Nokia 3600 slide review: Smooth glider
Gsmarena have posted their review of the Nokia 3600 slide. Here are the key features, main disadvantages and final conclusion.
Key features:
•Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
•2" 16M-color QVGA display
•3 megapixel camera, autofocus and LED flash
•VGA video recording
•S40 user interface, 5th edition, FP1
•Bluetooth with A2DP, USB
•Stereo FM radio with RDS
•microSD card slot (up to 8 GB), 512MB included
•2.5mm standard audio jack, TV-out
•Rich preinstalled content
•Nokia Maps
•Voice commands
•Compact and lightweight
•Nice oval shapes and neat slider design
Main disadvantages:
•No 3G support
•Average camera image quality
•Very rigid shutter key
•Rigid battery cover latch
•Memory card slot under the hard-to-remove rear cover
•The battery falls off immediately when the rear cover is removed
•The bottom row of keys gets scratched by the sliding action
It sometimes seems lowish-end handsets are unjustly held to a higher standard by being expected to do just more than look and act their price. The neat and comfortable 3600 slide won't stun or surprise but you can count on reasonable performance. The smooth exterior can be quite a motivation to explore and ultimately appreciate quite a rewarding feature set: 16M-color QVGA screen, FM radio, stereo Bluetooth, memory expansion and Nokia Maps. The 3.2 megapixel camera is clearly unimpressive, especially given the high stakes on imaging, but TV-out and VGA video might make it easier to swallow.
It's obvious that in this price range you can't have it all, so not much point in lamenting 3G. The 6600 slide will shut you up anyway.
Key features:
•Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
•2" 16M-color QVGA display
•3 megapixel camera, autofocus and LED flash
•VGA video recording
•S40 user interface, 5th edition, FP1
•Bluetooth with A2DP, USB
•Stereo FM radio with RDS
•microSD card slot (up to 8 GB), 512MB included
•2.5mm standard audio jack, TV-out
•Rich preinstalled content
•Nokia Maps
•Voice commands
•Compact and lightweight
•Nice oval shapes and neat slider design
Main disadvantages:
•No 3G support
•Average camera image quality
•Very rigid shutter key
•Rigid battery cover latch
•Memory card slot under the hard-to-remove rear cover
•The battery falls off immediately when the rear cover is removed
•The bottom row of keys gets scratched by the sliding action
It sometimes seems lowish-end handsets are unjustly held to a higher standard by being expected to do just more than look and act their price. The neat and comfortable 3600 slide won't stun or surprise but you can count on reasonable performance. The smooth exterior can be quite a motivation to explore and ultimately appreciate quite a rewarding feature set: 16M-color QVGA screen, FM radio, stereo Bluetooth, memory expansion and Nokia Maps. The 3.2 megapixel camera is clearly unimpressive, especially given the high stakes on imaging, but TV-out and VGA video might make it easier to swallow.
It's obvious that in this price range you can't have it all, so not much point in lamenting 3G. The 6600 slide will shut you up anyway.
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