wasnt only my phone that played up because my friend had the 6500slide black n had exactly the same problems with it....i dont recommend this phone..
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Reviewed by sean on 12/09/2008
i got my phone on 02 pay n go as a replacement for a samsung u600 in black mirror so far so good ill never go back to samsung again
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Reviewed by Beth x on 10/09/2008
Have had the phone now for nearlly 7 months now. Although, I initally loved it, after 3 months(ish) it started crashed a lot, and always freeze, send through voicemail alerts about voicemails that did't exist, remove backgrounds, take ages to load. Although I sent it back and it has been replaced, this new handset (after about 3 months) aslo started to do it... and sadly is generally an utter let down.
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Reviewed by kay on 09/09/2008
RUBBISH.....Had it 3 months, sent first one back. Got a replacement still as bad. This one has been back for repair twice. Not good at all paid £200.00 3 months ago for it and i am very upset its rubbish.Feel like snapping it in too . Keeps cutting off, people carnt hear me, keeps going back to defult and wont even read my memory card. Really is not good. UNHAPPY
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Reviewed by Umesh Lepcha on 08/09/2008
Most of the nokia 6500 slide users must be having this problem that their video player keeps on resetting while playing the videos.So I would like to tell the owners of nokia 6500 slide that first reset the phone to factory settings from the settings and never and ever use the green skin of video player, use the default.that way you will never get that problem. And you might have noticed that when you take pics from the camera then they are not so good, and i am sure that use must be clicking the front button in the phone to take pics so stop doing that and instead of that use the Side buttons for taking camera pics, and there is right way of taking pics with that- wen you take pic hold the side button half then wen you see the green frame on the sceen then press the button down, and that way you can take not only good quality crispy pics but also can take close up pics and that will be very good.
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Reviewed by Sandy on 08/09/2008
I have just bought this phone .its a really good phone easy to use the batterie is great it last for days .but you must charge it for 16 hours first charge other wise you dont get the best from it . its good for texting because the phone is,nt to light its metal case makes it a good solid phone everything about this is great
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Reviewed by Amanda on 08/09/2008
Had this phone for just over a week and i am liking it so far except for one problem(may sound small but it's bugging me so much!) the time showing for any text messages i recieve is an hour behind!tried everything i can think of to fix this and i can't, never had this problem with any phone i've had before!
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Reviewed by James on 08/09/2008
Don't buy it, the phone resets all its tone and theme settings and mine resently died on me, just keep getting a black screen. Ive seen many people online with this same problem. Plus if you really want this phone, don't get it on the network three, because trying to call there call center is a nightmare.
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Reviewed by matty on 06/09/2008
i'v had my nokia 6500 slide for about 4 months now and iv had nothing but trouble with it. Any thing that could go wrong with it has done for e.g planet 3 runs slow or i can't go on it, signal is absolutly rubbish. iv had it repaired 3 times now and i cantwait to get a new phone in my opinion DONT buy one you will only be dissapointed with it.
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Reviewed by Brian on 06/09/2008
Worst nokia i have had shame as I like the nokia phone as normally its easy to use.The 6500 slide has been 4 repair 2 times, 1st time the camera dident work and all settingS used to disappear, phone would crash and then revert back to nokia facTory settings losing all my ringtones. The 2nd time still did not work, now the sound is affected when taking a call becomes distorted and the loud speaker is not much use either. The battery is weak needs to be recharged more than any other nokia I know.
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Reviewed by kyle on 05/09/2008
just got this phone yesterday its brilliant. camera is imense. sound is awesome and loud. i had the soney ericcson w910i i had 3 of them and they are the worst phone ever for freezing and locking up. so i decided to go for the nokia 6500 slide. and its by far the best phone iv ever had.. love it
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Reviewed by joany on 04/09/2008
Had the phone 3 months and love most of it. Only problem I have is bad signal. I am assured that it's usually ok
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Reviewed by Bally on 03/09/2008
Overall the features on this phone are very good. However the downside is that the reception is very poor (even if you are in a location where 3G reception should be great), the phone freezes, battery life is extremelly poor (the phone lasts about a day and I am not a very heavy user). The keypad scratches when you use the slider. Returned the phone to 3 to repair, has come back and the problems are still there. 3 have said that all of these are common faults and Nokia are looking into them. Have offered me a new phone. Dissapointed!!
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Reviewed by Clare Foulkes on 02/09/2008
I have been very disappointed by this phone it is constantly freezing and takes a while to unfreeze. The messaging part of the phone is rubbish as I have lost count on the amount of times I have hit spell and the stupid phone has sent the half completed message. The only good thing about the phone is the camera. I am going to try and upgrade mine for something else as I hate it that much !!!
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Reviewed by Brenda on 01/09/2008
I got Nokie 6500 black slider on contract and all was brilliant until I had to use the memory card and thats when the fun began. I had to return for repair 3 times and then given a new one as replacement. This went the same way and so I had a 3rd one. Lo and behold this is the same. Members of staff have told me that this phone has a problem with memory card and Nokia know about it. I am in the middle of arranginge a completely different make of phone now as compensation. THIS PHONE IS RUBBISH IF YOU HAVE TO USE THE MEMORY CARD AND SHOULD BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE MARKET
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Reviewed by Lijo on 01/09/2008
I found this is cute and sexy.good camera ,gud design .the problem i found in this model is the video player .there is no video player in this and is hanging in media player.
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Reviewed by Marc on 31/08/2008
After a contract and handset upgrade with 3, I opted for the great looking and well featured Nokia 6500 Slide. Oh what a mistake to make. The handset arrived on Thursday and several faults were immediately apparant. After charging the phone fully and uploading some music and wallpapers to the memory card, I set a new wallpaper only to find that even the slightest pressure to the battery cover, such as removing the cover or even just putting it in your pocket, causes it to revert back to it's default wallpaper. So I ignore the wallpaper issue and try the media player. The sound is amazing, as good if not better than my MP3 player. Then, at the end of the first track, it stops. *shrug* No big deal, select the next track and press play again. Again, at the end of the track, it stops. Open the slide to select the next track and the phone has frozen. Battery out, turn it back on, only to find the battery life is now at 50%... HOW??? Put it back on charge and stop messing with it, it's just a phone after all. Made and took a few calls over the next day and have to say the network signal was good and the call audio was very clear, but again, the battery life is down to 50% after very little use which I convinced myself would improve as the battery got used to it's charge/discharge cycles. It's a good looking handset with a quality feel to its design and build, especially with the use of stainless steel parts and a smooth slide mechanism. Saturday, get a text from Nokia stating that there is a much needed software upgrade for my handset. Great, could this be the answer to all my problems? Go to the Nokia site, download the new software, connect the phone, upload the new software to the handset......... and nothing. Half way through the upload, the phone crashes yet again just at the point where the eeprom appears to have been wiped, and now I have a dead handset that at the moment is the most expensive 3-colour LED available, as all that works is the lighting behind the front 4 buttons. Monday it's off to the Nokia Centre to be looked at before it gets thrown at a wall. In it's defense, it's a good weight and should fly well...
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Reviewed by Sujeet Kumar Das on 29/08/2008
Im not fully satisfied with the handset, because sometimes it hangs and even the video recording is not good, as it allows video-recording only for 19 seconds, which is very short duration.
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Reviewed by simo on 27/08/2008
PANTS ! what more can i say? same gripesas everyone else it apears. poor battery life, poor signal, freezes, loses ringtone every other day. was a nokia fan - not anymore! despite being only 5 months into a 18 month contract have binned it + gone back to using my old battered but trusty motorola!
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Reviewed by michael on 26/08/2008
worse phone i have ever had, do not buy it, phone constantly freezes, fprofile seeting reset them selves,text messages show as being sent as an hour before they have been, battery dies very quickly, memory card always says its not in, and the signal is always awful on it, i have sent it off once already to 3 who returned it, i will be going into the store tomorrow to ask for a new phone or cancel my contract
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Reviewed by wendy help on 26/08/2008
as anyone realised call waiting is not working prop??????????? you can see tyhe person waiting but no sound(beep) in yr ear to let you know!!!! so unless you stare at yr screen while you are on the phone you cant tell you have a call waiting!!!!!!!!! HAS ANYONE FOUND THE ANSWER?????? ORANGE AND NOKIA HAVENT GOT A CLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Dale Dobson on 25/08/2008
This phone has proved reliable on '3' and offers a number of decent features. Still prefer the menu on my previous LG's (U880 and U400), guess one just have to get used to it. Battery life isn't as good as expected and certainly not 230 hours on standby (who makes these figure up)? Build quality is OK but I doubt it will last the full 18 months of the contract.
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Reviewed by Emlyn Hall on 24/08/2008
awful phone! upgraded mfrom n73 (which is awful too!)i have sent 2 back in as many weeks. this phone does not have very good reception and the software is really poor. slow, freezes and generally is a pain i have no idea what to get in plabe,, but it may not be a nokia now.
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Reviewed by munchkin on 22/08/2008
On my second phone in 1 week. The screen on both phones flickers, profile settings do their own thing and ignore what I set them too. Alarm clock does not work (phone freezes when it goes off). Like other users have reported on here, text messages show as being sent an hour before they were. I'm on 3, and although they sent me another straight out - they are sending out phones with software problems. I took the last phone along to a Nokia repair centre, and they said the software was seriously faulty. This phone will just give you hassle, and it's a real shame because it looks great and the features would be good. If they worked. DO NOT get this phone on 3 especially...they're sending out dudds. Shame on you Nokia. Get your act together and sort out the issues with this phone.
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Reviewed by chineme-Nigeria on 22/08/2008
I am highly disappointed.Unlike other nokia phones i have used,I bought this phone 14/04/2008 and I didnt not enjoy it for more than a month.Switched it off for some time and the phone refused to come on afterwards.It went in for repair, this lasted for just 2 weeks and now its locked up completely. Its ok as a play thing but as a phone it's just not fit for its purpose. I'd give it zero if i could.
