Nokia E65 Review Analysis | All Features Rated & Tested

price

5

Expensive
i got mine on a good deal but you can't get it very cheap now

Small...Price (relatively)...WiFi
decreasing the price
Good Value
Loads of Features, Good Value
Nice phone in reasonable price

cheap
Small...Price (relatively)...WiF

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LCD

5

Buttons too small, Frequent lock ups / screen freezes, no touch screen
screen broke
BTW i treat my phones well so it wasn't my fault that the button screwed up, screen broke, compleatly froze and lights didn't work
screen gets broken easily
Menus jump around and automatically go back to the main screen whenever it likes

bright screen
Sharp, bright screen
Excellent screen
crystal clear display
Wi Fi, crystal clear display, VoIP, good call quality and volume, great software, decent battery

Screen scratches easily
Hard to see the screen when it's in stand-by mode
LCD screen has little protection and appears to scratch easily if dropped - a protective cover is highly recommended to avoid screen scratches / smashish

nice screen
WiFi internet, nice screen, very stylish - "unique"
great screen
Slim body, great screen, fantastic for a slider
WiFi internet, nice screen, very stylish - "
*It has a nice big screen
ok screen
ok screen,
big screen
smooth slide screen
ok screen
It has a nice big screen
very stylish look, easy slide, big screen
I like the Active Standby features
I like the Active Standby features, like that on a PDA
big bright screen
Hi-Res Screen
Screen and res
Nice screen size
good size screen
Nice function to screen people you don't wanna talk to
Really nice screen - good colours
Status is displayed on standby screen (I love this the most)
Comes with 256MB MicroSD, WLAN, Status is displayed on standby screen (I love this the most)
Screen

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sound

2.5

sound quality on calls is far from outstanding
sometimes doesnt ring
phone does not even ring
Some calls recieved go straight to voice mail, phone does not even ring
Times that it does ring

Excellent sound quality during a call
has sound recorder and some lil perks
excellent sound quality and nice slide plus alot of features
Great sound
sound quality

Times that it does ring, it turns itself off before I can answer the the call
Terrible sound when playing mp3's on the speaker
bad sound quality for music

Good sound quality from earpiece

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interface

5

Interface a little slow at times
Interface a little slow at times, battery life could be improved
Not user friendly
Not user friendly, not a patch on my old flip phone which it replaced
As above, not user friendly, fonts much too small

Friendly Series 60 interface
you are able to bypass the costly local phone line infrastructure and realize significant savings
nice design and interface
nice design and interface, can download games & apps from the internet to install
Keypad is very user friendly

User Un-friendly

Fast symbian interface
all in all the best phone i have had and im a heavy user in business and home use
Nice GUI
classy and user friendly
Wifi, slim, classy and user friendly
user-friendly
Pretty intuitive interface
Design look & feel, Great battery life, Nice slide action, Pretty intuitive interface

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appearance

4

makes it look gross
the stuff peels off, makes it look gross
Leather" look begins to peel after 6 months
Buttons are ugly to press and mostly very small
Randomly / daily will turn off when using the slide, beginning to look very amateur during business meetings

Smart sophisticated look
the look
nice to look at
sleek
sleek, good to be seen around with

It makes all other phones look bad
they can only see whatever is infront of me and not my face
Appearance is not very pretty

look
The appearance of fashion
super look

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keyboard

0.5

and the lack of a full QWERTY keyboard makes it less than ideal for e-mail
The E65 doesn't support document editing out of the box, and the lack of a full QWERTY keyboard makes it less than ideal for e-mail
Keypad fails to recognize key presses at times
Edit key on side suit woman finger
Edit key on side suit woman finger, not man

Dedicated key for conference calling
Crisp slider mechanism and keypad
own key (now thats useful
good sized keypad

qwerty keyboard
my keypad backlight doesnt light up no more
Constant buzzing when the keypad lights up / you are making a call / typing a message
The keypad Buzz
The keypad Buzz, when the led is on
Sliding open unlocks keypad EVERY time
Keypad Lock is crap
keyboard uncomfortable for one hand texting (with slide open the centre of gravity is in the middle
you find the keyboard is at the bottom of the phone
keyboard uncomfortable for one hand texting (with slide open the centre of gravity is in the middle, so you want your fingers behind this part.texting with your thumb, you find the keyboard is at the bottom of the phone, not the middle - where you want it to be).This gets uncomfortable if you text alot.I like the keys, but not the position
Awkward keypad
Awkward keypad, hard to press 'ok' and 'back' buttons, text messaging is a tad more difficult to do as the keys r located so close to each other
No automatic keypad lock when closing the phone's slide
No automatic keypad lock when closing the phone's slide, as far as I can see anyway
You have to select 'yes' when asked 'lock keypad' when slide is closed
Edit the location of the design of key operating inconvenience
Keyboard after holding back did not respond
key - way short
T - shaped bond less, key - way short, but also feel the impact

