It was the company's first 3G phone, first leaked in June 2002[1][2] and eventually unveiled on 26 September 2002.

[4] A 1900 MHz version known as the 6651 was released for the North American market soon after.

As a result, the Nokia 6651 was one of only two phones that ever launched on the AT&T Wireless 3G network.

The 6650 uses the Nokia Series 40 platform, and is equipped with a VGA camera and supports Java ME applications.

The device has 4096 colours and features Bluetooth, Infrared and a WAP browser.