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Reviewed by Richard Short on 20/08/2008
Dreadful phone. Heavy, big software problems and battery life very short. Also slide scratches keyboard. Can't wait to get rid of it
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Reviewed by Manu on 20/08/2008
Just bought my 6500 it is in pristine condition. The problem is: when I bought a 4gbytes microSD crashed when I was trying to copy music into it. Then I returned the memory card to the retailer who replaced it with another one. This one I managed to load about 135 tracks which just occupied about 0.8gbytes then it could take no more irrespective of the fact that it had more than 3gbytes of empty space. Then I tried to reformat it on the phone, it crashed. So I do not know if its the brand of the microSD card or the phone which is damaging the memory cards? Anyone who faced a similar problem or with a solution?
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Reviewed by aniai on 19/08/2008
it's a stylish phone with a gud camera but i m having a problem...the settings disappears when i slide my phone...awwwwww!!!makes me sick sometimes....
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Reviewed by Larriie on 18/08/2008
Had this phone for a couple of months now. First few weeks i loved it. everyone else i knew with it was having problems but mine was going well. However i have now just purchased a new pay as you go phone to put my contract simcard in as i cannot cope with this phone for another 15 months of my contract. anything that could go wrong, has gone wrong. my 'amazing' 3.2 megapixel camera has become fuzzy and does not always take the picture instead tells me operation failed. this is not due to lack of space as i have nothing stored on my phones internal memory. my phone book is keeping peoples name ubt deleting their numbers, it clears my inbox and sentbox of all messages but keeps my saved messages. the handset has a nasty habit of freezing during calls meanin i have to remove my battery and start again. i also have to do this when it wont unlock, as again it just freezes and is incapable of unlocking. it also resets my tones back to their original settings and will no longer connect to my pc. at first i thought this phone was amazing. now i hate it. i would definately not reccomend it to anyone looking to buy a nokia. i wouldnt reccomend the classic either as my boyfriend had that and had just as many problems with it. poor designs from nokia.
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Reviewed by steve on 18/08/2008
love the phone, however every 3 hours my phone resets itself to factory settings, its very frustrating having to change your ringtone and message every few hours, and i also have the problem of battery running dead after 1 day, perhaps dodgy handset and battery, other than that, really good phone
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Reviewed by Emily on 17/08/2008
I have had the phone for a few months and during that it has caused me a few problems , for example every 3 weeks or so it freezes and takes a while to load onto something and turns itself of randomly. I get atleast 1 and a bit days worth of battery in it. I wouldn't reccomend this phone to anyone.
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Reviewed by Kam on 17/08/2008
I recently just brought the 6500 slide and have found both good and bad points about it.The good points about the phone is that it looks fab and it feels good on the hands. Slide works well. Camera is excellent and the other overall features are good. It also has a nice large screen. The negative points however is after having used it a couple of days i noticed that the screen starts to flicker quite a bit when im using it. I also noticed that the back battery cover gets slightly loose and for some reason the top part of the slide phone (screen side) is slightly larger on the right then the bottom part. But besides that its a well made phone and it looks well sik.
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Reviewed by spatel10 on 17/08/2008
i just got mine through the post a few days ago and what a phone it is .. 5 out of 5 ...top phone
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Reviewed by 3 are rubbish on 16/08/2008
Well, I got this on an 18 month contract. £15 a month on 3; which adds up to £270 by the end of it. I am about 4 months into my contract and I have taken the phone back 3 times, the 3rd time they replaced it. The reason why I kept taking it back was because it kept crashing constantly, the music player wouldn't work and the memory card would keep appearing as not in, part of the problem why the music player didn't work I'm guessing?, also that when you tried to text it wouldn't work. So after sending it back 3 times, I received a new one as I said before. STILL A PROBLEM THOUGH!! The memory card was loose:| so the music player wouldn't work, which is like my life i love listening to my music and no it wasn't just the memory card because the memory card worked FINE in my old phone. I love the phone style and everything and it doesn't get scratched easy. Anyway called 3 to try exchange the phone for the same model and if they couldn't cancel the contract no fee, only to be told there was a fault with the model when it was sent out, I mean what the heck why didn't the re-call all stock before sending them out to people for 18 months! Money DOESN'T grow on trees :|
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Reviewed by rebecca on 16/08/2008
what a rubbish phone! im on my second one in just over a month! it turns off during phone calls and restarts itself and it sets back to default settings at times aswell. I used to be a big nokia fan but after this phone im not anymore. I wouldnt recommend it to anyone!
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Reviewed by Paul on 13/08/2008
Just recieved my fourth 6500 slide in five months everyone has had he same problems, first the reception during a call starts to deteriate and vibrates as if the speaker has come loose eventualy you can't make out what people are saying, The other fault is the volume resetting to lowest. Overall when used as a phone they have been poor and I have been using my old phone as much as the 6500 during this time
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Reviewed by iMac is good on 12/08/2008
Had this phone for 7 hours and already it is going wrong. Got it on three. Crackly calls, reboots without asking, calls hang up, bad reception in good area... the list goes on. AVOID!
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Reviewed by steve on 12/08/2008
nokia 6500 slide nice chunky phone easy to use and dont see to many around recomended also good reception
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Reviewed by MD on 11/08/2008
Do NOT buy this phone!! Currently on my third handset in as many months, and have had the same problems with every one of them. Screen freezing, call dropping, not delivering texts, not receiving texts, etc etc etc. Worst handset I have ever owned and very disappointing from Nokia. Give me a sony ericsson any day.
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Reviewed by Sabrina on 11/08/2008
I was offered this phone free as an upgrade of my contract at a VERY reduced line rental directly from 3 and thought what the hell, free phone, 3.2mp camera and £10 line rental with 800mins for life?, what a bargain! I'm a great fan of Sony Ericsson phones and normally wouldn't even look at a Nokia phone but my whole family rave about how Nokia is fantastic and thought let me go with this as it's new and the other SE phones that they offered came with 2mp camera or was an old model and I already had the K800i (which in my opinion is the BEST EVER MOBILE!!). 3 months down the line, I wish I just went for another K800i or the K770i, old model or not or even the W880i or W910i. The Nokia 6500 slide just looks good and the camera quality is good but that's just about it. It is a fiddly phone that will make you want to pull out your hair, throw it down and drive a steam roller over it. It gets hot very quickly ,when talking and battery life isn't all it's cracked up to be. I use the calender function quite a lot and the alarm function. The annoying thing about it was the layout as well as the fact that you can't edit entries in the past. Change the time and date in setting and all your appointments, meetings and reminders change and you cannot go back to the calender entries and change them to correct time once the date has passed. It also has only 1 alarm, whereas the SE K800i and all SE phones come with at least 5 and you can name the alarm to whatever reminder you want and set it to come on. The music player is fiddly. Adding media to a playlist is difficult. Getting the playlist to play is another hassle. You have to use the pc suite to make a playlist and add files on it. In the end, I just stopped using the phone as an mp3. Another bad point of this phone was that you could not set up your own voice tag nor can you enable the voice tag that came with it, a computerized voice that sounds very much like Stephen Hawking. All in all, I HATE THIS PHONE!!! I give it 1 star only for the camera quality.
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Reviewed by k gent on 10/08/2008
good phone but very fragile screen broke after one week speaking to other users common fault poor show nokia
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Reviewed by Ozzy on 10/08/2008
I love the look of this phone but thats all it was gud for. Orange have replaced my handset 3 times and now Im giving up. It keeps freezing its like im too fast for the phone and believe me I am not. I removed all music and pictures from phone to stop it from freezing and still I couldnt even write a txt msg. Shame Its a sexy phone, heavy aswell u cant loose it lol.
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Reviewed by giovanni wesley on 08/08/2008
this is the best phone i had in my life i have never seen a phone like this and a blackberry pearl in my entire lfe
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Reviewed by matt on 07/08/2008
bought 30 for the company, sent 26 back with faults, battery life is terrible, micro sd card holders are real susceptible to dust. Sorry Nokia, this company's going motorolla from now on
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Reviewed by 123abc on 06/08/2008
nice phone stlish poor batery life
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Reviewed by Dave Fort on 06/08/2008
I'm more or less with you richie. [I'm on a "3" contract by the way]... I'm now 2 days into the ownership of my SECOND Nokia 6500 Side [which replaced my first, faulty one] and this too has a frustrating fault! I took possession of the first one in Feb or March and persisted with it's peculiar behaviour until I could take it no more.What's all this hype in the Nokia 'blurb' about "6 hours talktime" and 320 hours standby? - Rubbish! - I was having to put it on charge every other day [or risk being left with a dead mobile] even when I didn't use it! It then developed a sqeaky, inaudible speaker function so I returned it to Carphone Warehouse and, true to their word, they replaced it very quickly - with one that has an even more annoying fault - [the screen simply disappears randomly]! trouble is, when I went back to CW I couldn't get it to replicate the problem! [It's too intermittent as I said] AND of course it went on the blink as soon as I got home! When the first replacement was ordered I got to keep hold of 'Squeaky' until the newby arrived but now they [C. Warehouse] want to leave me without a phone until another replacement arrives which could be days. Lots of consistency there then!
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Reviewed by manchic on 05/08/2008
I have had the 6500 slide for about 4 months and i would not recommend this phone. The first one i recieved i sent it back because the phone just kept crashing on me so they sent me out a new one. At first it appeared to be better but over the time i have had it, it heats up when i call someone, it changes all the settings i make (e.g ringtone etc...) back to the default, the screen just freezes all the time.
