Nokia 6630: world's smallest 3G megapixel phone is running Series 60
Nokia 6630: world's smallest 3G megapixel phone is running Series 60
14 Jun 2004 - 09:53
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6630_main.jpgNokia today announced the introduction of the Nokia 6630, the first mobile phone to combine the benefits of 3G, EDGE and the Series 60 platform. Offering always-connected email, mobile broadband access to multimedia content, live video streaming and video conferencing, the Nokia 6630 phone makes 3G a reality for a growing number of people.

"As the latest addition to our WCDMA portfolio, the Nokia 6630 shows our firm commitment to deliver intelligent and attractive 3G devices to the mass market that can be configured and customized to meet the demands of consumers, operators and trade customers," says Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Multimedia, Nokia. "The Nokia 6630 is built for speed and smart working. It offers high-quality performance with leading operating times as well as mobile broadband connections to a growing number of 3G customers."

The Nokia 6630 supports a maximum download speed of 384kbps and 128 kbps for upload. A VPN client enables secure access to corporate Intranets or email servers.

The camera has 1.23 million pixels and a 1x to 6x digital zoom. The camera features includes picture and video capture, manual exposure control, sequence mode for fast picture capture, up to 1 hour of video recording and wireless printing directly from the handset utilizing solutions by HP and Kodak. The Nokia 6630 phone also offers a digital MP3 music player.

The handset is shipped with a 64MB MultimediaCard (MMC) which leaves a total storage, including the phone file system, of 74 MB for the user data.

The Nokia 6630 is based on Symbian OS 8.0a / Series 60 platform v2.6. It is a tri-band phone for GSM 900/1800/1900, EDGE and WCDMA networks. Weighing 127 grams and measuring 110 x 60 x 20.6 mm, it is world's smallest megapixel phone for GSM and WCDMA networks. The Nokia 6630 is planned to be available during the fourth quarter of 2004, and the estimated, unsubsidized sales price of the Nokia 6630 is expected to be less than €500.

See device specifications.

Full press release: http://press.nokia.com/PR/200406/94...
News posted June 14th, 2004 by eric

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2004-06-14 14:08.

Hmm...sounds good, but why do 3G phones have to look so ugly?

Submitted by eric on Mon, 2004-06-14 14:17.

Embedding two different radio subsystem (3G and GSM/GPRS) is not that simple... So the phone have to be a little bit bigger until chipset can be more and more integrated.

Submitted by Amir Banuazizi (not verified) on Wed, 2004-07-28 19:48.

Because the engineers care more about the functionality rather than looks ?

It's a pitty.

Submitted by Rahul (not verified) on Fri, 2004-08-20 22:52.

when is the phone gonna be launched for customers? and what could be the expected price? thank you

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2004-09-23 15:13.

approx. 500 euro at the end of the year

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2004-09-22 20:06.

i really want to find that out too.they are really ugly

Submitted by weed (not verified) on Fri, 2004-11-26 09:19.

this phone aint tht bad,, the features are stunning.. looks 7/10.. price well worth.. wut else???BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2006-08-08 13:19.

No Eric was right it really is based on symbian 8.0 (b)!!!!

Submitted by Ernie (not verified) on Mon, 2004-08-16 09:09.

Small corrections: it is based on Symbian OS 8.0a and Series 60 2.6 platform.

Submitted by Durin (not verified) on Wed, 2004-08-18 11:59.

Matter of fact it is based on Symbian OS 8.0b

Submitted by eric on Wed, 2004-08-18 12:02.

Thanks! I fixed the article.

Submitted by Jaura (not verified) on Sun, 2004-10-03 10:00.

It is based on Symbian OS 8.0a (not b).

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2004-12-15 10:54.

It is Symbian 8.0a. There are no devices based with the real time kernel (b)... yet.


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