Nokia 3650 vs Nokia 3660
Better figure, where one is clearly better
| Nokia3650 | Nokia3660 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | January 2003 | 2003 |
| Display | ||
| Resolution | 208 × 176 | 208 × 176 |
| Panel | LCD | LCD |
| Display type | Active-matrix colour LCD, 176 × 208 pixels and 4,096 colours; exact maker launch and developer record. No physical diagonal or native refresh inferred. | Colour LCD with 176 × 208 pixels and 16-bit colour, exact Forum Nokia specification. Mobile-review and NieuweMobiel identify TFT. No maker-published physical diagonal or native refresh rate recovered; physical millimetres must not be converted into a guessed diagonal. |
| Performance | ||
| Storage | 4 MB | – |
| Memory | Maker launch and Danish specifications describe 4 MB dynamic internal memory; the shipment release and developer record identify 3.4 MB user-accessible shared memory. This is storage, not a published RAM capacity. | Forum Nokia's visible table rounds maximum user storage to 3 MB; its inline exact-model data records 3,400,000 bytes of shared memory. Mobile-review's specification lists 4 MB total and 3.4 MB user space, while its review approximates user space as 3.5 MB. These are shared application and content storage, not a published RAM capacity. No rounded capacity assigned to a structured configuration. |
| Storage type | 3 V MMC memory-card expansion; standard launch sales package includes a 16 MB card. No larger maximum card capacity inferred. | MMC memory-card expansion; Nokia's launch includes a 16 MB memory card with additional applications. The original guide requires removing the battery to insert the card. No maximum card capacity inferred from later phones or secondary SD-card claims. |
| Cameras | ||
| Main camera | 0.3 MP | 0.3 MP |
| Ultra wide camera | None | None |
| Telephoto camera | None | None |
| Optical zoom | None | None |
| Main camera | Integrated VGA camera with 640 × 480-pixel photographs; rear lens, with the phone screen as viewfinder. Camera pixels are distinct from display pixels. | Integrated rear VGA camera with standard and night photographs at 640 × 480 pixels and portrait photographs at 80 × 96 pixels, original English issue 2 guide. Standard viewfinder is 160 × 120 pixels; this is distinct from captured image resolution. JPEG photographs with selectable quality. |
| Video recording | Video recorder and RealOne playback/streaming of compatible audio and video. Maker specifications list 3GPP/MPEG-4; no unpublished capture resolution or frame rate inferred. | Built-in Video recorder saves 3GPP clips; original guide describes playback in Video recorder and RealOne Player. Forum Nokia lists H.263 3GPP, MPEG-4 and RealVideo support. Playback formats do not establish recording resolution or frame rate. |
| Battery and charging | ||
| Battery | 850 mAh | 850 mAh |
| Wireless charging | None | None |
| Battery life detail | Removable BL-5C 850 mAh lithium-ion battery. Danish specifications claim 2–4 h talk and 150–200 h standby; exact shipment release rounds maximum standby to eight days. Network, SIM and use affect endurance. | Removable 850 mAh lithium-ion battery according to Mobile-review's exact-model specifications and NieuweMobiel's original tested retail package. The capacity was not recovered from the maker developer table or original user guide; no runtime estimate or charging wattage inferred. |
| Wired charging | Danish maker table gives 1 h 35 min with the supported charging setup; launch/shipment release gives approximately one hour without identifying the same conditions. Proprietary charger connection; no USB charging inferred. | Original guide documents the dedicated charger connection. Bluetooth and infrared PC transfer do not establish USB charging or USB Power Delivery. |
| Design | ||
| Type | Standard | Standard |
| Weight | 130 g | 130 g |
| Thickness | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Height × width | 130 × 57 mm | 130 × 57 mm |
| Materials | User-changeable Xpress-on covers; 130 g includes the lithium-ion battery, per exact Danish maker specifications. | Replaceable Xpress-on covers, maker launch. Standard numeric grid keypad replaces the 3650's circular arrangement. Original Nokia press photographs show blue and red covers. |
| Buttons | Circular numeric keypad, two soft keys and five-way scrolling/navigation key. Predictive text input; no touchscreen. | Numeric grid key mat, two labelled soft keys and five-way scrolling control, exact maker developer specifications. Original guide documents menu, edit, clear and call keys and adjustable standby shortcuts. |