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battery

1

battery life could be improved
battery life, incredibly slow to open messages/menus, freezes very often, sometimes will refuses to call out until reset
take hours to open a single sms
battery runs out fast
very slow GUI, take hours to open a single sms, battery runs out fast, I upgraded with newest firmware but phone still the same thing

Good battery life
battery life
Long-life battery
decent battery
battery quite good

Battery Life and the unchangeable presets to the external buttons
Battery life, small font, fragile, low speaker volume
the battery after 13 months
battery died in a convo once about 2.50 hrs
battery life is quite poor
Poor battery life
single day battery life
Battery lifetime little bit far from announced
Battery life is TERRIBLE
very short battery time
Battery life is not what is advertised
Battery could be better
Short battery life - I'm lucky if it lasts 2 days
can't figure out how to switch off the 3g so my battery only lasts about 3 days
I mean why not make them easier to use ?Also low battery life and im waiting for the dust that gets into the slider to stuff it up soon im sure
battery (1day
Poor battery life (<
Poor Battery Life (2 Days
and music too slow too use and after one song it uses nearly all your battery
mediocre battery life
Battery life short
Battery life short (compared to SE K750i)
Battery life can be a little lacking but it really isn't an issue for me
Battery life for heavy phone + email use is pretty average
Battery life WLAN reception and connection issues No Mini-USB
average battery
average battery , gets stuck sometimes
short battery life and switches off if slider is slammed up or down too quickly
Battery lifeWLAN reception and connection issuesNo Mini-USB
Battery is fine but will not last a week to 14 days in standby
Very poor battery life
Very poor battery life, especially for phone designed primarily for business use
the WIFI connection drains the battery life very fast
Short battery life
Battery is not durable

Good phone, battery quite good
Long Battery Life
nice size phone and excellent battery life
battery is very impressive
biuld quality, battery is very impressive, very durable
battery is good
Battery life much better than my N80
battery life is fine in comparison to what i have read (probably because i let it go flat before recharge
yes all batteries can get memories
Battery life good unless you use watch alot of videos
Battery life good unless you use watch alot of videos, etc
good battery
classic and good battery
Great battery life
Nokia E65 incorporates a long battery life

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size

4

big mission
photos - have to delete same oway as messages, cant easly multiple delete, big mission
Buttons small for big fingers
A bit small for my big thumbs
cost little high

Big screen, nice size phone and excellent battery life
solid little phone
big buttons make it so easy to text
looks great, big bright screen, big buttons make it so easy to text, excellent sound quality and nice slide plus alot of features
Size

Small size for a smartphone and the ability to sync with Exchange mail server

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connectivity

5

3G networks
Extended Wi-Fi use drains the battery quickly
No second camera for videoconferencing, Extended Wi-Fi use drains the battery quickly
Lacks 3G support
No USB connection

Neatly designed slider phone with superb Wi-Fi features and lots of built in goodies
It also offers good call quality and solid talk time battery life, and has Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
Quad-band GSM and 3G
Good implementation of Wi-Fi
Quad-band GSM and 3G, Good implementation of Wi-Fi, Dedicated key for conference calling, Good battery life, Ergonomic to use

No USB connection, Cannot synchronise email between phone and PC
Pop-port rather than mini USB connection
No second camera for videoconferencing Extended Wi-Fi use drains the battery quickly
No US 3G
Wi-Fi could have a better antenna for reception
no Bluetooth Stereo Headphone support
No Bluetooth Stereo
WiFi and net doesnt work
I found that WiFi is a bit slow, and the phone gets quite warm after ~10 minutes of use (WiFi), takes around 30secs to turn on
i have not been able to get youtube working on wifi
no headphone jack
USB data cable doesn't charge at the same time
No radio- can connect to wi fi though so again
No radio- can connect to wi fi though so again, who cares
Cannot charge phone with USB cable (Sony & Motorolla has that function now)

