The Nokia 3250 is one of the first Nokia devices to be announced with the Xpress Music feature. A music driven phone, the 3250 plays MP3, WMA, M4A and AAC music formats. The 3250 supports microSD memory cards of up to 1 Gigabyte allowing users to store an additional 750 songs. Using the Nokia Audio Manager software, users can convert their favourite CDs into digital music files, and drag and drop their personal music collections and favorite playlists directly from their computer. Headphones can be connected to the Nokia 3250 via the 3.5mm connector of the Nokia Stereo Headset-HS-20, making the list of available enhancements even longer. For the best audio experience, Nokia is working to ensure that the Nokia 3250 is compatible with a number of accessories from industry leading brands such as Bose, Harman Kardon, JBL and Sennheiser Electronic. Rounding out the music features is an FM radio with the Visual Radio client.

The phone easily twists to offer three different dedicated modes the music mode, the phone mode and the camera mode. The Nokia 3250 comes with a two-megapixel camera, which is activated in the landscape mode by twisting the Nokia 3250's phone's keypad 90 degrees. With a few simple strokes, images can be instantly shared with others via MMS, or printed on a compatible printer via Bluetooth wireless technology.

The Nokia 3250 is based on the Series 60 platform and Symbian OS, offering a broad set of features and messaging functionalities and enabling third-party application developers to create their own music applications. Those applications can be downloaded and installed on the Nokia 3250. Bridging smartphone capabilities with music on the go, the Nokia 3250 has a talktime of up to 3 hours.

• Twists to offer three dedicated modes: music mode, phone mode and camera mode.
• 2 Megapixel camera

• No A2DP Bluetooth profile support for stereo audio streaming
• Low resolution screen
• Only 10 MB of internal storage memory
• No UMTS and no WLAN