Nokia 1650 Overview
Expected UK Release Date: AvailableKey Features
65k Colour CSTN Screen (128 x 160 Pixels)
8 Mbytes Memory
104.2 x 43.8 x 17.8 mm
SMS Storage (Up to 250 Messages)
FM Radio with One Touch Shortcut Radio Key
Preloaded Games
The above ratings are average figures, which have been generated from submitted mobile phone reviews.
Nokia 1650 Review



The battery can be easily recharged by using the charger which comes included in the mobile phones start up kit & the battery will provide approximately 8 hours of talk time & up to 420 hours of standby. The phone comes with a connection port to the phone charger & a connection to a headset. The 1650 comes with 8 Mbytes of internal memory & works on a dual band network. The user can access the FM radio feature easily by using the one touch shortcut key. The FM radio provides the user with non stop access to music, information & chat show stations whenever the user feels the need for entertainment or information. The phone supports polyphonic & MP3 grade ringing tones. The user can make short voice recording which can be stored on the handset & used as a reminder or as a voice note for the user. The handsfree speaker phone feature is useful when the user wants to continue working whilst on a call, as the call can be taken over the phones loud speakers which allows the user to enjoy a handsfree call experience. The phone comes with a large range of language support which is supported throughout the text menus & predictive text input. The Nokia 1650 comes with useful daily features which include an alarm clock, calculator, stopwatch, localised calendars & countdown timer.
Nokia 1650 Specifications & Features
Screen
65k Colour CSTN Screen (128 x 160 Pixels)
Imaging
Themes & Wallpapers
Large Digital or Analog Clock Wallpaper
Jumbo Font
Messaging
SMS (Text Messaging)
Concatenated SMS
Picture Messaging
SMS Storage (Up to 250 Messages)
Message Distribution Lists
Sound
FM Radio
One Touch Shortcut Radio Key
Preloaded MP3 & Polyphonic Ringtones
Polyphonic Ringtones (32 Voices)
Voice Recorder
Handsfree Speaker
Entertainment
Snake Xenzia Game
Beach Rally Game
Soccer League Game
65k Colour CSTN Screen (128 x 160 Pixels)
Imaging
Themes & Wallpapers
Large Digital or Analog Clock Wallpaper
Jumbo Font
Messaging
SMS (Text Messaging)
Concatenated SMS
Picture Messaging
SMS Storage (Up to 250 Messages)
Message Distribution Lists
Sound
FM Radio
One Touch Shortcut Radio Key
Preloaded MP3 & Polyphonic Ringtones
Polyphonic Ringtones (32 Voices)
Voice Recorder
Handsfree Speaker
Entertainment
Snake Xenzia Game
Beach Rally Game
Soccer League Game
Organiser
Phone Book
Time (Analog & Digital)
Alarm Clock
Countdown Timer
Stopwatch
Calculator
Localised Calendars
Converter
Reminders
Language Support
Time Tracker
User interface Series 30
One Touch Shortcut Keys
Flashlight
Power Saver Mode
Connectivity
Headset
Charger
Network
Dual Band (GSM 900 & GSM 1800)
Internet
None
Memory & Talk Time
8 Mbytes Memory
8 Hours Talk Time
420 Hours Standby
Weight & Size
80 g
104.2 x 43.8 x 17.8 mm
Phone Book
Time (Analog & Digital)
Alarm Clock
Countdown Timer
Stopwatch
Calculator
Localised Calendars
Converter
Reminders
Language Support
Time Tracker
User interface Series 30
One Touch Shortcut Keys
Flashlight
Power Saver Mode
Connectivity
Headset
Charger
Network
Dual Band (GSM 900 & GSM 1800)
Internet
None
Memory & Talk Time
8 Mbytes Memory
8 Hours Talk Time
420 Hours Standby
Weight & Size
80 g
104.2 x 43.8 x 17.8 mm
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Your Nokia 1650 Reviews
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Reviewer: Yilmaz - London, UK
Date: 3rd Nov 2009
Rubbish phone, only 8 bytes of memory, ugly, no camera & I don't like it.