| Water resistance detail | – | Original English guide explicitly says the phone is not water-resistant; no IP rating assigned. |
| Speakers | Integrated hands-free loudspeaker; voice recorder and MIDI/WAV ringtones. No stereo speaker claim. | Integrated hands-free loudspeaker, RealOne Player and voice recorder, exact maker specifications and original guide. Nokia's launch specifies 24-voice polyphonic tones with 128 instruments. |
| Software | ||
| Operating system | Symbian | Symbian |
| Software at launch | Symbian OS 6.1 with S60 Developer Platform 1.0, exact maker developer record. Java MIDP 1.0 applications; no unverified CPU or RAM figure assigned. | Symbian OS 6.1 with S60 Developer Platform 1.0, exact Forum Nokia specifications. Installable Symbian SIS and MIDP 1.0 Java applications; CLDC 1.0, Wireless Messaging API and Mobile Media API support. No unpublished chip model or RAM capacity inferred. |
| Software features | MMS, email using SMTP/POP3/IMAP4, XHTML browsing, contacts, calendar and installable applications. Historic services and downloads are not claimed to remain available today. | MMS, SMS, SMTP/POP3/IMAP4 email, WAP 2.0 and XHTML over TCP/IP, contacts, calendar, to-do list, SyncML and RealOne streaming/playback, maker developer specifications and launch. The original guide also documents notes, calculator, converter and alarm clock. Network services and historical application downloads are not claimed to remain available today. |
| Release detail | Announced 6 September 2002; maker's 26 February 2003 release confirms the Chinese version had been available in China and Hong Kong since January, then wider shipments in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Month precision retained; exact first retail day unresolved. Maker launch explicitly says this model follows the 7650. Archived Danish specifications and original English regional guides are qualified sources. | Announced 9 October 2003, with Nokia planning shipments during Q4 2003. NieuweMobiel's 8 May 2004 full review explicitly confirms it had been on the market since late 2003; year precision retained because the exact first on-sale month was not recovered. Nokia's announcement names the 3650 as the preceding successful imaging phone and describes the new models as successors to that predecessor. Archived maker support is exact 3660 and offers original Windows 98 SE/ME/2000 SP2/XP PC Suite information; current software download availability is unresolved. |
| In the box | – | Nokia's launch specifies a supplied 16 MB memory card with additional applications. NieuweMobiel's tested package also includes an 850 mAh battery, charger, Dutch and French guides and quick guides, and a PC Suite CD; those contents describe that review's regional package rather than every market. |
| Connectivity | ||
| Mobile network | GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900, GPRS up to 40.2 kbit/s and HSCSD up to 43.2 kbit/s; network-dependent. The North American 3600's GSM 850 variant is not this 3650 record. | Tri-band GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 with GPRS and HSCSD, exact maker developer specifications and launch. Nokia identifies the 3660 primarily for Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific; North American GSM 850 / 1900 belongs to the distinct 3620. |
| SIM | Removable SIM; original guide shows SIM and MMC inside the battery compartment. | Removable SIM card beneath the rear cover and battery, original English guide. No dual-SIM configuration established. |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 1.1; original shared 3600/3650 US guide explicitly lists Handsfree profile as an audio gateway, but not Headset profile. Compatible Bluetooth file transfer and PC connections; infrared also supported. | Bluetooth 1.1, original English guide. Image, video, contact, calendar and other data transfer, and compatible-PC connections. Exact model PC Suite support requires Bluetooth Serial Port Profile or infrared; no modern Bluetooth audio profile inferred. |
| USB | Exact maker developer record lists infrared and Bluetooth PC connectivity. No physical USB data port or USB cradle established; a review's cable claim is not adopted as a maker specification. | No physical data-cable connection according to NieuweMobiel's exact-model test. Original guide and exact Nokia PC Suite support describe infrared or Bluetooth PC transfer instead. |

