Did AT&T Ruin The Nokia 6650?
As you may know, the Nokia 6650 was first released in Germany on T-Mobile. The AT&T version is mostly the same phone, though with different 3G frequencies (850/1900MHz vs 850/2100MHz) and obviously different branding. However, I’m pretty interested to see just how in-depth these branding changes are on the AT&T version, both internal and external, and whether the phone has been ruined. Let’s start with the external. Obviously, the carrier branding on the front of the phone and beneath the internal display is changed, that’s a given. But did you think that Nokia would really redesign the whole keypad, just for AT&T? I didn’t either, but sure enough, they did. You can see a side by side comparison below (T-Mobile version photo courtesy of AllAboutSymbian’s review): As you can see, while the numeric keypad has remained the same, the upper navigation cluster has been changed dramatically! Thankfully, the left and right softkeys are in the same place, but that’s really it. The T-Mobile vers