Reviewer: Oldbrain - Italy
Date: 19th Aug 2009
Good no frills phone for a low price, but user manual doesn't say security code (12345). A great mystery how to set the phone volume level? Not the ringtone, but the hearing level during call? No information in the user manual. Again!
Reviewer: Noel Dycoco - Manila Qc, Philippines
Date: 3rd May 2009
OK guyz. Look. Were talking about low range phones here OK? Don't expect it to be a top of the line phone.
Basic. What do you mean by basic? Hmm. It means that it can only do simple things.
If you guys are getting annoyed about setting the time again after you've put the battery in. OK this is how to prevent it. When you have set the time & you wanted to take out the battery & want to put it again, do it fast. That's all you have got to do.
Reviewer: Tom Brown - UK
Date: 18th Apr 2009
I wanted a machine that handled calls & text, this is brilliant & very good value at Carphone Warehouse. Don't understand people complaining about lack of features, if you want to take pictures buy a camera!
Reviewer: Mani - Chennai, India
Date: 12th Mar 2009
Phone display is very cute. But one thing once incoming call comes in the number display is very small.
Reviewer: Ric Allen - UK
Date: 24th Feb 2009
Brilliant little phone, got as an upgrade from CPW glad to see the back of previous Sony Ericsson slider. Just what I wanted, it's a phone. Never used the camera on the Sony or the Internet. This is perfect it rings I answer it. Don't do texts only did (10) yes one in January 2009.
Reviewer: Malik - Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Date: 17th Feb 2009
Battery time is not good.
Reviewer: Kai - Germany
Date: 15th Feb 2009
I love this phone! Bought it yesterday for 35 euro, & believe me it was not a waste. This little baby has great ringtones, cool radio, & way more. I love the flashlight too.
If you are really into phones & want all the features in the world on it, then don't get this phone!
But if you just need a phone at a low price, this is the phone for you. The only thing I don't understand is how to get to the voice recorder. Could someone please explain this to me? But great job Nokia!
Reviewer: Arshad Sheikh - New Delhi , India
Date: 25th Jan 2009
Nokia featuring 1650 existing many more features & look that attracts you all the way. If you are thinking of changing handset then this is the better one for your gossip. Nokia 1650, mobile having useable feature & if you have less budget & you want a phone having FM as well as colour screen then you go for this model. The handset has beautiful dimension of 102 x 44 x 17.5mm & having weight of 77g. However when it comes to SMS & handling, the keypads are very good at all. Network connection of the phone GSM Dual band EGSM 900 & 1800 MHz keeps you always in touch with your operator & relatives & friends. Also handset has 65, 536 colours, 128 x 160 pixels CTSN display of screen which gives you the best view of your text messaging & themes. Other basic features included in the handset are MP3 grade, 32 chord polyphonic MIDI ringing tones, MS, picture messaging, SMS distribution list, Calculator, Spreadsheet, Convertor, Calendar, Organizer, Reminders, Integrated hands-free loud speaker, Time Tracker, Call Duration Log & many more. Fantastic battery backup of this Nokia handset is of 8 hours of talk time or 17.5 day standby time. Its inbox can hold up to 250 messages & come already with preloaded games which include snake xenia, beach rally & soccer league game which is a fun selection of games for the user to enjoy in their free time.
Reviewer: Paul - Liverpool, UK
Date: 31st Dec 2008
I would only recommend this phone to anyone looking for a temporary phone, or people who are only going to use it for calling or occasional texts. In which case, it's good value for money. If you intend to text frequently, buy a different phone. Seriously, the rubber keypad is simply awful, it's impossible to text quickly without hitting the wrong button by accident. & I didn't find a way to turn off predictive text by default, which was also rather annoying. No camera, no Bluetooth, no music player, no memory card, nothing. The only feature besides calling & texting that might be remotely considered useful is the torch.
