3660

Released 2003

Nokia 3660 is a Symbian phone with a conventional numeric keypad, a 208 × 176-pixel colour display, a VGA camera and MMC expansion. It supports MMS, email, installable applications, Bluetooth and infrared transfer.

Model history · 3 models, 2002–2003

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Screen: –
Display: LCD
Chip: –
Memory: –
Storage: –
Main camera: 0.3 MP
Zoom: –
Battery: 850 mAh
Weight: 130 g

What reviewers say

Mobile-review and NieuweMobiel praise the clearer screen and revised keypad, while disagreeing on battery life. NieuweMobiel finds endurance good; Mobile-review reports shorter life than the 3650 and poor initial value. NieuweMobiel likes still photographs but criticises video quality and the inconvenient memory-card position. AccessWorld's test with separately installed TALKS software finds useful speech access, but difficult tactile keypad orientation and small text. TALKS was an additional application, rather than a built-in screen reader.

From mobile-review.com, web.archive.org and afb.org

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Specifications

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Display

Resolution: 208 × 176
Panel: 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.

Cameras

Main camera: 0.3 MP
Ultra wide camera: None
Telephoto camera: None
Optical zoom: 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.
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.

Battery and charging

Battery: 850 mAh
Wireless charging: 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.
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
Weight: 130 g
Thickness: 26 mm
Height × width: 130 × 57 mm
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.
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
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.
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

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.

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.
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.
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.

Storage options

Storage
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Pros and cons

Pros

MMC storage expansion with a supplied 16 MB card
Installable Symbian and Java applications
Bluetooth and infrared file transfer

Cons

Memory card under the removable battery
Numeric keypad for text input
No physical data-cable connection

Closest rivals

Model	Screen	Display	Chip	Memory	Storage	Main camera	Zoom	Battery	Weight	Released
Sony EricssonP900	2.9″	LCD	ARM9	–	16 MB	0.3 MP	–	–	150 g	Nov 2003
Nokia3650	–	LCD	–	–	4 MB	0.3 MP	–	850 mAh	130 g	Jan 2003
Nokia6600	2.1″	LCD	–	–	6 MB	0.3 MP	–	850 mAh	125 g	2003

Previous model: 3650.

Sources

Photo: Nokia original red front press photograph; archived by Internet Archive

Nokia 3660 original blue cover, angled front press photograph: Nokia original blue angled press photograph; archived by Internet Archive
Nokia 3660 original blue cover, front, side and rear manufacturer composition: Nokia original Forum Nokia manufacturer image; archived by Internet Archive
Nokia 3660 original close-up of rear VGA camera and blue removable cover: Nokia original Forum Nokia manufacturer image; archived by Internet Archive
Nokia 3660 original close-up of numeric keypad and five-way scroll control: Nokia original Forum Nokia manufacturer image; archived by Internet Archive
Nokia 3660 original close-up of blue-and-white housing and silver oval cover detail: Nokia original Forum Nokia manufacturer image; archived by Internet Archive

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