Includes Wi-Fi
3G and Wi-Fi connectivity
Support for 3G
Wi-Fi and quadband
Stylish design with great build quality, Support for 3G, Wi-Fi and quadband, Long-life battery, No second camera for voice calls, No stereo headset, No FM radio
Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity options
Excellent screen, Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity options, Symbian S60 3rd Edition smartphone, 2-megapixel camera
Strong Wifi features
Strong Wifi features, Strong Wifi features, Neat styling , Great web browser
Quad-band GSM and 3G Good implementation of Wi-Fi Dedicated key for conference calling Good battery life Ergonomic to use
3G and WiFi
Elegant and small Business phone, 3G and WiFi, Excellent sound quality during a call
wealth of connectivity features including 3G and Wi-Fi
Great connectivity
WiFi
3G Enterprise Email Support
WiFi, 3G Enterprise Email Support, Symbian S60
Wi Fi
this doess support u.s 3g network i have at&t r u kidding me??
wifi and VOIP
VoIP - leveraging the versatility of wi-fi broadband networking
VoIP - leveraging the versatility of wi-fi broadband networking, you are able to bypass the costly local phone line infrastructure and realize significant savings
Wifi, Bluetooth, IR, 3G all easy to configure
WiFi internet
Wi-Fi
bluetooth
bluetooth hacking is fun
3G and good service (even on Mt.Buller
Great little wi-fi and wizard
Has Wi-Fi with html based web browsing
Wi-Fi, html based browsing
WIFI so you can use the increasingly free WIFI hotspots around the world
included USB cable
Connectability options, GPRS, bluetooth, included USB cable, etc
Wi-fi, Hi-Res Screen, Email, too many to list
easy song transfer via USB
Connectivity
Support for 3G, Wi-Fi and quadband
Connectivity with everything including WLAN
Good features such as Wi-Fi which works well
Wi-Fi, Looks, EVERYTHING
Slider, Symbian s60 3rd ed, small and sexy, wifi
Size, Wifi, 3G, Screen
Symbian , nice design , very good software , practical , 3G , WI-Fi
Wifi access
wifi, bluetooh and infrared come in one set
The wifi is great for connecting to outside world instead of paying for 3G connections
WIFI to surf the web anywhere with hotspots
Wifi, Bluetooth, Infrared, Realplayer and more
Connectivity ROCKS
and VoIP over Wi-Fi
Nokia E65 incorporates a long battery life, 3G, quad-band calling, and VoIP over Wi-Fi

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reception

2.5

Mediocre signal reception
Symbian 9.1 instead of 9.2 and slow processor, Lots of but small navigation keys, Mediocre signal reception
Terrible reception
loses reception for no apparent reason
Drops calls and shows no signal for no particular reason

Good signal
I'm getting better reception from it
I'm getting better reception from it, compared with my last phone
excellent reception
slim, slide, big screen, excellent reception

portability

5

Very thin
Slim body
feel and weight
the look, feel and weight
Lightweight

All these great features packed in this slim slider
very sleek and slim
Weight and Texturing on phone feels expensive
weight
compact
slim
light
clear calls, small, slim, light, sexy, great features
Nice small slim phone
Nice small slim phone, lots of good points
compact size
All essential features rolled into ONE compact slim design

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menu

0.5

Menu freezes all the time
all the menu buttons get stuffed up
The menu system initially was very hard to get used to
shutting itself down
Menu is a tragedy

set-able screen menu
can change the font buttons / menu to suit your needs
Same menu driven style of most nokia models
Ease of menu system
Slider, Ease of menu system, Adding applications is simple

Menu is a tragedy, very hard to grasp, like a rabbit warren
The most terribly designed menu system i have ever seen on a mobile device
at first menu was complicated but you will get use to it
Confusing menu's (for beginners)*Wallpapers not covering the whole screen (more a problem with the S60 Symbian operating system...not the phone
Menu is a bit complex
not many menu themes you can choose from - when you try download them
it doesnt open that page (i t hink because its a very new funtion and havnt set up menu themes on planet 3 yet
not many menu themes you can choose from - when you try download them, it doesnt open that page (i t hink because its a very new funtion and havnt set up menu themes on planet 3 yet
needs an occasional reboot (I have got stuck in "menu loops" twice
Some menu functions a little fussy to get to

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usability

5

The front and side navigation controls are also small and hard to use
right-side keys are tricky to use
Expensive, right-side keys are tricky to use
hard to use properly
and the phone gets quite warm after ~10 minutes of use (WiFi)

