Nokia E65 review
The Nokia E65 is really intended for the business user. It looks similar to the Samsung D500 and is the best looking of the E series range. It is also a 3G Smart-phone and comes in a choice of colours. Being a Symbian phone it offers a lot of choice for users to install their own applications and to customize the phone. Fast access to data via EDGE or 3G networks is supported, plus support for emailing and attachments. One down-side of the phone is Symbian can occasionally be slow and may cause the phone to freeze or even crash.
There are a number of great features and functions on the E65 but some may not be quite so great. Why do Nokia keep designing phone’s with small keypads? The keypad would better if slightly larger. The size of the phone is great and it isn’t too heavy. The slide design works really well as the phone is compact and practical allowing a large screen which is one of its great features. It has the latest colour technology of 16 million colours and high resolutions. A lot of information can be viewed at any one time as the fonts are small but not so good for those with not so good eye-sight.
Voice over IP calls using the integrated wireless LAN connection is great and is the one of the E65’s greatest features. When it comes to connectivity it is almost impossible to beat. You should be able to connect to virtually anything as the phones supports Bluetooth, USB and infrared. The built in memory is 50 Mbytes but there a slot to add a MicroSD™ card.
The E65 does have feature a camera and music player but are not the main base of the phone, but just great extra features. There isn’t a second camera for video calling.
The battery life of the E65 below average but power can be reserved by switching the Bluetooth® and WLAN off at anytime if not needed.
To summarise the E65 has great performance of a 3G phone. We do highly recommend it for the power users, but you would be better off with a phone that is very similar like the 6330 if you have no need for the high-spec features.
Nokia E65 specification
- OS Symbian interface version 3.1 with S60 software
- Straight access to links using one touch keys for conference calls, mute & un-mute
- Symbian & Java applications
- IP Voice over calls (VoIP) using integrated WLAN
- MMS, Email plus attachments (IMAP/POP, IMAP4 protocols & SMTP Protocols), MMS Messaging & Instant messaging
- Voice dialling & voice commands for profiles, menu short cuts & keypad lock
- Built in voice recorder
- Built in hands free speaker phone
- 2 mega-pixel camera
- Active matrix TFT display, 320 x 240 pixels & 16 million colours
- MP3 & AAC music player with media player
- Talking ring-tones
- Personal organiser including, calendar, note pad, to-do list & contacts viewable whilst making a call
- 50 Mega-bytes of memory with Micro SD memory card backing
- Bluetooth 1.2, Infrared, USB & WLAN (802.11g, 802.11b) connectivity
- EDGE technology with max download speed up to 296 kbps & WAP 2.0
- Web browser XHTML
- Quad-band (EGSM 850/900/1800/1900) plus 3G (WCDMA 2100)
- 2G talk time 3-6 hours
- 3G talk time 2.5 hours
- VoIP talk time 3 hours
- 2G battery standby up to 11 days
- 3G/WLAN battery standby 5 days
- Size 15.5 x 49 x 105 mm
- Weight 115 grams
Nokia E65 consumer reviews
Read what other thought of the Nokia E65. Why not add you own Nokia E65 review by clicking the Add your Review tab above.Rating: out of 5.
AverageI've had it for about 2 years now and I find the keyboard the biggest flaw. I'm a fast texter and you have to press they keys fairly hard or else it won't register, so I often miss out keys and have to press them slower than I used to on previous models. I also find it excrutiatingly slow starting up and generally going into applications like contacts, calendar etc - it feels like it's on some kind of slow motion. it has an email client that allows you to automaticallly download your emails, but the most frequient is every 30 minutes and in the course of my work I sometimes get emails that need to be replied to within 10 mins, so I find myself having to manually check emails every 10 mins or so. Am now looking for a quicker phone with a better keyboard.
Rating: out of 5.
Good mobile phoneFantastic handset! Love the keypad, good for texting!
Rating: out of 5.
Okay, but seen betterI have had this handset for two years, I have used for both personal and business use and it has performed brilliant. It works well with Lotus Notes and the wifi &bluetooth have also been of benifit.
It has lots of office applications which I use the only drawback is the screen size, its a bit small to read some Texts and Emails.
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