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Reviewed by Bottle on 04/08/2008
STAY AWAY. No reception anywhere in my house at all, not even to text. Within 24 hrs the screen wouldn't light up properly and sim wasn't recognised. There was some sort of glitchy flashing when navigating too. The battery lasted about 18hrs. It's such a shame as I love the look, concept and weight of the phone. It's going back though as I couldn't believe the amount of terrible reviews everywhere, even on the Nokia site. And the fact that they;ve issued a firmware upgrade without a recall so you have to find out about it by chance says it all.
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Reviewed by Mark on 04/08/2008
Having read bad reviews on this and other websites just AFTER getting this phone on an 18 month contract, I was a bit worried that I'd bought a dud; however, week 1 has gone very smoothly and I am impressed with the speed of internet access on 3 and the features available on this phone, which was a replacement for my 2 year old, and very much loved, Sony Ericsson K750i. I have not, so far, had any of the software crashes or battery life issues mentioned by others, and it accepted a cheap 4GB card with no problem at all. The only small gripes I have so far are 1) the case does not fit together properly, which may affect the longevity of the phone, and 2) the quality of the sound from the speaker isn't as good as other Nokia phones I've heard, although it is acceptable. All in all, I'm extremely satisfied with the phone so far, and would certainly recommend it. (Here's hoping this lasts as long as my K750i!)
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Reviewed by SHERAZI on 02/08/2008
Exellent mobile . Nokia is always good
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Reviewed by Brett on 01/08/2008
i havnt had anything wrong with my Nokia 6500 Slide to complain about i think it is a great phone, and im pretty sure that a little extra weight isaint anything someone cant handle.
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Reviewed by sandy on 01/08/2008
i got this phone on an 18 month orange contract, i had a few problems in the beginning and ignored them now 6months into the contract the memory card doesnt show on the phone and while texting the letters appear on the screen much slower than u type them and are usually wrong. i spoke to customer services twice and after being pasted about they said it was a software fault and that i should back up the contacts etc using the software that came with the phone and they would send out a replacement. they did, i switched it on and plugged it in to copy over my contacts and it didnt work. another 10mins went by and my display turned upside down then split in half.half flashed random colours and the other side looked like white noise. i took it back to an orange shop as it had been like that all night so i couldnt call out. i explained and the man that served me wasn't even suprised he said they were known for there software faults and most of them have one, he phoned cus tomer services for me and explained again what had happened and they eventually said i could have the phone replaced for a second time and out of the goodness of their hearts they would wavier the £70 charge. they outright refused to give me another model even though they'd admitted that it was quite possible that they could all be faulty. my only other option was to pay off the contract which was suggested to cost about £300. so the moral of the story is DON'T GET ONE!!! i'm stuck with this model for another 12 months and god knows how many times it will need replacing.
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Reviewed by Steve on 01/08/2008
I have just upgraded to this model on an Orange contract. Seems pretty impressive, and feels much heavier than my previous phone. Only problem is, I can't access my Orange email account on WAP - it just says "Unsupported content type". My Tiscali email works fine! You'd think Orange would have made sure this was working before supplying the phone!
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Reviewed by Neil on 22/07/2008
Just recently bought this phone SIM-free, to replace a Sony-Ericsson W910i (which was the worst phone I have ever owned) and I have nothing but good things to say about it. It is well built, picks up a good signal, has been used with no problem in about 14 different countries around the world and the sound quality is exceptionally clear. As for battery life - when I bought the phone I used up what little battery capacity there was, charged it from dead overnight and since then I only have to charge it at most twice a week. Can't complain at all and it is worth every penny it cost me.
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Reviewed by James on 22/07/2008
Bought this phone after owning an N70 (rubbish), and once again it's playing up! The phone and the features and the layout is great, but once again I'm stumped with a phone absolutely riddled with problems! It doesn't recognize when I use the rocker key majority of the time, doesn't begin making the call when I press the call button the first time, continues for one or two rings when I slide the phone up to pick up the call, freezes, turns off during a call, awful battery life...everything! This is the third Nokia I've owned and it's the same problems over and over again...I know that is pretty much bad luck and not everyone will be experiencing the same problems as me, but seriously do Nokia not have any quality control for their products, all the Nokias I have owned, after about 1-2 months just become riddled with one problem after another, after another. It's a shame that there were so many issues with it, otherwise a good phone...provided yours works!
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Reviewed by Big Bird on 21/07/2008
Had my phone since March. Was happy until recently. The phone will not always automatically unlock when operating the slide, you are unable to unlock manually! You have to remove the back to switch if off (on off switch will not operate either) but when you switch it back on, the screen saver and wallpaper have changed to a default setting. The sound quality on calls is slightly poor and the phone gets quite warm while in use. Also I find there is a delay with the keypad, maybe I'm just too fast for it. Not the best Nokia I have had.
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Reviewed by Hippy on 21/07/2008
I am appaled by this phone, it is not usual for nokia to produce such rubbish. They should admit that they have overlooked its obvious design flaws. The screen cracks by itself, probably from the exsesive heat. It should really not get that hot. It does not recognise memory cards and makes the phone freeze. The signal is extremely poor and it cuts calls mid way through conversations. A terrible phone, do not get one. It will be nothing but trouble. I can not stress this enough.
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Reviewed by Pratik on 20/07/2008
I own this phone for more than 2 months but i am upset with some of technical features not available plus started some backpanel issues, Generally when i buy cell phone i make sure for technical features & research it over internet, but this was first phone i just selected without any research and i was impressed of steel look & also some features like 3.2 with Carl Zeiss optics, TV out put. I am in to IT and wanted to be connected with my exchange server 24x7 which came out as first limitation of this phone i can't have 3rd party tool to connect my exchange server on this phone, next i also found was i was not able to open up attachments mainly doc's, xls, pdf's from normal phone browser, Also found sometimes phone gets hanged up for a min and would come to normal stage if it's slide bit fast, finally i stucked up accessing microSD memory reason found from Nokia tech shop was it's back panel have to be replaced because of which all of my data got stucked up in "mic roSD memory " Also the battery life is too low hardly would work for 1 & half day. So finally i am planning to go out from this model
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Reviewed by joe on 19/07/2008
dont buy it you will waste all your money i have got this phone about 7 months ago and i hav all the problems like .. the phone not being able to go on silence and the phone randomly freezing and to top it off the signal is rubbish oh and i receave messages days later than when they were oragnaly sent and i am uncable to see my massages due to the phone sayin that the inbox is empty over all its the worst phone i ever got .
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Reviewed by Seth on 19/07/2008
the worst mobile i've ever had - the battery dies on the 2nd day. 3 gave me another one - it died on the 2nd day. 3 refuse to give me a different model. do not buy this phone, do not go with 3.
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Reviewed by pete-james on 19/07/2008
nokia 6500 keeps changing the settings changing the ring tone back to the nokia own tone thems it keeps changing bk to the defult settings give me a sony ericsson ne day
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Reviewed by Paula, Plymouth on 19/07/2008
Not impressed with this phone at all!!!!! The screen keeps disappearing, hasn't got alot of memory and the key pad is too slow when texting! Will be going back to Sony Ericsson as soon as my contract ends!
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Reviewed by Miniskip on 18/07/2008
This phone is great. a few small faults though. firstly wen i receive a msg it says it has arived 12 hours before. it has just recently nt been receiving txts at all. bt i can stil send them. i cant call or receive calls. il get it fixed tho. looks great :D
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Reviewed by DDH on 18/07/2008
Ordered 6500 slide from 3 on Thursday, and it arrived Friday (fantastic sevice), but phone arrived with a defective rear cover that would not close properly and left a 2mm gap! So just phoned up and they will deliver a new phone on Monday and collect the defective one at the same time. Pretty shabby having such an obvious problem with a brand new phone. Their quality control seems to be a bit patchy!
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Reviewed by Paula Devon on 18/07/2008
Very disappointed with phone. Had it 4 months, the battery just about lasts a day(have done the usual draining the battery completely, without having to try!!!!!) Memory capacity is shocking and the screen keeps disappearing!!! Will be going back to my faithful Sony Ericsson as soon as my contract is over which won't be soon enough, thankgoodness it's just a 12 month contract!!!!!
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Reviewed by Raman thakur on 16/07/2008
I m satisfy with its performance. The only thing i hav judged that its keypad behave abnormal when phon is puted in magnetic case
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Reviewed by john evans on 15/07/2008
i have just bought the nokis 6500 slide, i dont understand what the big deal about bttery life is. you all have chargers and plug sockets but will give you a tip..... let the battery go dead, charge for 4 hours and then turn back on, this will then last upto 3 days!!!! after this charge for a maximum of 6 hours otherwise you will wear the acid particled down in the battery. the phones has a maximum of 4GB but you can cheat this..... call it somethig other than memory card, insert it into your computer, if there is anything on it back it up.... format the memory card and select 4GB instead of deafult. the phone will then recognise it as a 4GB card but will have the capacity of 8GB.
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Reviewed by Annoyed on 15/07/2008
I have always had Nokias but this phone is rubbish! I wanted to move my contacts from it's phone memory to the sim memory and in the process it crashed and lost most of my numbers. Also took the memory card out to print some pictures, put it back in and it has decided that the memory card needs formatting, to do so it has to delete any memory... genius!! Don't buy this phone, its a complete waste of money!
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Reviewed by cc on 12/07/2008
I initally loved this phone however after about 4-6 weeks i had problems with the phone freezing on me, not holding a screen saver or wallpaper or ringtone for long before going back to it's default nikia settings. The phone eventually totally froze beyond turning it on or off so i was sent a replacement...I am now 5 replacement phones on and my partner is onto his 4th replacement of the same phone for the same type of faults. We are now being kindly allowed to change our phones due to repeated faults by our network company which is a blessing. I won't recommend this phone it looks nice but give it time and it will fail, all five of mine did and i got the first in april and it's only july now.
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Reviewed by coehugo on 10/07/2008
Had 6500 for a month now as a upgrade to N70 and love it. Very solid, quick toboot up, easy to configure and battery life is quite respectable too, anything up from 3 days. Also very pleased with 4GB storage and keep playing my MP3 via hi-fi amp - hey who needs Iplayer?
