Review of GSM-handset Nokia 3600 Slide

Mobile-review have posted their review of the Nokia 3600 Slide. Here is their final impression.

As far as reception quality goes, the 3600 Slide is pretty good – overall it’s no different from other Nokia-branded solutions. The loudspeaker’s volume is average, even lower than that of some other Nokia’s offerings, and occasionally it falls flat in really noisy environments (but, it really depends what tune you currently use for your ring tone). The 3600 Slide’s vibro alert, on the contrary, is nothing to complain about.

The 3600 Slide is Nokia’s first device to enjoy an ambient noise suppression technology – whenever you’ll find yourself talking in a noisy environment, the phone will try to cut a portion of this unwanted interference, so that people on the other end won’t hear it. We took this feat on a test-drive at a really loud party, to have a reference point we also grabbed the Nokia 6500 Slide – so, the difference, as our contact told us, wasn’t all that striking, however he admitted that this technology actually did manage to cut some noise off and our voice sounded clearer overall.

The 3600 Slide’s launch date is scheduled for late summer, when it will arrive with the price tag of 175 Euro, which is a bit too much for this phone, since there is the Nokia 6500 Slide – same class, metallic casing, similar camera and a tad better sales package go for 260-270 Euro these days, so when it will get down to the 220-230 Euro level (which doesn’t seem impossible at all), the gap between the 3600 Slide and 6500 Slide will be pretty marginal. Apparently, the senior model will be withdrawn from the market later this year, but during the first months of its sales, the Nokia 3600 Slide will find a rival in it.

On the other hand, the difference between them isn’t overly tiny, so these two won’t collide directly. People in the know won’t have to make a choice – to them the Nokia 6500 Slide will be the obvious pick; however the average consumer will be more interested in a more affordable and not-so-durable Nokia 3600 Slide. If the 3600 Slide’s price falls down a fair amount, it will have every making of the most popular Nokia-branded slider ever, second to none, bar the Nokia 2680 Slide.