Ergonomic to use
easy-to-use keypad
Easy to Use
simple to use and reliable
fun to use

complex to use
Had to charge it every other day even with minimal use
Wouldn't dare use music player for more than a few minutes for that reason
Menu is a shambles - it obviously has been designed to stand out from the normal Nokia but anyone after a Nokia because they are all similar and easy to use - stay away from this one
Most buttons on the front are useless unless you use every feature on the phone
This is nearly a PDA but is far to complex to use to be a useful business tool
the menu is a little difficult to use at first but once you learn how to use its great
Sluggish at times - simple tasks like opening a new message
especially for phone designed primarily for business use

lots of features, wifi, big screen, fun to use
generally a phone with advanced features compared to the mainstream ones people use today (eg
easy slide
very good phone in general if you want to use it for calls and msgs which i do anyway..not that good in other things like games
Good for games & file transfer is easy
i found it easy to use after i finally found everything after half an hour of looking
Has office based functions (didn't use them though
easy to use menu
text is easy
easy to use once you get use to it
i think i just have to get use to it
overall happy with them phone, i think i just have to get use to it
plenty of features to use for work and play
Lots of easy shortcuts to the most important and used functions
Functional and easy to use
+ Design/form factor + Terrific screen + Easy to use 2MP Camera + Quadband
good camera easy to use
Easy to use, compact, wireless connection
practical
can use skype
Wifi access, symbian phone, can use skype
+ Design/form factor + Terrific screen+ Easy to use 2MP Camera+ Quadband
And the wifi that is easy to use puts it over the top
Stylish hand set,good browsing,easy to use
easy navigation

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build quality

5

Great build quality
Great build quality, good looks, solid feature set
Build quality
Great for getting online, Build quality
Design and build of the phone

very durable
Build quality, connectivity, plugins, organisational and office features
features and build quality
Great looks, features and build quality
nice screen, great build quality
good quality build
Slim slider design, good quality build

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design

5

Heavier than it looks
Mono headset, Heavier than it looks, Pop-port rather than mini USB connection
Sony looks good at the next upgrade in 12 months or so
but doesn't backup its PDA looks
design not very nice

The Nokia E65 smart phone boasts a beautiful and compact slider design
packed with features and looks good too
Stylish and powerful
Sleek and stylish design
Sleek and stylish design, well built, excellent slider and display, features list, VoIP enabled

good looks
Slim design
Stylish design with great build quality
Neat styling
Stylish business-oriented phone
Looks elegant
beautiful design
Phone looks nice
very stylish - "unique"
very stylish - "
Slick Design
Long Battery Life, Slick Design, Excellent Camera
Looks
looks nice
Looks good
phone plan will be over soon so you can get rid of it - maybe test its flying ability - it will be quite therapeutic
Great design
very stylish look
Nice design
Looks cute
looks great
Design looks great
very nice looking phone
Nice looks and feel
attractive looking phone
Very good looking
Stylish body
Nice looking
Looks stylish
Nice design & stylish
Looks great, small, solid little phone
great design- thats all
looks good, thats about it
Looks good - everyone always comments on it being a "cool" phone
good design
slim and cute
Looks good has lots of features
the design
the design, the slide, the features
stylish
Looks the part
Great looking
Great looking, heaps of cool features that you'd expect with a pda or something similar
Stylish design
good looking
Nice-ish looking
Nice looking slim fone
Stylish phone, easy to handle, all keys available without opening the slide unless you want to sms
Good design, appears very well built
Elegant design- size
Elegant design- size, weight
WiFi and it looks cool
Stylish and functional
Overall a good phone, with good features and looks pretty
Great looking, good web browser, nice feel, some smart features
Great looks
Nice GUI, Looks Good, WiFi
Slim, stylish, has WLAN, bluetooth, stores lots of contacts
It is stylish as hell
It is stylish as hell, especially in red
Design
Design, Slim
Design look & feel
Slim slider design
elegant design
Stylish hand set
Design and features a very cool
Fashion design
Fashion design, expanding the capacity of outstanding
Stylish design, easy to use
Nokia E65 in addition to a positive non - noble metal design
Nokia E65 in addition to a positive non - noble metal design, the back of the leather - type back is a
good design, easy navigation

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screen

5

small functional keys located beneath the display

excellent slider and display
good size screen, plenty of features to use for work and play, battery life is fine in comparison to what i have read (probably because i let it go flat before recharge
impressive 16 million colours screen (as good as a computer display)
Good features such as Wi-Fi which works well, impressive 16 million colours screen (as good as a computer display)
screen display and size