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Reviewed by Amy on 09/07/2008
Have had this phone fixed once, my friend has now had three, are rubbish, Buttons get stuck, signal continuously disappears, memory card can't be found half the time and makes texting stick and the phone crashes. Wiped all my numbers, crashed many times, changes the settings if you shut the phone slightly too hard as it dislodges the memory card, and sometimes just resets itself. Oh and the battery life is rubbish. Nice phone, shame about the rubbishness about them. Have exchanged mine for a new one, and will be sticking it on eBay and buying an Ericsson. My opinion of Nokias has gone right down since I'd had this one (my 5th Nokia!) I'd recommend getting something else and saving yourself a lot of trouble.
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Reviewed by Tybalt on 08/07/2008
Used a lot of these reviews when deciding to buy this phone so i feel as though i should give something back!! Got the phone today on 3. It all looks very nice & smart, rugged and strong. A good feel, and i don't think it can be classed as 'chunky' really. Although my last phone was the sony ericsson k800i and that was the king of chunk so i guess so i'm used to it. However it feels good in the hand and i prefer this to flimsy and fragile phones so NO problem there. A very dodgy start, when inserting a 2GB memory card that i had purchased separatly, i managed to snap off the hinges of the SD slot in the excitement of testing it all out!! Bugger. But this was soon fixed and after shoving everything back together it all worked perfectly. + Good Feel + Excellent sharpness of the screen, very clear. + Camera quality is good for a phone + Easy to navigate + Easy to text + Quick + easy to access files without any LAG - Well it's a mid-range phone and there are better ones out there. - Brightness of the screen could be a lot brighter, and this cannot be changed in the settings, bummer.
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Reviewed by Clare on 07/07/2008
I've had this phone for about four days now and I'm really pleased with it. Its a really solid, sturdy phone that feels like its going to last. It’s got some great features too. The camera is excellent with good quality pictures and it’s easy to use. The sound quality for ringtones or playing music is crystal clear. There are some good games (if you like that sort of thing) and the software that comes with the phone for synchronizing to your laptop or PC is also very user friendly. Battery life is surprisingly good in comparison to my old Nokia. I gave it a full over night charge on Friday night and have not switched it off since. I've had some heavy usage out of the phone over the weekend and it’s only just run out of battery - not bad for a first charge. It was also very quick to fully re-charge. I have not experienced any problems with voice clarity either. Again, it is fantastic in comparison with the last Nokia I had. There is actual a voice clarity setting under call setting which can be changed to active or inactive. All in all a great phone that has everything you could possibly need.
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Reviewed by danny on 07/07/2008
worse phone iv ever had. Iv had 4 replacements in less than 6 months. Faulty software is usually problem. Luckily I can get a different phone as this is absolutely rubbish. Do not buy this. You will regret it
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Reviewed by saarah on 06/07/2008
had this phone on contract phone looks good but when i took it out my bag the screen had gone poor build quality the camera is good and battery life i am gonnah get the nokia 6500 classic that is better dont go for the slide the screenis so fragile
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Reviewed by Katy on 05/07/2008
I havehad 4 replacement phones in the last 3 months from Orange, great handset for looks and its a very nice phone to handle. Disapointing, software crashes, unable to read memory card, battery life is poor. I wouldn't advise this handset to anyone, still 15 months to go in my contract.. Orange are a waste of time, they wont exchange it for a different model. Stay clear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Laura on 05/07/2008
Terrible phone!! Having owned nokias for about 9 years I could not believe how annoying this phone was, I upgraded in Feb from a nokia 6300 and wish I hadn't, phone had all the faults people are mentioning. I sent it in for repair just to have them update software so thought sod it flog it on ebay (with faults mentioned..I am an honest person) and got myself a second hand Sony ericsson k800i and I love it!!!. So sticking to sony's from now on, I am converted and I never thought I would say that.
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Reviewed by Rhea on 05/07/2008
This Is A Great Fone It Has All The Things You Can Ask For.Not Good Memory But I Suggest That Yuu By A Memory Card I Suggest This Fone To Anyone Hu Is Buyin It ..It Is Great
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Reviewed by pete weatherall on 04/07/2008
just got one.good phone.dose what it says on the tin.changed provider upgraded 2 the nokia. like
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Reviewed by ian devonport uk on 04/07/2008
im on contrct with orange first i got a samsung g600 had a problem with with the batt current and had to change hand set 3 times i finaly got 6500 slide and love it wouldnt think of turning back . kinda confusing to use when you first get but well worth spending the ££ imo
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Reviewed by Carly on 02/07/2008
6500 slide has many problems. it cuts out very often. it deletes photos and locks the keypad. basically, its a poor example of a nokia phone. it's entirely annoying to live with seeing as it turns off mid conversation and so on. bad choice. sorry.
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Reviewed by sarah on 02/07/2008
i brought this phone yesterday and it seems pretty good, i do prefer it compared to the other companies like samsung and sony ericssons. This phone has maintained the nokia reputation !! :) I recommendd
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Reviewed by Pooky on 01/07/2008
So had this phone 2 months now...got in the 18 month contract as im a textaholic and was spending £50 a week...anyway...i love the phone, i've always loved Nokias and always loved Slide phones but was less than impressed with the first Nokia Slide a few years back. I like the weight, although i dont think its stupidly heavy and it is very simple to use. Camera and Music player is great quality and i love that the headset and charger have different holes in the phone so i can be listening to my music while charging my phone...also really like the fact the charger hole is at the top...so much easier when texting while charging...however..although the phone can hold upto 2000 messages [i didnt delete my texts to see] once i reach 300 [which is a days worth for me] the phone seriously slows down...also the battery life is really appaulling. every night i charge it for 8 hours and i can gurantee that by 7pm the next day its dead!! Also has a tendancy to crash for no appa rent reason and the screen sometimes blacks out. the battery doesnt bother me too much as i charge my phones everynight anyway but the slowness is very frustrating at times. considering taking it back if it doesn pick up. if they sorted these these things out..it would be a fab phone!! so off you go to the shop =]
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Reviewed by Steph Smith on 01/07/2008
Buy this phone at your peril!! Having waited a week because o2 didnt have any in stock, I was looking forward to getting what seemed to be a popular phone. However I soon discovered that the reviews I read are true: the phone does not remember settings you put on it, e.g. photo as wallpaper or new ring tone, so resorts within minutes to the factory settings. Very annoying. Especially when a phone starts ringing and you dont even realise it's yours because you thought you'd changed the ringtone! I tried to send it back to o2. The first time they didnt collect it so I put my sim back in my phone to discover that it hadnt remembered any of my contacts, nor when I added a new contact would it remember any of these. It just said empty when I went to my list of contacts. Also, the phone does feel like a brick, and I didnt think I'd be bothered about this but it was also annoying! So stay away from this phone!!
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Reviewed by Jag K on 01/07/2008
Got this phone on contract couple days ago really good to use nice everything my brothers memory card kept dissappearing but 3 replaced it without question so it wasn't a problem and its all good now the camera is good nice to text off and has amazing sound. Alan Brown - The phone does have a 4GB limit on it so be careful
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Reviewed by khan on 30/06/2008
this fone is absloutly rubish, ihad few problems with it for example, battery life, signal , freezing, and it doesnt reconise the memory card . After returning to £ it was repaired and sent back but the problems are still there,
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Reviewed by KJ99 on 28/06/2008
So far so good, a bit more chunkie than i thought, but i like it
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Reviewed by josie tuite x on 27/06/2008
it frezes alot & resets its setting x
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Reviewed by kelly searle on 27/06/2008
I brought this phone and it is great, I have had it for months now, and I have never had any problems with it, sound quality is excellent, it is one of the best phones I have owned to be honest, easy to use, camera is really good, I would recommend this phone to anyone.
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Reviewed by Babs on 26/06/2008
Nikki, I'm having the same problem, when I receive a text, it says it was recevied an hour before the current time, which is wrong! Does anyone know how to solve this??
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Reviewed by alan mcgrillen on 26/06/2008
worst phone i have EVER owned!!!!!
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Reviewed by not what they used to be on 24/06/2008
i have had an 6500 black slide for 4 months now and everything was going great, then then battery would only last for about 6 hours aday and thats with me charging it for 10 hours a night! then eventually the phone started turning itself off constantly during calls to the point i couldnt even slide the phone up without the phone turning off! i got a replacement (as was on contract) days the same happened, got another replacement as the provided said i needed to have 2 replacements before changing phones, and again the asme happened within days. i now have a samsung g600, of which i think its 100 times better than the nokia! if you are going to buy this phone be aware lol
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Reviewed by ANDY NUGENT on 24/06/2008
i think the fone is wicked only thing is my profile keeps changing but im sure it can be sorted i think its much better then my old d900 hopefully it wont break as much!!!!
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Reviewed by Charlie kilo on 24/06/2008
Am slightly OCD, especially wen it comes to fone maintenance.datz why till now av had flip fones dat protect the screen from wear n scratches.this fone is pretty solid on that front bt da slide mechanism seemz to have it out for the keypad!slowly but surely itz leavin indelible marks on the keys...NOT COOL! But otherwyz ace fone,+ i have a buddy whoz totaly jealous coz he got da classic version!check and mate!
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Reviewed by adil da don on 23/06/2008
iz a nyc fone n iz gud bt ifink tha da classic 1 iz better
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Reviewed by Nick on 23/06/2008
I'm in two minds about this phone. One minute I love it, the next, I hate it! It occasionally freezes, this usually happens when typing a text, and then sometimes when sliding the phone upwards it fails to unlock. Recently when calling my phone bank etc the keypad freezes leaving me unable to press for menu options. Those are times i hate this phone. Yet most of the time I love it. Loads of people have commented on how good it looks, and I put the camera to good use on a recent trip to Scotland. Those pictures came out fantastic! I get much better reception than with my old phone, and the 3G services run smoothly. Overall I'm giving this a 4*'s as the pros easily outweigh the cons, but not quite enough to make this a perfect 5!
