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6630

Released 2004

Nokia 6630 is a Symbian smartphone with WCDMA and EDGE connectivity, a 1.3-megapixel rear camera and a hot-swappable memory card. It supports installable applications, stereo music playback, email and Bluetooth or USB connections.

Screen: –
Display: LCD
Chip: –
Memory: –
Storage: 10 MB
Main camera: 1.3 MP
Zoom: –
Battery: 900 mAh
Weight: 127 g

What reviewers say

Mobile-review and All About Symbian praise the responsive keypad, connectivity, stereo music playback and improved battery life. Both find the screen useful, although Mobile-review sees some fading in sunlight. All About Symbian likes daylight photographs but finds low-light results poor. Mobile-review criticises limited internal storage and notes early software faults; All About Symbian finds its long-term unit dependable, while criticising slow photo editing and some organiser limitations. All About Symbian also finds the lack of a front camera awkward for face-to-face video calls without the optional stand.

From mobile-review.com and allaboutsymbian.com

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Specifications

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Display

Resolution: 208 × 176
Panel: LCD
Display type: Active-matrix TFT LCD with 176 × 208 pixels and 65,536 colours, original consumer specifications. Physical diagonal and native refresh rate are not published in the recovered maker specifications. Forum Nokia's duplicate colour-depth row incorrectly prints 176 bit; its 16-bit row and consumer specification establish the colour count.
Brightness detail: Automatic backlight adjustment, original consumer specifications. No brightness in nits published.

Performance

Storage: 10 MB
Memory: 10 MB of internal dynamic memory shared by contacts, messages, photographs, videos, calendar and applications, original consumer page and brochure. Forum Nokia lists 9 MB of shared storage. These are user-storage figures, not RAM. The launch release's 74 MB combines 10 MB internal memory with the supplied 64 MB card; it is not 74 MB of internal storage.
Storage type: Hot-swappable reduced-size dual-voltage MMC. Reader operates at 1.8 V and requires cards supporting both 1.8 V and 3.0 V. Original standard package lists a 64 MB card; Nokia notes that capacity varies by market and network operator. No maximum supported card capacity inferred.

Cameras

Main camera: 1.3 MP
Ultra wide camera: None
Telephoto camera: None
Optical zoom: None
Main camera: Rear 1.3 MP sensor with 1.23 MP effective resolution and 1280 × 960-pixel JPEG still photographs. Normal, night, self-timer and sequence modes; sequence takes up to six photographs. An optional external flash is an accessory, not a built-in flash. The approved 2.0 service guide instead prints a 1.0 MP / 1152 × 864 camera in its introductory table, conflicting with the exact consumer, developer, launch and operating-guide specifications; that service-table figure is not used.
Front camera: No built-in front camera. Video calling uses the rear camera; the optional Nokia Video Call Stand PT-8 allows the caller to face the display while transmitting their own image, original user guide and independent reviews. Video calls require a compatible network, service, USIM and recipient.
Zoom: Up to 6× digital zoom for photographs and videos, original consumer specifications. Digital zoom is not optical zoom.
Video recording: 3GPP files with H.263 video and AMR audio, with up to one hour per clip subject to available memory. The consumer page prints 174 × 144 pixels while labelling it QCIF; this unresolved apparent typo is preserved rather than silently supplying another model's figure. Its lower-resolution option is 128 × 96 pixels. The English guide confirms recording-length and selectable resolution controls without printing the pixel counts. Short MMS clips are limited to 300 kB, with some networks accepting only 100 kB. MPEG-4 and RealVideo playback support does not establish recording resolution.
Camera features: Image and video editing, Movie Director and compatible Bluetooth photo printing. Optional printing and wireless-keyboard applications are installed on many supplied cards and vary by package.

Battery and charging

Battery: 900 mAh
Wireless charging: None
Battery life detail: Removable 900 mAh BL-5C battery, original brochure. The consumer page specifies up to 2–6 hours of talk and 6–11 days of standby; the brochure instead lists 3–6 hours of talk. Nokia qualifies these claims by SIM card, network settings, use and operating conditions.
Wired charging: Separate charger connector, with ACP-12 travel charger in the original standard package. Pop-Port USB data transfer does not establish charging through USB.

