7650

Released June 2002

Nokia 7650 is a sliding-keypad Symbian phone with an integrated VGA camera, a 208 × 176-pixel colour display and 4 MB of shared internal storage. It supports MMS, email, installable applications, Bluetooth and infrared transfer.

Screen: –
Display: LCD
Chip: –
Memory: –
Storage: 4 MB
Main camera: 0.3 MP
Zoom: –
Battery: 750 mAh
Weight: 154 g

What reviewers say

Mobile-review and The Register praise the joystick navigation, colour screen and one-handed interface, while finding the camera useful for sharing rather than a substitute for a dedicated camera. Both criticise Bluetooth limitations and the absence of memory-card expansion. Mobile-review reports short battery life and limits in the bundled organiser applications. The Register finds the interface fast and enjoyable, but reports PC synchronisation problems and email-attachment restrictions. These findings concern the reviewers' original 2002 software and hardware.

From mobile-review.com and theregister.com

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Specifications

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Display

Resolution: 208 × 176
Panel: LCD
Display type: Colour LCD with 176 × 208 pixels and a 35 × 41 mm active area, exact original Nokia product page. Mobile-review identifies TFT and 4,096 colours in its exact-model test. Physical millimetres are not a maker-published diagonal in inches; no diagonal or native refresh rate inferred.

Performance

Storage: 4 MB
Memory: 4 MB dynamic shared memory for photographs, contacts, calendar, messages and installed applications, exact maker specification page; original English issue 4 guide specifies 3.6 MB free for user content. No RAM capacity inferred from shared user storage.
Storage type: Internal shared storage, without a memory-card expansion slot; original complete reviews identify the absence of expandable memory. No MMC capacity borrowed from later Series 60 phones.

Cameras

Main camera: 0.3 MP
Ultra wide camera: None
Telephoto camera: None
Optical zoom: None
Main camera: Integrated rear VGA camera, 640 × 480 pixels in standard and night modes; 80 × 96 pixels in portrait mode, original English guide. Camera image pixels are distinct from the display and the 160 × 120-pixel standard viewfinder. Images saved as JPEG; night mode uses longer exposure.

Battery and charging

Battery: 750 mAh
Wireless charging: None
Battery life detail: Removable BLB-2 750 mAh lithium-ion battery, maker specification table. Claimed talk time 2–4 h and standby 90–230 h, dependent on use and network. Original launch rounds standby to 4–10 days.
Wired charging: Maker specification lists approximately 1 h 50 min with ACP-8. Proprietary charging connection; Bluetooth or infrared data support does not establish USB charging.

Design

Type: Standard
Weight: 154 g
Thickness: 26 mm
Height × width: 114 × 56 mm
Materials: Sliding lower housing exposes numeric keypad and rear camera. Dimensions describe the closed phone, exact maker specification. This mechanical slider does not have a folding display.
Buttons: Five-way joystick, selection keys and menu/task-switching key; numeric keypad exposed by sliding the phone open. Original owner guide documents configurable standby shortcuts and multitasking.
Water resistance detail: Original English guide says the phone is not water-resistant; no IP rating assigned.
Speakers: Integrated hands-free loudspeaker and voice recorder, original maker specification. English guide documents automatic proximity-sensor switching from speakerphone to earpiece, with an option to disable it. Bluetooth audio-headset operation is excluded separately.

Software

Operating system: Symbian
Software at launch: Symbian OS with the Series 60 interface and installable Symbian and MIDP Java applications. Exact maker launch and specification confirm Symbian and MIDP; no unverified firmware-version or processor specification assigned.
Software features: MMS combines pictures, text and sound; email uses SMTP, POP3 and IMAP4. WAP 1.2.1 via GSM data, GPRS or HSCSD; contacts, calendar, to-do list, voice dialling for 25 names/numbers, recorder, calculator, converter and games. Original Nokia specification lists Snake Ex, Card Deck and Mix Pix. Historic services, software downloads and operator compatibility are not claimed to remain available today.
Release detail: Announced 19 November 2001 with deliveries planned for Q2 2002. Nokia's 26 June 2002 Finnish press release confirms shipments had begun in Finland; month precision retained because the shipment announcement does not identify an exact first retail day. Archived product page is Dutch; archived model-specific PC Suite support is English and lists Windows 98 SE/ME/2000 SP2/XP and compatible infrared or Bluetooth serial-port connections. Current availability of those historical downloads is unresolved. No direct predecessor assigned without explicit maker evidence.

Connectivity

Mobile network: Dual-band EGSM 900 / GSM 1800 with automatic switching, exact maker specifications. GPRS up to 40.2 kbit/s and HSCSD up to 43.2 kbit/s; speeds and availability depend on the network.
SIM: Mini-SIM under the upper housing's removable cover, original model documentation. No dual-SIM configuration.
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 1.1, original English guide. File, picture, contact and calendar transfer, and compatible-PC connections. The guide explicitly excludes Bluetooth Headset and Handsfree audio profiles even when those devices appear during discovery; headset support must not be inferred from Bluetooth availability. Infrared transfer also supported.
USB: Original owner guide and model-specific PC Suite support describe infrared or Bluetooth PC transfer. No physical USB data port or USB mass-storage mode established.

Storage options

Storage
4 MB

Pros and cons

Pros

Integrated camera and MMS picture sharing
Installable Symbian and Java applications
Bluetooth and infrared file transfer

Cons

No memory-card expansion
Bluetooth headsets are unsupported
Numeric keypad for text input

Closest rivals

Model	Screen	Display	Chip	Memory	Storage	Main camera	Zoom	Battery	Weight	Released
Sony EricssonP800	2.9″	LCD	ARM9	–	12 MB	0.3 MP	–	–	158 g	2002
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

Newer model: 3650.

Sources

Photo: Nokia original press photograph; archived by Internet Archive

Nokia 7650 original promotional composition with angled open front views and rear camera: Nokia original promotional composition reproduced by Mobile-review; existing source watermark retained
Nokia 7650 with keypad closed, original manufacturer service-guide cover photograph: Nokia original service-guide cover photograph; archived by Mobilgyujtemeny; original PDF image transform applied

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