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Nokia E65

Frazier Barretto, Dec 10, 2007 1633 hrs IST

Here's another business phone with flaunt value. Here's how it faired in our labs.

Expert Rating:

Stylish, Sturdy, Lots of applications provided, 2MP Camera, CIF Video recording.

Buggy OS, Cramped keys around D-Pad, Mono Headset, Poor Still image quality, Poor speaker on incoming calls.

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EXPERT REVIEW

Design

The Nokia E65 has been given a stylish business personality. It's the first from the E Series to sport a slider form factor.

The E65 has a 1.8-inch TFT screen with support for 16 million colors. The screen provides a 240x320 pixels resolution for sharp and clear viewing.

In the center above the screen is the earpiece of the phone.

The D-Pad of the E65 has got to be one of the most cramped. It has 10 buttons around the 5 way D-Pad. Fitting 10 keys is not an issue, but keeping all of them ergonomic is an art.

The entire set of keys is placed in a rectangular section. 2 menu keys are placed in the top corners while in the lower 2 corners are the calling keys. Between the calling keys is the Main Menu key towards the left and the Clear key towards the right.

On the left side of the D-Pad is a Calling Groups/Conference Call button and below it is a customizable key to any of the presets provided. On the right side there's a phonebook shortcut button, and below it is a button to activate or deactivate the microphone during a call. In the center is the D-Pad which has a squared glossy ring with a large center button. The D-Pad is fine to access, but when it comes to the corner keys and the Menu and Clear buttons, there's no asking how much strain or miss-clicks can happen. I'll talk about the rest of the keypad a little later.

USER COMMENTS

please nokia phone look me

by Hardeep singh, Ludhiana, on Oct 18, 2008 04:11 PM, Report abuse Reply

It has a bad battery life, doesnt last more than a day....speaker quality is bad.

by Arun Arora, Hyderabad, on Aug 27, 2008 04:14 PM, Report abuse Reply

i want dto sell my n okia e65 at 12k is thr some one

by ramesh, gulbarga, on May 21, 2008 01:15 PM, Report abuse Reply

by firos, calicut, on Apr 13, 2008 11:05 PM, Report abuse Reply

My E 65 is the one which is coffee brown in colour. I would like to change it to red because it looks quite cute. Someone could you tell me where I can order for a panel and body (red) over the net. Also tell me the cost of the spares.

by Hari Nair, Trivandrum, on Mar 20, 2008 10:15 PM, Report abuse Reply

mobile is good but what is indian coast

by kamal jaswani, indore, on Jan 16, 2008 01:32 PM, Report abuse Reply

HTC S710 selling at Rs. 11.5K in scratchless condition with box + warranty. Even the original screenguard is intact. Kindly reply if interested.

by Mukul, Mumbai, on Jan 10, 2008 11:51 AM, Report abuse Reply

Hello there, I bought this phone way back in March 07 and love it. I believe major reason all Nokia phones with 3G (UTMS) have low battery life is because by default they are set to GSM/3G mode in network settings. Once you change to GSM only mode, battery life increases almost by 30 to 40%. My phone goes 2 days without charging with moderate calls, music for 30 min a day, mail client checking mails through WLAN/GPRS/EDGE every 2 hours and I browse net while at home on an average for 30 min a day using WLAN. The problems you mentioned about phone not answering calls, reboots etc have more or less gone after the recent firmware update to 2.0633.65.01 One thing I love this phone for is dedicated hardware keys for Conference and Mute functions. It even allows me to store my conf bridge Pin which is quite useful. My only gripe about this phone is that why didn't Nokia put Symbian OS 9 FP1 (just like N95) on this. That would have made this phone quite stable. And yes I agree 100% that a business phone should be either without camera or having one of the best camera. Home this loooong essay helps someone.

by UmeshD, Mumbai, on Dec 26, 2007 05:06 PM, Report abuse Reply

Great one...i didnt bought this one..but my firiend did..it is better than mu Nokia 70M

by Karthik, Coimbatore, on Dec 13, 2007 04:15 PM, Report abuse Reply

BUGGY ! Hangs. Its v slow

by Mazher, Mumbai, on Dec 13, 2007 12:19 PM, Report abuse Reply

I have a sincere suggetion if you are planning to by e serires phone E51 is the best with all latest stuff. Never consider E65 against it. Also price is 12.5k for E51. Go google for the product review.

by Anonymous, Hyderabad, on Dec 11, 2007 02:35 PM, Report abuse Reply

Its the E50 ur talkin bout for 12.5K ... the E51 is for arnd 19K these days

by Annony, SumCity, on Dec 12, 2007 12:33 PM, Report abuse

Nokia phones are nowadays crap. motorola is gaining momentum in india. nokia is concentrating on bringing new models to the market but least bothered about quality

by vinod, chennai, on Dec 12, 2007 09:52 AM, Report abuse Reply

good looking & cute one with all the options available in the phone.Easy to handle with aposh look.

by rakshith, Bangalore, on Dec 11, 2007 07:53 PM, Report abuse Reply

Please compare E65 with MOTOROKR E6 business phone

by BIJU KRISHNAN, TRIVANDRUM, on Dec 11, 2007 07:05 PM, Report abuse Reply

its a nice piece

by pavan ajmera, ajmer, on Dec 11, 2007 04:06 PM, Report abuse Reply

Guys this is a time to review Nokia E51 and not E65. Also FYI Sony Ericsson M600 is no more available and is obloleted by company. Please be careful in writing reviews as people follow you.

by Anonymous, Hyderabad, on Dec 11, 2007 02:29 PM, Report abuse Reply

good piece.

by narasimha, jamnagar, on Dec 11, 2007 01:44 PM, Report abuse Reply

it is a good one.

by narasimha, jamnagar, on Dec 11, 2007 01:43 PM, Report abuse Reply

e61 is already on the market at 12,500. Why e65 ?

by Shailendra, Pune, on Dec 11, 2007 01:18 PM, Report abuse Reply

Kindly review the SE S500i cellphone!

by Ashish, Lucknow, on Dec 11, 2007 12:29 PM, Report abuse Reply

Nice review.... Keep it up techtree....

by Ashish, Lucknow, on Dec 11, 2007 12:33 PM, Report abuse

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