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Reviewed by Leo on 23/06/2008
I got the phone last weekend, but I am having lots of problems using it. It freezes from time to time; it cannot get connected with my PC through USB cable (it will work for a few seconds, and then the connection will be lost, I can see the device has been disabled in device manager. re-enable it, it will not be long before being disabled again), etc. I hate it and will try to exchange for another phone of other brand
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Reviewed by andy on 22/06/2008
I've only had the phone for a couple of days, but I love it. The design is great, holding it feels very good. Keys have a great tactile response. The phone is fast, camera takes good pictures, the only thing that bugs me a little is that the slider part is about half a milimeter wider than the back part (it's very hard to see it, but you can feel it on the right side), seems to be a design fault. So far I can't say anything about software problems, although it seems to be working fine. I've heard people say the phone has lots of bugs, and other people say that their phone works great, so I guess it's a matter of luck... About the battery life..I've only recharged it twice so far. Battery lasted me 1 day of playing with it A LOT. I don't tend to play on the phone much, so I guess once my excitement passes, on a regular use it would last about 4-5 days...
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Reviewed by MIKE P on 22/06/2008
HELLO ALL, ABSOLUTELY GUTTED THAT I HAVE THIS PHONE FOR ANOTHER 15 MONTHS. HAD IT FOR 3 MONTHS NOW, ON MY SECOND, MY FIRST BROKE AFTER 5 DAYS, THIS ONE SEEMS TO HAVE A MIND OF IT'S OWN. THE BATTERY IS TERRIBLE, IT FREEZES ALL THE TIME AND SOMETIMES IT WON'T ACTUALLY LET ME UNLOCK IT. I'VE ALWAYS HAD GOOD LUCK WITH EVERY SONY BRAND IN THE PAST, DECIDED TO CHANGE TO NOKIA AS I STUPIDLY TRUSTED THE PERSON ON THE PHONE, AND LOW AND BEHOLD, I NOW OWN THE WORLD'S WORST PHONE. MAYBE I'VE BEEN UNLUCKY, BUT I'M JUST WARNING YOU, I'M HAVING A BAD TIME WITH THIS PHONE, AND I WOULD HATE IT FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO HAVE SUCH A TIME TOO. REALLY GUTTED, REALLY REALLY GUTTED. WOULD GIVE IT NO STARS, BUT I'M NOT ALLOWED.
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Reviewed by Channelle on 21/06/2008
really good phone..fab camera but rubbish in terms of battery life..memory and just the fact it keeps cutting out for no reason and switching it self off, frezing and then having to literally take the phone apart to get it working agin. dont get this phone!
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Reviewed by joel on 21/06/2008
bought the phone and am very impressed, honestly thought it was going to be rubbish! runs on series 40 platform so is very quick compared to the s60 series in terms of browsing through menus and waiting for texts and images to load. camera is pretty good and slide is sturdy (although the phone could be a lot slimmer!). battery life is slightly above average with about 4-5 days usage with regular texting and occasional play with games, listen to a few songs. overall, phone is really good and much better than its Classic brother. recommended!
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Reviewed by Austin on 20/06/2008
I really wanted this phone to be good, but have just arranged to return the third one to Orange, to be replaced with a SE C902. If the 6500s was built instead of thrown together, it would be a cracker. But it is unfortunately close to junk, so much so that Orange said I should keep it when my replacement arrives - they don't even want it back! On the plus side, the camera is OK, except in bright light when you cannot see a thing on the screen. Given that it is a phone though, and not a camera, I suppose that's to be expected to some extent. Battery life is OK if you turn off 3G. Otherwise, a big disappointment:- on all of mine the slider was either off-centre and/or bigger than the phone body; the slider wobbles when open, especially while writing texts; the back of the phone is so thin it bends - all of mine were bent when I got them (I do know how to remove the back properly; as a result of the dodgy back, the memory card keeps 'disappearing' due to a dodgy connection, so settings like wallpaper and ringtones reset to defaults; because of the bendy back it gets full of dust and presumably moisture would have no problem finding a way in there as well. It generally gives the impression that it won't last a couple of months, never mind the 18mnths of my contract. Credit to Orange for agreeing to replace it with a new model SE, although they did take some persuading. Hopefully the new C902 will be as good as my old W810i which is still going strong for my son 36 months after I got it. That was a good phone!
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Reviewed by slim on 19/06/2008
had this phone on upgrade - nice looking phone, but quite heavy (compared to my old SE w850i). the camera isn't as good as it should be and takes too long to process pictures, so if you're in low light or subject is moving then it gets a bit blurry. other than that its easy to navigate, texting is easy and the menus are all quite intuitive. sound quality is good. the mem card you get with it is pretty small so you have to keep deleting messages and photos. not a bad phone, but not brilliant - thus i'm giving it 4 stars....
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Reviewed by Aaron Ramsey on 19/06/2008
Had the phone for 3 weeks and so far so good. It has a very loud speaker
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Reviewed by kristine hOney on 16/06/2008
when i first bought this phone i really like it .. but after knowing that the front camera doesnt work for picture takin .. im so dissappointed .. im really a fan of nokia but after buying this cellphone i dont think that im goin 2 be a fan of it . i dOnt really like nokia 6500 casing .. it so heavy ..because it is made out of steal (some says0.. thats all ...AND the net .. its so hard .. and after reading these reviews im so much disappointed .. !!
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Reviewed by Nikki on 16/06/2008
I think this phone is gud but I will say the time stamp on text messages is an hour slow to the time and date settings on my phone so if I receive a msg at 18:30 the message says it was received at 17:30 Does anybody know how to resolve this??????
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Reviewed by Ryan Flynn on 15/06/2008
Now, theres been alot of discussion about themes, ring tones and such reseting themselves every so often, now i recently discovered why the phone does this. whenever the back plate housing the battery, sim card and memory card comes off, the phone resets most of its settings to factory default, so if you don't take the plate off your settings are fine. Now people have been saying that the phone freezes mostly all the time, in my case the phone is absoloutely fine, no problems whatsoever. Now in my opinion the sound quality on this phone is amazing, but if its on full blast in an enclosed space its no wonder why the sound quality is a bit blured. Now the camera quality again is brillinat, but people saying that its not 3.2 megapixels is not the case. after comparing quality from both the n73 and the 6500 the picture quality is near enough the same, but as i recently found out the 6500 photo sizes are a bit big which will make them blured, so all you have to do is change that. now the battery, well isnt as good as i would hope, lasts 2 days on average for me, but it might just be me. now people reporting that when they phone people, the guy on the other end can't hear them, with me that isn't the case, i talk all the time on this phone and have not ran into any problems whatsoever so far. so all in all this is a great phone does eveything you need and looks amazing 5/5 from me guys :)
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Reviewed by quentin on 15/06/2008
hey guys, im readin many people sayin that the phone keeps resetting to the default nokia ringtone.. ive had the phone for like a week now and i could be wrong BUT i dont think i am in sayin...the ringtone will reset back to default when 1. the battery gets very low, this is the phone conserving battery life. 2. this one is a bit strange but when the phone goes into sleep mode the ringtone will reset to default, switch off sleep mode option and the resetting issues should be gone.. too easy
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Reviewed by oliviia on 14/06/2008
i ove my new phone its great had no problems at all..
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Reviewed by saahil on 12/06/2008
the phone is very nice good graghic even better than n73 but however what the problem why sometime the memory card is not detected on the phone when it is reset what sometime it just return to the original theme what really cause this??????
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Reviewed by AJC on 11/06/2008
Just returned mine after 2 weeks, first time I have ever returned a phone, my main problems were it gets hot while using for any length of time, conversation was distorted, (I felt like a idiot keep asking people to repeat themselves) and I think a slide phone should lock automatically when closed, I am going back to Samsung
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Reviewed by Sara Zappone on 10/06/2008
I have had the phone for over two months and would not recommend it to anyone. There is a known fault with the phone which reverts back to the factory settings. Therefore the standardize ringtone and wallpaper. After speaking to my mobile operator Orange I was told this was known fault and there was nothing that can be done other than sticking cello tape around the battery. I'm not impressed as I'm now stuck with this phone for a further 14 months. Apart from that a good phone.
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Reviewed by kier132 on 09/06/2008
This phone is everything you would want in a phone. Decent camera, decent memory (can hold 4gb memory cards!) and the sound is also decent, (it goes very loud) I've had it for 4 days, an im very impressed, its nice aesthetically, got a nice weight-age if you no what i mean (not to light/not to heavy). Sending text messages takes no time at all. The LED flash for the camera is brilliant, and the video recording is also brilliant due to quick frames per second. The battery; well when you first get it, on full charge it will last a day, but i've found a way to improve it ;) 1st. use up all the battery. 2nd. charge over night for 8hours+ 3rd. repeat this process 2 more times. AND BAM.. u get 3 days of charge :) so dont listen to anymore complaining about the battery life. I would highly recommend this to anyone!!! :D brilliant phone!
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Reviewed by Jada on 08/06/2008
Hey Iv had this phone for about a week now and tomorrow I'm calling up t-mobile for a new one!! I'm sorry to all the people who like the phone, dont get me wrong it is very easy to use and it looks very sleek, but am I the only one having problems with the silent button? When I press the # key the phone doesnt turn on silent and its so frustrating because it has the little silent symbol there!! Also, I dropped it yesterday (ON CARPET) and the screen cracked?? Ok, maybe thats the real reason why Im sending the phone back but there are other flaws such as whenever I set the ringtone to a tune of my choice it seems to change back to the default Nokia tune after about 3 calls?? Don't get me wrong the phone has its up sides (maybe its just my one that was a throwback when they were making them?) the camera quality is excellent, much better than the Sony w910i which I had previously, and the music quality is better which is saying alot. I reckon its a good phone, the battery life is great, lasts me for about 3 days and thats with me being a chatterbox, so if you want, you can take a chance, hopefully you wont get a throwback phone like I did!!
