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Nokia 7650 is a 20-year demonstration

06. 06. 2022 Monday / By: Robert Denes / Generic / Exact time: BST / Print this page

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The Nokia 7650 is a 2.5G consumer-oriented smartphone that belongs to the fashionable and experimental (7xxx) series. It was unveiled in Barcelona on November 19, 2001, which CEO Jorma Ollila described as the company’s most important start that year.

Rich in features, it was the first Nokia phone with a built-in camera (VGA resolution), so its imaging capabilities were widely marketed. Its large (then) 2.1 "color display has a resolution of 176x208 pixels. The 7650 was the first in the company to include multimedia messaging (MMS), Bluetooth and GPRS connectivity (although many critics did not support Bluetooth headsets.)

Nokia 7650 Specifications:

Network	Technology	GSM
	2G bands	GSM 900 / 1800
	GPRS	Class 5
	EDGE	No

Launch	Announced	2002, Q1
	Status	Discontinued

Body	Dimensions	114 x 56 x 26 mm, 138 cc (4.49 x 2.20 x 1.02 in)
	Weight	154 g (5.43 oz)
	SIM	Mini-SIM

Display	Type	TFT, 4096 colors
	Size	2.1 inches, 14.0 cm2 (~22.0% screen-to-body ratio)
	Resolution	176 x 208 pixels, 35 x 41mm (~130 ppi density)
		Act as a camera viewfinder Advanced User Interface Joystick with 5-way navigation Photo album

Platform	OS	Symbian 6.1, Series 60 v1.0 UI
	CPU	104 MHz ARM 9

Memory	Card slot	No
	Internal	4MB
		3 phone numbers per name 25 voice dial numbers

Main Camera	Single	VGA
	Video	No

Selfie camera		No

Sound	Loudspeaker	No
	Alert types	Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, monophonic ringtones
	3.5mm jack	No
		Ascending ringing tones Personal alert tones

Comms	WLAN	No
	Bluetooth	1.1
	GPS	No
	Infrared port	Yes
	Radio	No
	USB

Features	Sensors
	Browser	WAP 1.2.1, xHTML
	Clock	Yes
	Alarm	Yes
	Languages	English + 2 other per phone (28 total)
		Predictive text input Calculator Profile Selection

Battery	Type	Removable Li-Ion 750 mAh battery (BLB-2)
	Stand-by	90 h - 230 h
	Talk time	2 h - 4 h

Misc	Colors
	SAR EU	0.35 W/kg (head)

In addition, it was the first Series 60 platform device (used to power most Nokia smartphones for many years) and the first mass-market Symbian OS device to be released, allowing both to load pages. Java and EPOC applications. These factors made the 7650 very popular at the time, especially since it came almost four years after Symbian Ltd. was formed.

It was finally issued on 26 June 2002 for approximately € 600. The good sales of the 7650 helped the Symbian operating system. to be the best product in the European "handheld market" ahead of Palm OS and Windows CE in the third quarter of 2002. By then, its successor, the Nokia 3650, had been introduced. The release of the device was promoted along with the sci-fi movie Minority Report. The importance of the 7650s has been hailed in later years and is considered by many to be one of the most important mobile devices and one of Nokia’s most iconic products.