3250

Overview

Announced in 2005 and shipped in 2006, Nokia 3250 switches its rotary segment between numeric keys, a 2 MP camera and music controls. S60 3rd Edition, 176 × 208 colour display, Pop-Port and the original 1 GB card limit are recorded.

Period and variants

Nokia announces the original 3250 on 26 September 2005. A July update confirms March 2006 shipping, without establishing a worldwide first retail day. Its rotary segment changes between keypad, camera and music controls. The guide limits movement to 90° right or 180° left from communication mode; it does not support a full forced revolution. Self-portraits use the same camera.

S60 3rd Edition and Symbian 9.1 require compatible applications. Pop-Port data and the separate charging socket remain distinct. A headset remote supplies the 3.5 mm socket; the phone itself does not. The guide lists Bluetooth 2.0 without A2DP.

Original launch material advertises 1 GB microSD; the September 2006 refresh advertises 2 GB. XpressMusic branding alone does not identify the refresh. The regional sheet’s 8 MB is user storage. The mode illustration is the source author’s composite of three actual handset photographs, accompanied by an original audio-remote photograph.

Sources

• Nokia — original 3250 announcement, 26 September 2005
• Nokia — 3250 user guide, 9244344 Issue 2
• Nokia — original 3250 public specification sheet
• Nokia — 11 July 2006 shipping update, preserved by WebWire
• GSMArena — Michal Sedlák’s own 3250 hardware review, 5 April 2006
• GSMArena — original 3250 display and rotating keypad review
• GSMArena — original 3250 Symbian and application tests
• GSMArena — original 3250 camera and FM tests
• GSMArena — original 3250 wired audio and card tests
• Nokia — 27 September 2006 announcement of refreshed 3250 XpressMusic

Image credits

Nokia 3250 camera, communication and music modes; source author’s composite of three handset photographs — Nanami Kamimura, CC BY-SA 3.0; source file unchanged by this archive.

Nokia 3250 Pop-Port audio cable and music remote accessory — Pavel Ševela, CC BY-SA 3.0; source file unchanged by this archive.

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