Reviewer: Ila - Mumbai, India
Date: 5th Nov 2008
Value for money best symbolised by this Nokia wonder!
Radio is good. Headsets are fine. But I think extra rubber rings should be given.
If you compare with Nokia 1600 added features
- Bigger display.
- Radio.
- Headsets.
- Better games.
- Better ringtones.
- Calendar.
- Spreadsheet.
- Torchlight.
- More than double the inbox message capacity.
- Larger memory.
Frequent messaging people excuse as the rubber pad is not very friendly for typing rapid messages, but is still manageable! Not a point to reject the little wonder!
All in all a wonderful handset!
Reviewer: M Hassan - Karachi, Pakistan
Date: 17th Oct 2008
Hi all the Users of Nokia 1650. Could someone tell me please, which other phone has also the torch & flashlight & FM radio both the functions at a time because I am very annoyed due to the following flaws of Nokia 1650. So I want to replace my phone against this Nokia's model that I am already using from the last 14 months & so. Therefore kindly suggest a different mobile device ASAP.
DRAWBACKS, FLAWS & TECHNICAL FAULTS of Nokia 1650.
- Very bad & dreadful Keypad's buttons setting that interrupts to type a fluent text message.
- Poor quality of FM Radio reception specially indoor's response is so deprived.
- the sound of the Ringtones are very low, particularly the composed tones are extremely stumpy.
- Absence of SMS storage meter, so the users can't detect & watch the numbers of stored messages inside the Inbox, Sent & Drafts items folder, either in Phone memory or a SIM memory.
- Assigned numerical values for the Contents of Menu & sub menus are missing. For example if any end user does press 1 or 2 or 3 & 8 or 9 after pressing the menu key, could not browse the desire location directly.
- Where the 8MB memory does exist in Nokia 1650 & how could we utilize this utility?
- the back light timing is required in form of Time duration (I.e. Mm:ss) neither in the pattern of (Normal, Extended, Off) time periods.
- We can fix only ten reminders in the dates of calendar & user can not view their assigned schedules with Date & Time individually as well.
- User can fix the Time tracker only above than 30 seconds not less than 29 seconds.
- the installation of torch & flashlight is also faulty because if we open the front cover of this cell-phone the Torch light is not exactly in the central position that is why consumer could not utilize the full advantage of this function so some adjustment in this regard is also required.
Thanks & best regards!
Reviewer: Mushtaq Tahiri - Karachi, Pakistan
Date: 14th Oct 2008
I am enjoying this phone, but there is need to make some adjustments, like time set after removal of battery. Need of a WAP Browser & MMS features as well as voice recording & MP3 ringtones.
Reviewer: Mahfooz - Hannover, Gibraltar
Date: 30th Sep 2008
Suddenly I found that the mobile does not receive calls from other & always give a message to the person that call me inform him that the is not available in this moment although the network is good & I can call anyone.
Reviewer: Allan - Skovlunde, Denmark
Date: 8th Sep 2008
If you want to use the radio anywhere else than in absolute silence, forget it.
Reviewer: Chandan Kumar Mohanty - Bhubaneswar, India
Date: 1st Sep 2008
For rough & tough use it is a good mobile.
Reviewer: Comfort - Lagos, Nigeria
Date: 20th Aug 2008
The phone is good. Its features are organized. I like the use of the mobile radio installed into the programmes of the phone. Keep on exploiting your potentials as your product has enticed me.
Reviewer: Paltu - Ulunda, India
Date: 11th Aug 2008
THIS IS ECONOMICAL & USEFUL HANDSET FOR ALL KIND OF USERS.
Reviewer: Rashida - Saify Karachi, Pakistan
Date: 6th Aug 2008
1650 mobile, I think is so cute & a simple mobile, nice.
Reviewer: Gp - UK
Date: 1st Aug 2008
Just bought this phone today for £20. It's an excellent phone. Some people were expecting to have Internet or a way of downloading ringtones etc. What do you expect for this sort of money. I didn't even expect a radio at that price. I just wish there was some way of increasing the volume from the headset. If you want Internet on a phone then save up. You don't buy a mini & expect it to be like a Ferrari.
