I noticed a link on My-Communicator's forums to a page purporting to be about a Nokia 3650. Unfortunately its in Sweedish. Can anyone translate pelase?

http://www.mobil.se/nyheter/visa.asp?id=5564&sid=1

If true it sure looks like an interesting device.

Andy

It seems it is true. As its reported on ZDNET 'Nokia aims colour handset at youth market' (http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2121831,00.html).

Now is it Symbian?

I'll post a full news.

Here is a quick translation:

Nokia will present this new phone and maybe more tomorrow (6.9.02) at a press conference.

The 3650 will be similar (colour screen, digicamera, streaming video) to the 7650, but cheaper!

It should come out during 1st quarter 2003 and has Bluetooth, triple band, GPRS, Java and MMS.

Covers will be changeable and there will be interesting colours for the covers.

Weight 130 grams and measurement 130x57x26 mm. Stand by time is between 150 and 200 hours and talking time around 4 hours.

HTH,

Tilman

Thanks for that :)

So it sounds like it probably is a Series 60 devices then ;)

My local newspaper quoted today the same Swedish source and mentioned as well that the 3650 will have Symbian OS.
In a few hours we will know for sure...

P.S. There is still no official page at Nokia.com (www.nokia.com/phones/3650/)

www.nokia.com/phones/3650/ is now running... ;)

Full specifications:

Size
Weight: 130 g (with Lithium Ion Battery)
Dimensions: 130 x 57 x 26 mm, 139 cc

Display and User Interface
High-resolution, full-color display (4096 colors)
176x208 pixels
5-way scroll key
Symbian operating system
Midi and WAV ringing tones
Ringing tone composer
Predictive text input

Integrated Digital Camera
Image capture at 640x480 resolution
Phone display used as a viewfinder
Photo album
Video capture: 3GPP MP4 formats
Video playback: Real One Player. Formats: 3GPP MP4, Real Audio and Real Video

Memory
4 MB internal dynamic memory for phone numbers, messages, photos
External memory on 3V MMC memory card

Wireless Connectivity
Infrared
Bluetooth
Connect phone wirelessly to compatible phone or phone to compatible PC
Send/receive pictures, video clips, graphics, play games

JavaTM Technology
Support for Java MIDP 1.0
Download new JavaTM games and applications

Messaging
Combine picture, video, text, and voice clip & send by MMS or email to compatible phone or PC
Email over GSM data, HSCSD and GPRS
Email protocols: SMTP, POP3, IMAP4
Concatenated SMS messages, picture messaging

Data Transfer
Up to 43.2 kilobits per second in High Speed Circuit Switched Data networks
Up to 40.2 kilobits per second in GPRS networks

Voice Features
Voice dialing
Voice recorder
Integrated handsfree speaker

WAP
xHTML MP with I-Mode extensions over GSM data, HSCSD and GPRS

Games
Java and Symbian games
Multi-player games over infrared and Bluetooth between compatible phones

Tri-band Operation
GSM 900/1800/1900 networks
Automatic switching between bands

So now it is official!!

HNokia will present this new phone and maybe more tomorrow (6.9.02) at a press conference.

The 3650 will be similar (colour screen, digicamera, streaming video) to the 7650, but cheaper!

I must comment here too that many current 7650 owners will probably feel having being cheated by Nokia, if 3650 is released with better specs and still a lower price than the 7650.

Especially this MMC memory card is defnitely something that should have been in the 7650.

Tero

Call me a cynic, but surely this is just Nokia's way of getting 7650'er o buy the 3650, then realise that the 7650i (ie the 7650 with MMC) will be out in Oooh November?

:-?

Ewan,

I'd rather say that this is Nokia's way of getting 7650'er to buy the Ericsson P800... It just stinks, if they don't come out at once with a "fixed" (mmc, video, more base memory) 7650 with a easy (low-cost) upgrade path from the 7650. I am quickly filling my 7650's memory, and need that mmc expansion to use it properly... And it is a low blow to the ego of every 7650 owner to know that the "kid version" will be less expensive and have more gadgets...

To be fair though the kids version won't be hitting the street till say March next year, then allow another 2 months or so for them to be adopted by the networks, so realisticly you'll be getting your "upgrade" to this added model about a year after the 7650. Though I'm guessing Nokia will have an advanced version (6650???) for the more power user around then.

Still the 3650 seems more attractive then the 7650(i) in general.

This was a clear signal to me that I'll sell my 7650 soon or very soon when I stell get something for it.

If Nokia releases the rumoured 7650i in the near future, the basic 7650 model will be worth "nothing" - at least not very sexy to own anymore.

Tero

In today's newspaper it said, that the 3650 would costs between 400-500 € here in Finland. So you should be able to get it for less with a new or renewed contract (in Finland operators don't subsidize phones :( )

that's how Nokia capture its market. now the 3650 for me is to capture the 3xxx and even 8xxx markets which are bigger chunk of the pie than the 9xxx market.

but this hurts a lot of 7650 users.

but 7650 physically looks better than the 3650.
but 3650 dominates on new features that 7650 doesn't have!