The Nokia 6500 classic is a mobile phone from

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announced on May 31, 2007. The phone runs the

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platform. The case is made of brushed

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. At just 9.5 mm thick, the 6500 classic was Nokia's thinnest phone when released in October 2007. It is notable for being Nokia's few

phones with a large internal memory, 1 GB (along with the

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and others). It also had a similar sliding variant called

Nokia 6500 slide The Nokia 6500 slide is a mobile phone by Nokia. The phone runs the Series 40 platform. The case is made of brushed stainless steel. It is the slider version of Nokia 6500 classic. Features *Communications **Quad band GSM / GPRS / EDGE: GSM 8 ...

. Both of them were the first Nokia phones where the

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port was replaced by

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References

External links

A detailed review at Mobile Review

The stress test of a Nokia 6500 Slide
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