Nokia 3650 is a Symbian phone with a circular keypad, VGA camera, video recording and expandable MMC storage. It has a 208 × 176-pixel colour display, Bluetooth and infrared connectivity.
Geekzone and The Register praise the multimedia features and wireless connections, but both find the body large. Geekzone likes the readable screen and finds the controls easy after adjusting to the circular keypad and reports useful Outlook synchronisation; it criticises Bluetooth-headset compatibility and the lack of a USB cradle. The Register likes quick one-handed photography and Mac synchronisation, but finds settings confusing and the keypad unsuitable for long emails. These tests describe the original 2003 hardware and software.
Active-matrix colour LCD, 176 × 208 pixels and 4,096 colours; exact maker launch and developer record. No physical diagonal or native refresh inferred.
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.
Storage type
3 V MMC memory-card expansion; standard launch sales package includes a 16 MB card. No larger maximum card capacity inferred.
Cameras
Main camera
0.3 MP
Ultra wide camera
None
Telephoto camera
None
Optical zoom
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.
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 Maker specifications list 3GPP/MPEG-4; no unpublished capture resolution or frame rate inferred.
Battery and charging
Battery
850 mAh
Wireless charging
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.
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.
Design
Type
Standard
Weight
130 g
Thickness
26 mm
Height × width
130 × 57 mm
Materials
User-changeable Xpress-on covers; 130 g includes the lithium-ion battery, per exact Danish maker specifications.
Buttons
Circular numeric keypad, two soft keys and five-way scrolling/navigation key. Predictive text input; no touchscreen.
Speakers
Integrated hands-free loudspeaker; voice recorder and MIDI/WAV ringtones. No stereo speaker claim.
Software
Operating system
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.
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.
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.
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.
SIM
Removable SIM; original guide shows SIM and MMC inside the battery compartment.
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.
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.
Storage options
Storage
4 MB
Pros and cons
Pros
+Expandable MMC storage with a 16 MB card in the standard sales package
