| Manufacturer | Nokia |
|---|---|
| Availability by region | June 2002[1] |
| Discontinued | Q1 2006 |
| Predecessor | Nokia 7110 |
| Successor | Nokia 3650 Nokia 6600 Nokia N80 |
| Compatible networks | GSM 900/1800MHz[1] |
| Form factor | Slider |
| Dimensions | 114×56×26 mm (4.5×2.2×1.0 in)[1] |
| Weight | 154 g (5 oz)[1] |
| Operating system | Symbian OS 6.1,S60 1st Edition |
| Memory | 4 MB, 3.4 MB available to user[1] |
| Battery | BLB-2, 750mAh[2]Li-ion |
| Rear camera | 0.3 Megapixels[1] 640x480VGA |
| Display | 176 x 208 pixel 4096 colours[1] |
| Connectivity | IrDABluetooth[1] |
TheNokia 7650 is a consumer-orientedGSMmobile phone developed byNokia, announced in 19 November 2001 and released in June 2002. Belonging to the fashion and experimental (7xxx) series, it was Nokia's firstcamera phone as well as their firstSeries 60 platform device (which would go on to power the majority of Nokiasmartphones for many years after), as well as the first mass marketSymbian OS device to be released,[3] allowing the sideloading of bothJava andEPOC applications.
The 7650 was introduced inBarcelona on 19 November 2001,[4] and was described by CEOJorma Ollila as the company's most important launch of that year.[5] Feature-rich, it was the first Nokia phone with a built-in camera (VGA resolution), and thus its imaging capabilities was widely marketed. It has a large (at the time) 2.1" colour display with a resolution of 176x208 pixels. The 7650 was also the company's first to featureMultimedia Messaging Service (MMS), and it also hasBluetooth andGPRS connectivities[6] (although to much criticism did not support Bluetooth headsets).[7] It was also the first Nokia phone withsliding keypad, the second being theNokia 6111 released three years later.
These factors made the 7650 much-hyped at the time, especially as it came almost four years after the formation ofSymbian Software Ltd.[8] It was eventually released on 26 June 2002 for around€600 (about €980 in 2025, inflation-adjusted). The release was promoted in conjunction with the science fiction filmMinority Report.[9] Good sales of the 7650 helped Symbian OS to become the top product in the European "handheld devices market" in Q3 2002, abovePalm OS andWindows CE.[10] By this time its successorNokia 3650 was introduced.
The 7650's significance for its time has been hailed in later years, with many considering it as being one of the most important mobile devices and one of Nokia's most iconic products.[11][12][13]
The Nokia 7650 has a 32-bit RISC CPU, based on ARM-9 series, a 104 MHz CPU clock, 4 MB of non-expandable main memory (RAM) (3.6 MB available to the user) and 16 MB ROM.