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Reviewed by ronald on 07/06/2008
i dont know why, but my wallpaper and ringotne always randomly resets itself back to its orginial formtime to time...does anyone else have this problem??
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Reviewed by Peter on 05/06/2008
Had one - sent it back the same day - like carrying a brick in your pocket - its all very well making the thing out of stainless steel but please supply the trolly to carry it about with too
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Reviewed by Susan Hammond on 05/06/2008
After having my Nokia 6500 slide phone for only 2 weeks I was very disappointed to find that the push bar slide strip has come off halfway across. I went into the Three shop on Monday 2 June 08 to complain and was told to "superglue" it after they said that they could not fix it or send me a replacement as it would be classed as "wear and tear". This I find not acceptable at all, after only using the phone for a couple of weeks. If the strip came off which it would eventually it would spoil the appearance of the phone.I have also sent an e mail to Three.co.uk to complain as I expect them to replace this phone, which I do like, or fix it correctly.
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Reviewed by tony on 04/06/2008
why cant we turn the camera sound off? thats a major blow to this phone... and why the heck doesnt it have a radio
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Reviewed by Luke on 04/06/2008
I got this phone in black on contract with 3. I have now had it for just over a month and it is awesome. Camera is great, it is easy to navigate and looks awesome! I don't find it to chunky, it just feels awesome quality! Slide is great and smooth. Love it
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Reviewed by Anon on 04/06/2008
Had the phone for a few days, it's great! It has a feel of quality about it due to the stainless steel and that my old nokia never had and the camera is incredible. ...Only fault is the fiddly keypad which can be very hard to write texts with.
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Reviewed by DannY on 04/06/2008
This Phone is absoulutely BRILLIANT best phone i've ever had easy beats my old walkman w850i. It's a great music player as well as being as loud as supposely music phones (WALKMAN) it has a great camera battery isn't as bad as every one says it is, but overall i rate this phone the best nokia out and a 5 star.
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Reviewed by Stu on 02/06/2008
I got this phone on recommendation, in the 3 weeks ive had it ive had nothing but trouble with it, 3 new hanmdsets in that time, every handset ive had has the same software problem, keeps resetting itself, changing ringtones, changing display settings, changing profile settings and turning itself off, i was a big fan of nokia before this phone, wont have another 1 !!!
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Reviewed by Jess on 02/06/2008
LOVE IT! had this phone for 3 weeks now and no problems with it, love how small it is and the black slide and the design, bought a cheap memory card for it off ebay and can fit loads of songs and photos on it.Camera really good too. Battery is great compared to my LG phone which needed charging everyday. I'm a texter so I use all the time and don't know how I'd live without it, reccomend it to anyone! brillant phone!
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Reviewed by laura on 31/05/2008
I have had this phone for around 3-4 weeks,all seemed good til i wanted a bigger memory card bought 2gb and phone would not recognise it for two days! just tried to use software for moving songs off pc to mobile and nothing happend even though everything done properly, no good to me lukily use printer as has reader, just put memory card in phone half hour ago and says memory card not insterted! please if an one had this prob can they let me know wha it is!
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Reviewed by Amanda on 29/05/2008
I've had this phone for several months now and it works perfectly. I love Nokia anyway and had the 6300 before, which is my "back-up" phone. Would recommend this to anyone. I've heard many people say they can't get the back off, you do know you need to press the little button the bottom right? Also, with regard to the memory card, it does only support up to 4gb and sometimes, it won't recognise the memory card until you've put the back on again. Excellent phone.
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Reviewed by Rach on 28/05/2008
I would not recommend this phone to anyone. I have had nothing but problems with phone locking up and not being able to set ringtones. on occations it wont even see the memory card. I have sent back phone serveal times but they will not admit to a fault on the phone even though it does not work. i have given up and gone back to my Sony ericesson which has never caused me a problem
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Reviewed by bob on 28/05/2008
iv just got the nokia 6500 slide in black, so far so good.
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Reviewed by Aggi on 28/05/2008
Just got the phone on a contract and its very good.
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Reviewed by Konstantinos on 27/05/2008
This is the best phone I've ever had! Perfect software, perfect camera, it has everything you need in a stainless steel body! Incredible!
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Reviewed by TOM on 27/05/2008
VERY VERY POOR PHONE, BATTERY QUALITY RUBISH LAST 1 DAY, SCREEN BLACKS OUT AND THE PHONE FREEZES ALL THE TIME I HAVE HAD 5 OF THESE PHONE, AVOID!!!
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Reviewed by LW on 26/05/2008
I have had this phone for a week now, and so far have had no problems. The battery life is a bit poor but it seems to last for about 2 days. The camera quality is good and transfers easily onto a computer. I like the music player and radio, they're easy to use and has good sound quality. An excellent phon, so far.
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Reviewed by Russ on 24/05/2008
Had the phone for about a month now. Love the camera and video quality both are very good for a mobile phone and a TV link lead comes in the box which is great. As with all Nokia's I find the menu system second to none. Plus the metal body gives a very high build quality. Minor niggles include: Average battery life I get about a days heavy use out of the phone, but I do work in a poor signal area and have bluetooth turned on, so not too bad. You lose a shortdial number (number 2) is video calling rather than voice and this does tend to prolong dialling your favourite number. Texting is also a little long winded. Rather than just going straight to your contacts, once you finish composing your text you are given four options including favourites, recently used, groups and contacts..not sure if your can change this in the settings. My biggest niggle is the blasted thing pulls at my hair when I just use the hand set. I think the slide design must have a slight gap between case and the screen which keeps trapping my locks! I would seriously recommend this phone.
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Reviewed by RIMMY on 23/05/2008
I LOVE IT SO SO MUCH AND WILL BE LOVEING FOR EVER.
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Reviewed by rAcHeL on 22/05/2008
I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE TO BUY THIS PHONE. I CAN HONESTLY SAY IT IS THE WORST PHONE I HAVE EVER HAD! EVERYTHING SEEMS TO GO WRONG WITH IT! IT TURNS ITSELF OFF FOR NO REASON AND THE SCREEN FLASHES BLANK AS IF ITS ABOUT TO BREAKDOWN COMPLETELY! I USED 2 B A FAN OF NOKIA BUT NOT ANY MORE!
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Reviewed by Mandy on 21/05/2008
I liked the phone itself, although it was quite slow going from one thing to the next. Much slower than my Motorola. But the main reason for sending it back was the battery life. It's awful. I was having to charge it every day. That can't be right surely!!!!
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Reviewed by Jamie Thompson on 20/05/2008
After owning the 6500 slide for 6 months now I have found it to be generally excellent, and I'm pretty hard to please! On the down side, keypad does suffer light scratches and these are impossible to avoid. "Scratch-proof" casing is anything but, my silver cover is covered with, again, light scratches. This may be due to my lack of care but I doubt it. Occasionally the wallpaper I have selected reverts back to the standard Nokia one but this matter disappears when the image is moved from my memory card to the phone memory. On the positive side, battery life is faultless, the navigation is a pleasure and very instinctive, music player and sound quality is excellent, the phone is weighty and feels well built and the screen quality is superb (the screen itself is extremely durable) Trust me on this, anybody who rates this any less than 4* has just had bad personal experiences. If the keypad didn't scratch (which initially is a big issue) this phone would be a genuine classic. Very, very happy.
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Reviewed by Waqaas on 20/05/2008
it is a bit slow when you press the buttons fast but i prefer you should get it because you will like the shape of it and the features this sis an excellent phone it is the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by chaz on 20/05/2008
piece of rubish
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Reviewed by buster on 20/05/2008
ive just upgraded from nokia n73 on three too a nokia 6500 slide on three , the n73 was a good phone with basic features and an excellent camera with so many settings ,you push the button and it has taken the picture ,.....ive been using the 6500 slide for 4 days and found that if you are in a weak signal area you dont get any signal i phoned three and they confirmed that its a problem with this model , also the camera is a 3.2 mp but there are hardly any useable settings like the n73 .... i am changing it for a sony ericson k850i and would not reccomend the 6500 slide unless you live in a good signal area and not fussy about a camera..... ill reveiw the sony when i get it
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Reviewed by Don on 17/05/2008
I got the 'phone with a 3 contract..kept locking up mainly when trying to use the camera. the only 'cure' is to remove the battery. Took it to 3 in banbury where I bought it from they were not helpful..threatened to 'send it away' but had no loan phone for me! Took it to the local nokia repairer who reinstalled the software f.o.c.(they bill nokia).. now it has never locked when using the camera but will, on occasion, not unlock from the standby keylock mode. The battery life is appalling, it rarely lasts more than a day.I am not a heavy user. I bought a 'spare' higher capacity battery off ebay which is no better. As mentioned in other posts it gets extremley hot after not too many minutes use. Like most I have had a number of 'phones in my life, predominatley nokia..but this ranks as the worst performing phone I have ever owned. Looks great but would not reccommend it to a friend !
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Reviewed by Adrian on 17/05/2008
dont buy one, gone back to my 6230i. the 6500 kept switching of when ending a call using the slide. the amount of times i had to keep taking the battery out and putting it back in to get it to work.
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Reviewed by Angel on 17/05/2008
Woop WOOP I bought the Nokia 6500 black and its fantastic!! Nothing wrong with the setoings goin 2 default just everyone cant deal with it lol!!!
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Reviewed by doras on 16/05/2008
No problem.Very good phone.