Reviewer: Vicky - Bahawalnagar, Pakistan
Date: 25th Jul 2008
Very Greatest mobile phone & we can very Easy to use. Bettary life & timing is well. This phone is very nice & simple. Thanks Nokia.
Reviewer: Niraj Kumar Garg - Dhuri, India
Date: 25th Jun 2008
THIS IS A GOOD MOBILE. WHAT THERE IS NO VOICE RECORDER & the MP3 SONGS CANNOT BE LOADED?
Reviewer: M Hassan - Karachi, Pakistan
Date: 24th Jun 2008
Main Drawbacks, Flaws & Technical faults in Nokia 1650.
- Bad Keypad's buttons setting that interrupts in texting flouncy.
- Poor quality of FM Radio reception.
- Very Low sound of the Ringtones, specially the composed tones.
- Absence of SMS storage meter, that is why the users are not able to watch that how many numbers of messages are stored in Inbox folder, Sent item folder & Drafts folder in Phone memory or a SiM memory.
- Assigned numerical values for the Contents of Menu & sub menus are missing. For example if an end user does press 1 or 2 or 3 & 8 or 9 after pressing the menu key, could not browse the desire location directly.
- Where the 8MB memory does exist in Nokia 1650 & how could we utilize this utility?
- the back light timing is required in form of Time duration (I.e. Mm or ss) neither in the pattern of (Normal, Extended, Off) time periods.
- We can fix only ten reminders in the dates of calendar & user can not view their assigned schedules with Date & Time individually as well.
- User can fix the Time tracker only above than 30 seconds not less than 29 seconds.
Reviewer: Raju - Vizag, India
Date: 18th Jun 2008
I think it's a nice phone.
Reviewer: Rohit Songara - Bhopal, India
Date: 12th Jun 2008
Nokia 1650 is a good mobile but a voice recorder is not present.
Reviewer: Nikhil L - Solapur, India
Date: 28th May 2008
Yes I do agree that it is the best buy for money from Nokia, But it lacks in basic features like WALLPAPER, What is this MP3 Grade & how to add this kind of ringtone to this phone not known, FM Radio not clear & low in volume, Keypad poor in handling, Good display, Good battery backup but not to what it is said 8 hours talk time. Vibration feature vibrates each & every part of the phone including the case along with noise.
Reviewer: Devendra Singh Bisht - Premnagar, India
Date: 25th May 2008
IT IS A VERY GOOD PHONE. BUT IN THIS phone Internet IS NOT AVAILABLE.
Reviewer: Bob Marchant - Australia
Date: 19th May 2008
For the price a nice phone. Keypad is a little awkward.
Reviewer: Anon - Chennai, India
Date: 16th May 2008
Nice visibility screen, but very poor sound without proper sound purpose of mobile is totally waste. Poor Ratio quality. I think any facilities given by Nokia should be in proper quality otherwise it spoils the brands.
No connectivity, with PC. There is provision of connectivity in phone but it's not working. Please guide us how we can download ringtones, pictures etc. But the phone is less price with poor quality. It's OK.
Reviewer: Rajeev - Chittaranjan, India
Date: 4th May 2008
Please help me to get software for downloading ringtones on the Nokia 1650.
Reviewer: M Hassan - Karachi, Pakistan
Date: 30th Apr 2008
AN ASSESSMENT (Advantages & Disadvantages) IN the VIEW OF Nokia 1650 ASPECTS.
Pros, (should be realized & appreciate the following existing features in Nokia 1650).
- Very useful & essential features are available with a reasonable Low price tagged.
- Big & bright colour screen, good battery backup (standby & talk time), FM radio & a torch flash light makes this mobile phone very handy to a normal end user.
- Nokia is such a reliable & a trusted brand but beside this low price tagged, Nokia 1650 budget mobile phone looks like a precious & good looking handset.
