Review: Nokia E65

Review: Nokia E65

The E65 is a Mobile Phone by Nokia. I have written a review about it. Please read it and give your opinions. I thank WOM WORLD for giving me this device for trialing.

Positive Facts:
Excellent Slider
Wi-Fi
Good Keypad
Good Battery Life
micro-SD Card Slot, Crystal Clear Call Quality

Negatives Facts:
Small Screen
No Secondary Camera For Video Calls
Bad Camera

About Design:

The E65 is a slider device from the Nokia E-Series. Its a real beauty. You fall in love with the as soon as you see it. It’s the first E-Series slider. It’s a single-way slider unlike the Nokia N95, N95 8GB and N96.The device is very small and hence comfortable to use.

Build Quality

The build quality of the device is absolutely brilliant.There are no creaks even though its a slider.The slider is very good.The slider is not loose and there is no gap between the slider parts.This was a problem in the Nokia N95. But in this device sliding makes you feel how good a device it is.But if you notice carefully, you can hear the slider pressing the keys while the device is being slid up.Though I havent used the device long enough as to say whether this gives any problems.

Keypad

The keys on the device are very easy to press.The provide great feedbact.The size of the keypad is perfect for normal calling purposes even with people with big hands(I have big hands).The five-way scroll key is very easy to use.On the top part of the slider, the keys are call key,end key,five-way scroll key, menu key,delete key,personal key,phonebook key etc.It has keys on the right side like volume keys,stylus key and voice dial key but there are no keys on the left side of the device.

Display

The display on the device is very good however the screen is very small in size and hence it is not fit for watching videos. For daily use there would be no problem.

Connectivity

The device offers a wide range of connctivity features such as HSCSD,EDGe,3G,Wi-Fi,GPRS,Bluetooth,Infrared and USB.Surfing on the internet is at light speed.

Performance and Memory

The device is very fast with 128MB of RAM.Multi-Tasking is not be a problem.It has a built in memory of 50MB.It has a microSD slot and supports cards upto 2GB.However it doesnot have hotswap.You have to remove the battery cover to insert/remove the memory card.

Camera

This is one of the biggest let downs of the E65.It has a 2 Megapixel camera and it supports video.But the camera lacks a flash,autofocus and camera cover.The lack of a flash makes taking photos in the dark a big headache even with the night mode switched on.The lack of autofocus mostly results in blurry photos but you can do quite well if your hands are steady.The camera lens also gets dirty since there is no lens cover.

Music

The sound quality is quite decent however it does not surprise you.The music player is the same.The volume is sufficient but it cannot be heard in noisy places.The speakers also distort at high volumes.

Call Quality

The call quality is brilliant.The audio through the earpiece is crystal clear.You dont have to keep the volume at max to hear the person unlike in some phone.

Conclusion

Its definetly a breakthrough by Nokia considering the amazing call quality, build quality, keypad, performance, connectivity etc. But no device can be perfect and even the E65 has its bad aspects such as bad camera,music quality etc. But I give a big applause for Nokia for a job well done. It’s a great phone.

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