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If I didn’t need the QWERTY keyboard of the E61 then the E50 would be my preferred mobile even tho it lacks wifi. So elegant, so clean … what does Mobile Review have to say:
Model E50 is rivaled, though strange it might sound, by a handset made by Nokia itself, specifically Nokia 6233 – you will surely notice a ton of similarities between them should you take the position of an ordinary consumer, including dimensions- and display-related ones (the E50 is a tad thinner and taller). But the 6233 is much more multimedia-heavy, packing a 2 Mpix camera with VGA video recording and stereo-speakers at a lower price, though. Maybe this is the reason why the gap between the sale rates of these models is gigantic – the 6233 is thirty times more demanded.
The only complaint about the build quality of the E50 and the materials used – the phone’s top end, specifically the power button doubling as a profile switcher. It utilizes pretty soft type of rubber that easily draws scratches from your nails and on top of that once pressed the button gets back to its initial position in a somewhat sluggish way, so that after some time you might encounter a sticky button problem.
Dedicated buttons “Menu†and “C†are, bluntly speaking, squeezed into the set of function keys, so due to sporting minor size, they might cause a couple or more accident presses.
Other differences from the rest of Eseries include missing Wi-Fi and 3G/UMTS, which makes the E50 the only handset in the range (saving for the E62, tailored for the North American market) that can’t show off these functionalities.
[And the positive conclusion to end this post on an up beat note]
Over the time I had the pleasure of using this device, I got an
interesting feeling: while the E50 was so unsophisticated on the face
of it, I had a really good time managing it. I can’t say what exactly
made me think this way – maybe the nice feeling of metal employed in
the casing and combined with slim and elegant design, maybe crisp
display and handy keypad, or some other aspects – at the end of the day
this doesn’t change the fact that I had almost no gripes with the
handset’s operation. I don’t want to say the E50 has no shortcomings –
the thing is, for its target audience they are minor.Source: Mobile Review
Trust me when I say that this is one of those rare Mobile Review articles were they keep their complaints to a minimum. A lot can be said about that.
About The Author
Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
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