Review of GSM/UMTS-handset Nokia 6600 Slide

Sales package:

• Handset
• Charger
• 1000 mAh Li-Ion battery
• USB data cable
• 512 Mb microSD memory card
• User Guide

Positioning

Within "Beautiful to use" series, the Nokia 6600 Slide ranks below the 6600 Fold, whose heftier price tag leaves no room for second guesses which one of them is at the top of this line-up. I, for one, have good reasons to believe that this kind of arrangement is more due to a marketing trick aimed to boost the sales of the weaker offering by putting it on the highest rung of the ladder.

If it wasn't for this pretty clever move, the 6600 Slide would have topped this line-up - after all, it's a slider, and this design is deemed far more fashionable than clamshells these days. Plus it is quite miniscule, sports a lot of metallic accents and a top-notch coating of the front fascia; putting it simply, the 6600 Slide has got all the makings of a fashion-savvy phone. Notwithstanding, Nokia have decided to launch it as an affordable solution, which is somewhat odd, especially since other phone makers have nothing similar on their plates these days.

The 6600 Slide comes only in black, although there are some differently styled accents on it as well: the navigation key (blue or pink) and inserts on the loudspeakers (same colors).