- An excellent & clear call-reception, good quality built in hands-free, fine vibration alert, sufficient memory space for Contacts numbers & SMS messages as well.
Cons, (should be modified & recover the following existing flaws & absent features in Nokia 1650).
- Bad Keypad's buttons setting that interrupts in texting flouncy.
- Poor quality of FM Radio reception.
- Very Low sound of the Ringtones.
- Absence of SMS storage meter.
- Assigned numerical values for the Contents of Menu & sub menus are missing.
Any remark should be appreciated regarding the above noted comments for Nokia 1650.
Reviewer: M Hassan - Karachi, Pakistan
Date: 26th Apr 2008
YES, I do agree that the Nokia1650 mobile phone is not a bad choice but Nokia have to improve & modify with this Budget phone handset technology regarding its FM reception, Ringtone loudness, SMS capacity display, Assigned Numerical values for the Menu & their sub menu, & specially with the inconvenient Keypads setting which gives us always a difficulty to type the messages.
- Bad Keypad's buttons setting that interrupts in texting flouncy.
- Poor quality of FM-Radio reception.
- Very Low sound of the Ringtones.
- Absence of SMS storage meter.
- Assigned numerical values for the Contents of Menu & sub menus are missing.
Except all the above mentioned issues other stuffs are OK & fine. As the matter of fact this is an elementary Mobile Phone where the End User does not need to play with GPRS or Downloads the data inside this simple & Low cost tagged phone.
So please Nokia give an instant attention & take some immediate actions to eliminate the above mentioned Genuine Problems ASAP, if possible in the next mobile phone version I.e. Nokia 1690 or Nokia 1700 etc. Remember please that the Handy Features I.e. Torch, flash light & FM radio are required indeed in the upcoming models with some additional features as well.
Thanks & best regards!
Reviewer: Fabyan - Australia
Date: 22nd Apr 2008
I have bought this phone recently because it was cheap & I needed a new phone but for a 2007 model I think that it should have more features but its OK to use although the buttons are hard to use though.
Reviewer: Fool - Kerala, India
Date: 19th Apr 2008
I am a fool. I bought this phone thinking that it is great. No sound, no performance.
Reviewer: Karthik - Hyderabad, India
Date: 19th Apr 2008
It looks pretty official. I owe this phone an am pretty much satisfied. Trust me friends this phone would not let your dreams down.
Reviewer: Manojkumar - India
Date: 6th Apr 2008
I bought this phone 3 weeks ago. It was nice to use & battery is also good & price is OK.
Reviewer: John - Mumbai, India
Date: 29th Mar 2008
The FM radio reception is pathetic. The volume is low & only one or two stations are audible. Not many ringtone options available for official use. Hope the company calls it back & rectifies it ASAP.
Reviewer: Viji Gopal - Chennai, India
Date: 24th Mar 2008
For the amount you pay, it's satisfactory. The display is really attractive. But sound quality is not so good. If they improve that also, definitely its one among the best low end phones. Light weight, handy, stylish. It possesses many useful utilities.
Reviewer: Kaleem - Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Date: 19th Mar 2008
Where is the voice recorder?
Reviewer: Ahmad Hussain Shahoo - Peshawar, Pakistan
Date: 29th Feb 2008
This mobile is a very good mobile phone. Its feature are the most wanted ever this is the mobile phone that I was searching for, for a long time. So thanks to its maker that made it.
I want to request you that please send me the media browser of this mobile I don't know how to put my ringtone to it. I have the DATA CABLE but the software is different with any mobile so what should I do. Please direct me.
I will be very thankful.
Reviewer: Ankush Rana - Simla, India
Date: 27th Feb 2008
I got this phone for my mom, its good, but sound of FM is not so loud, I mean in heavy traffic it's not audible, battery is good, nice phone overall.
Reviewer: Manigandan B - Tiruvannamalai, India
Date: 13th Feb 2008
Best panel fixtures & display. But the key not to satifaction.
