Nokia 3660 vs Sony Ericsson P900
Better figure, where one is clearly better
| Nokia3660 | Sony EricssonP900 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | 2003 | November 2003 |
| Display | ||
| Screen size | – | 2.9″ |
| Resolution | 208 × 176 | 320 × 208 (better) |
| Sharpness | – | 132 pixels per inch |
| Panel | LCD | LCD |
| Display type | 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. | Touch-sensitive TFT with 65,536 colours; 2.9-inch diagonal (Teltarif) |
| Display features | – | 208 × 320 pixels with the flip open; 208 × 208 visible with it closed |
| 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 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. | VGA still camera, 640 × 480 pixels; 0.3 MP classification (PhoneArena) |
| Video recording | 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. | MPEG-4 video at QCIF, 176 × 144 pixels, with clip length limited by available memory |
| Battery and charging | ||
| Battery | 850 mAh | – |
| Wireless charging | None | None |
| Battery life detail | 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. | Up to 13 hours talk time and 400 hours standby with the standard battery |
| Wired charging | 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 (better) | 150 g |
| Thickness | 26 mm | 24 mm (better) |
| Height × width | 130 × 57 mm | 115 × 57 mm |
| Stylus | – | Yes |
| Materials | 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 | 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. | Removable numeric keypad flip and five-way Jog Dial; T9 text input |
| Water resistance detail | Original English guide explicitly says the phone is not water-resistant; no IP rating assigned. | – |
| Speakers | 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 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. | Symbian OS 7.0 with UIQ 2.1 interface (GSMonline) |
| Software features | 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 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. | – |
| Performance | ||
| Chip | – | ARM9 |
| Storage | – | 16 MB |
| Memory | 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 | 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. | Up to 16 MB internal user storage on standard P900; supplied 32 MB Memory Stick Duo; supports cards up to 128 MB; Chinese versions have up to 13 MB user storage |
| Connectivity | ||
| Mobile network | 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. | GSM 900/1800/1900; GPRS with 4 downlink and 1 uplink slots; HSCSD; no UMTS (Teltarif) |
| Wi-Fi | – | Not supported (GSMonline) |
| SIM | Removable SIM card beneath the rear cover and battery, original English guide. No dual-SIM configuration established. | – |
| Bluetooth | 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. | Bluetooth for headsets, file transfer and synchronisation |
| USB | 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. | USB synchronisation cradle; infrared and SyncML synchronisation |
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