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Reviewed by Sarah Wattison on 15/05/2008
Decided to go onto contract a week ago and chose the Nokia 6500 slide in silver as my phone (was using a trusty Nokia 3510i before). Apart from my 6500 freezing on me the day after I had it and I had to remove the battery to get it working again, I have to say I am really pleased with my phone. A number of users seem to worry about the weight of the phone, but this is something that I like, it's great to have a something that feels sturdy. So many of the phones on the market feel flimsy and look like they would break easily. I found it took me a few days to get used to texting (this is because I've been used to much larger keys that are all separate), but I am up to speed again now. Screen resolution is great, battery life is adequate - am a textaholic, so it's lasting about 3 days. I realise it is relatively early days of me using my new phone, but I have to say that I am really chuffed with it and would have no hesitation in recommending it.
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Reviewed by renae on 14/05/2008
I have owned the slide since december 07 and have found it to be a terrific phone. The screen freezes occasionally and the settings change back to default after I drop it but its not falling apart.=) Recently I dropped it in the rain and a lost it but after finding and drying, it was still in perfect working order.. love it
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Reviewed by Dahman on 14/05/2008
This phone is useless.. Nokia handsets are very good, but their software are all useless.. which makes the nokia worl all useless..
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Reviewed by Doesnt Matter on 12/05/2008
I am not very happy with this Nokia 6500 slide. The software hangs anytime and everytime. The camera sound can't be muted so you may be in a fix someday. The clarity is too good no doubt but what's the use if the camera sound cannot be muted.And top of all out of 10 calls that I get in a week 9 of them complain that my number is not in use..What's wrong? So folks please think twice before purchasing this kinda phone. May be its the problem with only my handset but never know which one of you follows me..
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Reviewed by Darren on 12/05/2008
Have had the phone a week now and am happy with it but have one problem...when i recieve a text message it shows the time as an hour previous for example if i get a text at 12.00 the phone says text recvd 11.00????? The phone displays correct time...so cant think what else to do ...Any ideas? The phone has been replaced but this is still happening.
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Reviewed by Harpreet on 11/05/2008
I HATE THIS PHONE. MY SONY ERICSON WAS MUCH BETTER!!!! NOW STUCK IN THIS CONTRACT!
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Reviewed by Shezad on 10/05/2008
I have now had the 6500 slide in black for 2 days. So far so good, i think this phone is lovely, but it depends what you want and it's always a compromise when it comes to the features. The 3.2meg camera seems to provide outstanding quality pictures, the sound quality is also brilliant, the in built memory is good enough for me. I also connected the phone to the TV, all sees quite good. To me it seems to an advancement on the Nokia 6280 i had some time back, as people may remember that phone had a few faults. With my experience so far i would recommend this phone to people out there!
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Reviewed by Subramonian Murugan on 10/05/2008
Good design with normal features. Compared to N-series, this phone is really fast. Handle with care.
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Reviewed by sean on 09/05/2008
excellent mobile, theres just 1 annoying fault. if you slightly knock the back cover it does something to the memory card holder which stops the mobile from reading it, this resets your ringtone wallpaper ect back to default, if like me you hate changing your wallpaper, ringtone ect back 10 days a day the easier way to overcome the problem is to save your ringtone and that to the phone memory then they wont keep resetting them selves. apart from that one fault with the memory card the nokia 6500 slide is an excellent mobile its similiar to the 6280 and 6288 but much better looking and better features. the mobile has a great feel to it and worth the money.
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Reviewed by liam byrne on 09/05/2008
seriously this is the worst phone i have ever had . Iam on my third one in a month and my patner is on her second. It has a mind of its own , ringtones change,freezes all the time wallpaper and setting change battery gets so hot you have to end the call, call quality is good and the camera is decent. however the battery life is shocking,it last about a day. Nokia used to be excewllent trusty phones. Give me a sony ericsson k800i anyday. Don't say you were not warned. Swerve this phone with your life.
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Reviewed by Kal on 09/05/2008
I've had this phone for a couple of months now on the 3 network. It's a great looking phone with solid build quality and a good sized screen. Although it's a little bigger than a lot of the slimline phones out there, it's still small enough and light enough to carry around in your pocket. It has all the features you'd expect, great camera, great music player etc.Although Nokia's have a reputation for being easy to use with straightforward menu's, having used this phone for 2 months now, I actually prefer the Sony Ericsson menu system. The major faults with this phone are the lousy battery and signal reception. Nokia claim it has over 300 hours standby and 6 hours talktime but even when I don't use it very often I'm still having to charge it every couple of days. Although it does give you a couple of warnings when the battery is low, it tends to die suddenly. The battery on my previous Sony Ericsson used to cling on for ages, even when it was down to just 5% power and with average use I would only have to charge it once every 5 or 6 days. What's even worse is the reception. The signal constantly fluctuates between weak and absolutely nothing. Call quality is extremely poor. Callers sound echo-ey and there's usually a faint buzzing sound. Often callers struggle to hear what I'm saying. At first I thought it was a network problem but having spoken to 3, they say it's a common problem with this phone. How on earth can a major player like Nokia, who you would think know a thing or two about mobile phones, create such a gorgeous looking phone but forget to actually make it useable?! Surely the main purpose of a mobile PHONE is to be able to make and receive PHONEcalls!! If you're thinking of getting one of these.....think again.
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Reviewed by Salih on 09/05/2008
This phone not only looks great but actually feels and weighs like a quality phone. Sure you can get lighter phones but to me that indicates plastic. I don't want a plastic phone I want a phones that feels like quality, and made by the world leader in mobile phone technology "Nokia" what more do you want?
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Reviewed by gunchester lad on 08/05/2008
this fone is the dogs ive had it over a month ive droped it on concrete many times i even droped it in a ful sink still allive its got an ill camra loud ass speaker and looks fit you no it makes sence people much love peace
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Reviewed by Gavin on 07/05/2008
I am now on my second one of these phones after the plastic casing at the botton of the call buttons came off. but i am now taking the second one back becouse if you text alot you will notice that the deleat button will stop working if it is open for along time. so beware
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Reviewed by lyn john on 06/05/2008
not a very good phone.have had 3 phones since 11-07.seems to loose contact with the memory card.the incoming ear speaker breaks down and becomes very hard to hear people talking.just given new phone to the wife who had a nokia 6600 for 4 years.i have gone back to a k750i.
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Reviewed by Raymodn on 06/05/2008
I had the chance to use both, the classic and the slide. the classic one is very much classy and beautiful, but u can cannot expand it's memory. anyways i have only one problem so far with the slide, when i put a photo as background or put a different theme, it cannot least more than 1 to 2 hours than it comes back to the default theme :S
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Reviewed by King Prawn on 04/05/2008
This phone is a great one!! I love weighty phones, so the stainless steel finish was perfect! Problems are mounting up though as i use the phone. list below: 1) Can only set one alarm 2) PIN really hard to set (ive blocked two SIMs trying to set a PIN) 3) the menu isn't very interesting (not animated like SE) 4) It freezes and fusses alot (by fusses i mean, when you have TV and go past Channel 5, there is no signal so you get little black and white static things. thats what i get but black background and coloured wiggly things) this seems to happen when i've gone too quickley onto the programme and its still acting like its in standby. 5) coming from a sony ericsson phone, i miss the button that brings up a menu above all your open applications. a bit like Task Manager. :) Hope this was helpful!!
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Reviewed by mick on 04/05/2008
I had my 6500 slide as part of the contract package for about 5 months in that time its been back three times,twice because it locked the keys and then would not unlock and once to have the software updated ,I find this poor and also when its been slid up and down a few times the keys got scratched now im finding that the navigation keys are starting to fail ie they dont always work,in all not too impressed with the phone.
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Reviewed by Elizabeth on 03/05/2008
I've had this phone for roughly 6-8 weeks, and to be completely honest, I've found no major problems with it. I upgraded from an LG KG225, so this was a huge thing for me. A $90 phone to a $500 odd phone. You really notice the difference. The camera is great, there's nice clear sound with a nice big screen and biggish buttons (I can use my fingers and not my nails to press them! :D). It's got a nice, simple layout that's also simple to use, even my nan would be able to navigate it! I just have 2 small things to mention about it though. It will sometimes lag up. Not a complete freeze, but you just have to give it a second or so to catch up with what you're trying to do. The other is that because of it's finish and slidey nature, a lot of marks appear on it (Fingerprints mainly and scratches from sliding on the keypad). Nothing too major though. The battery life is an improvement from my previous phone, so no complaints there and it's weight, although making my pants heavier, I can actually tell if the phone is still in my pocket or not. Makes it harder to lose. 4 stars because it's not perfect, but what is?
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Reviewed by Maria Lopez on 03/05/2008
Well i've had my nokia 6500 black slide for just under 2 months and i must say i have never been so impressed by a phone ever before. Although many mobile phone sites claim otherwise. I am a mobile phone lover! I change my handset whenever my contract allows me to do so. Usually before 2 months may i say. But i'm not thinking about buying another mobile for a very long time yet. I'm in love .............
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Reviewed by mpoo on 03/05/2008
good
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Reviewed by Rizzy on 03/05/2008
I got the phone last monday on the 3g network i got it in black and after id ordered it i looked at some of the reviews and thought i had made the wrong choice. However after using the phone myself i think its one of the best ive ever had Camera quality is brilliant although it does lack some effects sound quality is amazing especially through the headphones and it is a very easy to use phone i dont like the fact that when i remove the back cover the phone wont recognise that there is a memory card inside it..very annoying as most of my themes, music and ringtones are saved on my memory card. overall i think it is a stunning phone, much better than the classic version, which i had a few months back and unfortunately the screen cracked and the phone broke into two...which wasnt very good at all. i am impressed with the battery life as i listen to a lot of music so the music is always playing thrugh my headphones whether i am listening to it or not and my bluetooth also remains on, as does my gprs and i can still come home with the battery indicator showing full overall i believe its a brilliant phone, one of the best nokias since the 6300, which in my opinion was an absolutely stunning phone some people have complained about the size of the 6500 slide in comparison to the 6500 classic personally i prefer bulkier phones with a bit of weight i hate these flimsy samsungs that are being created and are all only about the length of your nail in size its annoying and makes it much more easier to lose your phone as its so light you wont notice that its gone the bulkiness of the phone adds to the professional and much more extravagant feel of it a brilliant creation by nokia once again all praise goes to nokia for making such an outstanding phone
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Reviewed by sean on 03/05/2008
had this phone now for just over a month, its got an excellent camera and the mp3 player is also very good. the supplied headphones are rubbish but if you use your own it sounds as good as any other mp3 player. phone does scratch easy so id get a case for it. very easy to use like all nokias. loads of great features. nice looking phone with a great feel to it. recommended.