Reviewer: Monali Sonkul - Mumbai, India
Date: 5th Feb 2008
Hello this mobile is quite nice.
Reviewer: Fahad Siddiqui - Karachi, Pakistan
Date: 4th Feb 2008
This mobile phone is very nice looking. Buy it buy everyone because it comes at a good price.
Reviewer: Preet Sachdeva - Delhi, India
Date: 2nd Feb 2008
Nice Phone every thing is fine. But I don't understand one thing that even if I select sim memory to be used it still shows all the contacts from phone & sim memory together. Don't know what is wrong. But the price is OK only 1800 I paid.
Reviewer: Moshen - Centurion, South Africa
Date: 27th Jan 2008
This is the best Nokia phone that l have used. I like the design, Theme personalising & the FM radio for just a price of R600, it's great.
Reviewer: Planet Apex - Sri Lanka
Date: 21st Jan 2008
I bought this phone last week, it is very nice & neat though it's not the best feature wise because it doesn't have camera & features like sms ringtone etc but at its price (7500 Sri Lanka Rupeesor 75$) it's worth it. The good quality large colour display is the envy of my friends.
Reviewer: K P Sharma - Indore, India
Date: 16th Jan 2008
It is a good model & design of N-Series handset. I have purchased this on 7th January 2008. Please send on Net their working procedure & function details properly which are not mention in provided user book.
Reviewer: Anish - Kerala, India
Date: 9th Jan 2008
I am looking to buy this phone. The ringtone sounds little low but for the price it is cool. Here it priced at 2050 rs. & for that price I think we should compromise.
Reviewer: Krishna Kumar - Gurgaon, India
Date: 27th Dec 2007
Excellent entry level no frills phone though battery power might be suspect. Still went for 3 days without charge & about 3 hours of talk time. Highly recommended.
Reviewer: Saa - Bhutan
Date: 26th Dec 2007
Finally I got this phone & I m not that happy as I was expected to be everything is good in this phone but if you looking for mobile phone mostly for FM Radio NEVER! Buy this phone if you want Loud Ring Volume Never buy this phone if above two doesn't make any sense for you than you should go for it its a great phone with nice display & battery backup Keypad not bad at all still FM & Ringer volume will Flop all good quality of this mobile Please let me know if you want more info.
Reviewer: Vikas Singh - Hyderabad, India
Date: 22nd Dec 2007
I got this phone one day back. Phone is good. But key pad is not as expected. It's really tough to type message on this keypad. I can say Nokia 1100 was far better than this. Design is good. Screen is big. I am having one 3110-classic. In specification both screen are same but after comparing it both I found 3110-classic screen is far much better than this.
As price performance ratio I give this phone 80% from my side. Regarding battery backup. It will take some time to judge me the exact backup by this phone. So update you latter.
Reviewer: Owner - Malaysia
Date: 20th Dec 2007
Long Wait, but good phone.
Reviewer: Sunil - Iran
Date: 1st Dec 2007
Nokia 1650 is still not available in Mumbai, India.
Reviewer: Foo - Malaysia
Date: 20th Nov 2007
Is already available in the whole wide world. But I could brought this phone 5 years ago. LOL
Reviewer: Will Dowdeswell - Worthing, UK
Date: 25th Oct 2007
Why bother talking about this phone, it's not that good. There are many others I would much rather have.
Reviewer: Aga - Poland
Date: 7th Aug 2007
I like this phone. Where can I buy it?
Reviewer: Vikas Singh - Hyderabad, India
Date: 14th Jul 2007
This phone seems to be great. As we already know about Nokia that they know how to lead in mobile market. Too good & awesome phone for low-end phone section. Anyone having information when this phone will be available in India. I am waiting for this :-)
Reviewer: Neeraj Vohra - India
Date: 6th Jul 2007
Does any one know when is it launching in India, as it's the best phone for low end users!
Reviewer: MJ - Poland
Date: 8th Jun 2007
Good & cheap :) But you forgot to put on the on list the 2630 btw :).
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