Design

Type: Standard
Weight: 127 g
Thickness: 21 mm
Height × width: 110 × 60 mm
Weight detail: Original consumer specification and shipping release give 110 × 60 × 21 mm and 127 g. The original announcement, brochure and Mobile-review instead give 20.6 mm thickness; consumer figure retained with the discrepancy recorded.
Buttons: Five-way navigation control, two soft keys and a numeric keypad, with application, edit, clear and call controls. Side controls include power/profile selection and voice functions, original guide and maker photographs.
Water resistance detail: Original user guide explicitly says the phone is not water-resistant. No IP rating assigned.
Speakers: Integrated hands-free loudspeaker, voice recorder and stereo MP3/AAC music player. Original HDS-3 stereo headset connects through Pop-Port. Optional accessories do not establish a built-in FM radio.

Software

Operating system: Symbian
Software at launch: Symbian OS 8.0a with S60 2nd Edition Feature Pack 2, exact Forum Nokia specifications. Installable Symbian applications and Java MIDP 2.0 / CLDC 1.1 applications with JSR-184 3D graphics support.
Software features: Contacts, calendar, email with SMTP/POP3/IMAP4, Quickoffice document viewers, WAP 2.0 XHTML/HTML browser, RealPlayer and local PC or remote SyncML synchronisation. Original network services, PC software and downloads are historical capabilities, not a claim that their infrastructure remains available.
Release detail: Announced 14 June 2004 with shipments planned for the fourth quarter. Nokia's 3 November 2004 release says shipments have started, and its fourth-quarter report confirms 2004 shipments. First retail month remains unresolved; year precision retained. No direct predecessor link inferred from related model names or a reviewer's comparison.
In the box: Original consumer standard package lists the phone, 64 MB MU-1 RS-MMC and full-size adaptor, HDS-3 stereo headset, BL-5C battery, ACP-12 charger, DKU-2 USB cable and software CD. Memory-card configuration varies by market or operator.

Connectivity

Mobile network: GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 and WCDMA 2100, with automatic band and mode switching. WCDMA packet downloads up to 384 kbps and uploads up to 128 kbps; EDGE figures depend on slot allocation. The consumer page lists peak 236.8 kbps download and 118.4 kbps upload, while the brochure qualifies 236.8/59.2 or 177.6/118.4 kbps down/up combinations. Actual service depends on network support. The guide and a consumer data subsection use UMTS 2000 wording; the exact network table and Forum Nokia name WCDMA 2100.
SIM: Removable SIM or USIM card under the battery, original user guide. No dual-SIM configuration established.
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 1.1, original brochure. Consumer specifications list headset, hands-free and Basic Imaging profiles; Basic Printing and Human Interface Device profiles use Nokia's printing and wireless-keyboard applications. No modern Bluetooth audio codec inferred.
USB: USB 2.0 full-speed data connection through Pop-Port and the DKU-2 cable. This is not USB 2.0 high-speed, USB-C or USB Power Delivery.

Storage options

Storage
10 MB

Pros and cons

Pros

WCDMA and EDGE mobile data
Hot-swappable dual-voltage RS-MMC expansion
Stereo MP3 and AAC music playback

Cons

10 MB of shared internal user storage
No built-in front camera for face-to-face video calls
Numeric keypad for text input

Closest rivals

Model	Screen	Display	Chip	Memory	Storage	Main camera	Zoom	Battery	Weight	Released
Sony EricssonP910i	2.9″	LCD	ARM9	–	64 MB	0.3 MP	–	–	155 g	2004
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

Sources

Photo: Nokia (archived original press photograph)

Nokia 6630 right side with power key and memory-card cover: Nokia (archived original press photograph)
Nokia 6630 front with a web page displayed: Nokia (archived original press photograph)
Nokia 6630 front with an email attachment displayed: Nokia (archived original press photograph)
Nokia 6630 straight front showing the original Nokia startup screen: Nokia (archived original press photograph)
Silver Nokia 6630 angled front view: Nokia (archived original press photograph)
Pale green Nokia 6630 angled front view: Nokia (archived original press photograph)
Silver Nokia 6630 rear showing the camera: Nokia (archived original press photograph)
Nokia 6630 front with camera application displaying a flower: Nokia (archived original press photograph)
Nokia 6630 front with a photograph in a multimedia message: Nokia (archived original press photograph)
Nokia 6630 front with the email sending screen: Nokia (archived original press photograph)

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