Rafe reviews the Nokia E65
By Stefan Constantinescu on Friday, March 2nd, 2007 at 12:52 AM PST In Devices
The E65 may not have the glamour of the E90 or the popularity of the E61i, but it should not be underestimated and I think it is the dark horse of the Eseries range. It is a reasonably well specified, but competitively priced enterprise focused device, which is ideal for office workers looking for strong voice features and a read only mobile email solution. It makes a compelling addition to the overall Eseries portfolio, slotting in between the E60 and the E50. Outside of the enterprise focus, the multimedia features are mediocre in comparison to Nseries phones, but they’re still better than much of the competition. Thus the E65 may also appeal to general consumers as its size and design will attract those looking for a little extra from their day to day phone.
The E65 is available in red and mocha (brown), is available immediately and costs approximately 370 Euros unsubsidised.
Not even one bad thing to say. I’m impressed. Do you like it that much?
I agree the E65 will probably unseat the E61 as the most popular E series device, but my favorite 3GSM Nokia (NYSE: NOK) release had to be the 6110 Navigator.
Are we going to get a review on that?
Group call, Contacts, Mute, and configurable buttons? I think I’d use half of them. I would love to pick this phone up as my next, but that would be another thing to add to the list of things I wouldn’t use, with the WCDMA, built-in IM client, push email features and so on and so forth.
The phone is obviously not perfect, but given the target market there’s little negative to say about it. You, of course, have to be aware of what you’re buying. As mentioned the camera / multimedia isn’t too good. However in its segment, like a lot of mid tier phones, there precious little to be really critical of. It goes without saying if you judge it from a power user stand point there are problems (buttons, screen size, no front facing camera etc etc).