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Reviewed by Joel Miller on 03/05/2008
1. Nokia 6500 Slide is the only slider that does not wear out or grind when opening and closing it, all other model’s sliders ruin in short time periods thus rendering the phone useless and aggravating to operate. 2.It is 123 grams and feels good and is solid. 3.Amazingly after EMT transmission testing it generates far far less than any other 3 and 3.5 generation mobile phone meaning: NO CANCER and reception is very good. 4.The 4GB micro SD memory card from Sandisk works wonders with the Nokia 6500S and allows 4.5 hours of video high quality filming with zoom in/out, you must manually adjust the phone settings to your personal settings preference. I hid my phone behind books with the camera lens facing my work station, I caught who had been stealing my graphic ideas and customer listings while I was on lunch break 1hr, to do this you must remember to set your phone to flight so it doesn’t “RING” while filming. 5.It is quick to respond when key depressing and has many many adjustment settings, discover the phone fully. 6.NOTE: The 6500 slider has 1 major fault in my opinion, the “loud speaker is terribly low when listening to incoming calls on it, the music plays loudly and with fine quality and has many adjustments for sound quality. Summary: Over all the 6500S is a high quality mobile phone with much to offer and is more than enough for most users, it is priced fairly and I feel I received my moneys worth. Thank You Nokia! (972)542122786
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Reviewed by Tom on 03/05/2008
I took this phone out on dolphin 40 with orange, at phones4u and found it with faults, kept crashing while on the internet and once lost all my contacts because it restarted itself when i was moving contacts over to sim card, and also the battery could have been better then expected, so i took it back got another one and a week on, no fualts yet, so im hoping, bt the battery still is bad new phones these days do not last long enough with batterys, bt hey, its just a phone right, love it though anyway, best slide phone from nokia in years,
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Reviewed by tony on 02/05/2008
absoulute rubbish this fone is freezing up and keeps going back to default settings.
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Reviewed by Pramod Kumar, pramod.rect@gmail.com on 02/05/2008
Phone has got burning stains in the back cover (in the slits of for the speaker inward).Burning smell is coming out at the back after playing the music player. Phone is getting hanged on receiving calls and when multi functions on. Phone also gets hanged on receiving data via Bluetooth several times. When music is on and while making or receiving calls, after completion music player does not resumed. When music is on, receiving data via Bluetooth is on, then gallery can not be accessed. In Media player, when I was trying to play all songs, mobile got switched off and re-started automatically. While closing the music application, mobile got switched off for at least 4 times.
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Reviewed by the don on 01/05/2008
you clumzy man ur suppsd 2 only charge a phone wen tyhe bar dosent move any mre.8 hours r u mad lmaooooooo
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Reviewed by Hawke on 01/05/2008
Ok let me get this straight, Its the "MOST Beautiful" phone Nokia has ever come up with, Scratch proof screen, 3.2 Mega Pixel Camera & THATS NOT IT, The lens is manufactured by the unmatched "Carl Zeiss" Optics (Tessar Lens) and takes pictures FAR Better than any other phones such as Samsung D900i or Sony Ericsson K800i, excellent Video recording and playback with an extra ordinary display having 16 million colors!!! in my opinion, this phone OWNS phones made by Sony Ericsson, Samsung or LG by far, they're all just rubbish compared to it, sony ericsson phones are low-quality and start showing their true colors within a few months (even the expensive ones), My friend got a W800i, 1 year later, it almost disintegrated, the joystick is wacked, almost every one I know having this phone have problems with its joystick and the numbers on it rub off; Samsung mobiles have worst Speakers ever..In other words,If you want the world under your feet, then you'd better buy this p hone... ;)
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Reviewed by Kate Rushton on 29/04/2008
Had phone for 1 week Love it Love it Love it, best phone i've ever had
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Reviewed by Chris on 29/04/2008
Firstly I would like to state something I have noticed about the reviews process, there are those who seem to hate something and put one star then there are those whos world is never perfect and put four, then there are those people who will put up with anything and put five! - I should be in the four star category writing this review but.... This phone is junk, there is no other way to say it, Nokia...well what can I say, I have had 7 phones in my life and all of them have been Nokia. I have always been a Nokia person and always thought I would be although that may change next time. Starting with battery life: okay okay you may argue that if i do watch video clips on my phone my battery life will be greatly reduced but this is a 3G phone!!! its design is mainly for functions such as video and music. I watch the weather on my phone every morning which seems to start the issue of battery life, The phone allows the user to add a 4gb memory card which is something I have done although it doesnt make sense when you realise you can only listen to about 100mb of that music before the battery life is yet again greatly affected. The worst bit about the memory card is because of the type of holder, everytime the phone is banged it comes out of place and the phone then has to redetect all of the music on the memory card which slows the whole phone down so much it cannot open games or use the internet, this normally takes about 5 minutes to complete. 3G overheating: everytime i use the 3G for more than around 5 minutes i get a nice warm sensation on my hand, it is a very nice warmth - especially in winter but it should not happen - it is not energy efficient and causes the phone to lock up. Returns: the phone has been returned 7 times (I am actually on my 3rd phone) initially the navigation buttons squeaked when the phone was open, the problem was then the phone locking up and the latest problem has been the 3G, while this phone has been in for repair I decided to get my good ol' 6230i unlocked and started using it again, it really made me miss it!!! I have no personal hate for this phone like many people, I just think it was built in a rush, great design, shame about the lack of stamina!
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Reviewed by Erica Rowland on 28/04/2008
i have had to have 3 diffent nokia phones as they have all been faulty phone. i am not happy about having to have a new phone sent to me again and there is nothing n=being done about the problems on the phones.
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Reviewed by charles stanmore on 28/04/2008
Have had this phone for about 6 months and i am very disapointed with it the first couple of months it was fine a lovely phone worked great i loved it but then started devolping faults first thing it would go back to default settings loosing my walpaper and my mp3 ringtone i know have to reset these about 4 times a day! wich is very annoying it has been in for repair twice now and will have to take it back again the latest thing now its doing is freezing up aswell as the other problems they tell me i have to have it repaired 3 times before they will give me another fone i had an n73 before this and had no probs with it got to put up with this piece of rubbish now till august this has put me off nokia for life no i would not recomend this phone to anyone absoulute rubbish.
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Reviewed by Shaz on 28/04/2008
Received my new phone as an upgrade on 02 on Monday; it is now Monday and I am sending it back tomorrow as the phone just keeps switching itself off!!!!! Such a shame cos brill phone, with loads of features not even manage to explore yet! Reading reviews and speaking others seems this a major problem with this phone - so back to old reliable Samsung, while wait to reorder a different phone!
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Reviewed by ConnorBabyXx on 27/04/2008
I love this phone!!! I bought it on contract yesterday and I love it. Although there is one problem with it, I cannot seem to work ut how to use the camera on the front of the camera.. Anyone know how???
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Reviewed by henna on 26/04/2008
i just bought it today and i love it! its very confusing from my old phone LG U890 and have made so many mistakes! but i really like it! i have the black and made the backgound black too! it looks really good even though it is a little bit heavy than my old one-but with very good qualities. great camera and things. i recomend it x x x
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Reviewed by Sarpreet on 26/04/2008
Had the phone for 2 weeks and had a line down the middle of the screen, got it replaced and now second phone has major battery and network problems. Have rang my phone provider and have ben told that nokia are looking for updates on this problem. Delay buying if possible
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Reviewed by onion_chef@yahoo.com on 25/04/2008
worst phone i've ever had.not problems but its da system and the sumhow different style of browsing and user-friendliness.the previous nokias i had was a 3250 and a 7610..which had problems bt nothin compared to dis. 1.the keypad lock is rubbish..sumtimes u cant unlock the phone at all..even with slide on-slide off it wont unlock..have to take da battery off. 2.da 3.2 mgpixel camera sucks.my past 3250 (2mgpixel) and 7610 (1.3mgpixel) gives better pics than dis.i blame the lousy autofocus which u CANT override.nice colour though. 3.isnt user friendly.past nokia phone hav shortcuts on keys for example wen viewing pics..button 5 and 0 for zooming and unzooming, button 1 and 3 for rotating and * button for full screen..dis phone does none of dat except for full screening.u have to go to MENU then choose ZOOM or ROTATE the u have to choose wat degree of rotation..its dreadful.and did i mention da viewing zoom is rubbish? 4. u cant copy data from memory card to phone memory u can only MOVE it..and once u copy/move a data into da memory card, i dare u to try and move it again to one of the folders in dat same memory card..(its impossible unless with PC Suite) 5. the flash is so blinding u cant look at it straight..cud lit up da whole moon.. 6. i prefer the old style where wen u press and hold the MENU button it shows wat programs dat are currently running in the background..dis phone does not do dat..it switches off any programs it bloody likes wen u press the end call button. 7. i hate how it ask u "are u sure u want to exit application?" everytime u exit a program..i believe dis is due to problem #6 bcoz u might accidently pressed da exit button while on a program.in the old nokias if u accidently hit exit,da program wud stil be running in the background and u juz have to press and hold MENU button to have it back.sort of like minimizin |