Slider, look, screen display and size, sound quality, business features

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image quality

4

button-wise and call quality could be improved
A bit fiddly, button-wise and call quality could be improved
Buggy OS, Cramped keys around D-Pad, Mono Headset, Poor Still image quality, Poor speaker on incoming calls
no photo editing
music quality so so only

good call quality and volume
contact and image sync
biuld quality
good picture quality
Heaps of features, long battery life, good picture quality

1 day batt life only, music quality so so only, earpiece given is only one sided

Great look and building quality
quality

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black level

0.5

We want matt black phones with no silver panel trimming please

viewfinder

4.5

when viewing contacts to view their number you have to physically open the contact name

nice view slider phone (view only)
perfect phone for business- can view microsoft office files and print them off

maps

0.5

GPS is useless
no GPS (but with Google Maps app u dont need GPS
no in built gps
no GPS antenna built in
no GPS

GPS

not stong at multimedia, no GPS, cannot cook breakfast or do laundry for you
Not have GPS

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color

0.5

still haven't figured out how to customise the message tone

flash

3

no flash
no flash on camra
No flash (no biggie
no flash, only 2mega pizel camea, not too many apps at present

is good though lack of flash light
Looks nice and flash with average camara
Looks flash

sensor

5

1: metal slide excellent body work 2: The third edition of S60 platform 3: Business functions

lens

5

which may smudge the lens
The position of the camera means that my fingers are on it when I am texting, which may smudge the lens

operative system
Symbian operating system (that means .JAR files will work
The consummation connected system support
The consummation connected system support, "passes the function immediately", formidable browser

voice guidance

1.5

Some calls recieved go straight to voice mail
voice recorder limited to 1 minute
voice recorder limited to 1 minute , small functional keys located beneath the display
voice order limited to 1 minute

Function to speak the callers name (in computer generated voice

product quality

0.5

decorative cover is pealing off

video

0.5

cannot do video conference with it
Battery like everyone has said isnt the greatest and video calls are pretty much useless
no video calls

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

performance

0.5

It's occasionally slow
Symbian 9.1 instead of 9.2 and slow processor
incredibly slow to open messages/menus
access to features can be slow
very slow GUI

Solid performance
Solid performance, packed with features and looks good too
Performance is fast
the quick menus are great
fast internet on 3 network

Very slow phone
Very slow phone, it takes a long time just to browse the minus, and it hangs every few days and you have to restart it
*Very slow
Just delete unwanted messages to make sure it doesn't get overloaded and slow
slow
Very slow opening internet functions
so ridiculously slow
so ridiculously slow, it has on occasion taken me 5 minutes to open a text message
Very slow
Quick launch button fails
Slow when opened but eventually will progress speed
very slow, to many features for the normal person who just wants a nice phone to text on and call and prehaps take the odd pic
I found that WiFi is a bit slow
Laggy at start but gets quicker after you start using it
abit slow in opening msgs...easy to scratch if not taking care..abit expenisve (bought it for 500$ AUD)
really slow
**** casing it peels off after short term use.Very slow opening calender msg's and other stuff.hard to understand.**** Phone
A little slow at opening msgz etc
Os system is too slow
very slow to respond to button inputs
hasnt got FM radio...or a flash (camera takes pretty crappy pics and shutter speed is really slow
slow - opening a text message/photo takes far too long
Slow, slow, slow - opening a text message/photo takes far too long
extremely slow
PC Suite a bit slow
a little bit slow
PC Suite slow and clunky
slow on SMS
A little bit slow and not as intuitive as previous Nokias
Can lag alot when texting
hangs quite often and slow
Slow response

I like the personally programmable quick buttons
Easy and quick connectivity to other phones and computers
Fast connectivity
Size, feel, performance, looks....everything really
quick office to look through documents
quick office to look through documents, WIFI to surf the web anywhere with hotspots
Good perform

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memory

3.5

Not enought memory supplied
slow without additional memory
no video calls, slow without additional memory, scuffs easily
memory gets full often
memory gets full often, paint flakes off less 6 months

good storage of photos and music
great memory
Possibly the memory card and bluetooth that's about all
memory
Plenty of built-in memory

when using WLAN the memory gets full often and closes down itself
Browser tends to run out of memory and refuse to load web pages unless you close and restart the application
Low memory space

plus a bundled memory card
Plenty of built-in memory, plus a bundled memory card
Expandable microSD memory slot
Overall good quality and good durability large memory functions well

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