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Nokia E65

By Siddharth Raja on 28 March 2007

Easily one of the best looking handsets on the market with a good assortment of features including Wi-Fi, quadband support and Quickoffice, but the E65 is better suited to those after business chic rather than business geek.

Editor's rating:8.3 User rating:6.5

Comments (151)

  • chanchan gave 4/10 on 17/12/2008 20:49

    • Good: Big screen, nice size phone and excellent battery life
    • Bad: Constant buzzing when the keypad lights up / you are making a call / typing a message. By far the slowest phone I've had and constantly freezes and crashes. Terrible reception. Three friends also have exactly the same issues with theirs.

    For the money I paid for it i'm not impressed with this phone. It may look nice but it is frustrating to use in terms of the constant buzzing and the lack of speed.

  • addictedtoporsche gave 5/10 on 02/12/2008 20:57

    • Good: Lightweight
      Looks good
    • Bad: Font very small in many screens ie address book
      No autolock function
      No missed call/sms reminder
      No Flash for Camera
      Very slow opening internet functions

    I have had the phone for 12 months and it has been back to repair shop 3 times. All fixed quickly and under warranty but inconvienent. Could not recommend it too anyone, there are better phones out there.

  • albertt gave 7/10 on 16/11/2008 22:35

    • Good: notepad (useful for storing pws etc)
      smooth slide screen
      doubles as a Mp3 player
      no internal damage when dropped from about 1 metre? (i think? this is from experience)
      Symbian operating system (that means .JAR files will work)
      bluetooth ( bluetooth hacking is fun ;] )
      contact and image sync
      own key (now thats useful)
      set-able screen menu
      3G and good service (even on Mt.Buller!)
    • Bad: my keypad backlight doesnt light up no more? (it did when i got it :S)
      lags ALOT especially when has a loaded SD card in it.
      WiFi and net doesnt work? ( think its just this one)
      battery died in a convo once about 2.50 hrs?
      camera isnt worth using.
      scratches when dropped
      no pre installed games?
      GPS is useless
      hard to use properly
      i guess i just didnt really like it...

    Well, i have had my E65 for two years now, my contract with 3 has finished (:
    overall i think it wasnt that great, im now looking forward to the Samsung G800 and hope thats better ;D

  • heart and soul gave 9/10 on 16/11/2008 19:56

    • Good: the look, feel and weight. simple to use and reliable.
    • Bad: the battery after 13 months.

    good phone. does the job. i dont think its slow at all and i've had it for about 13 months. never crashed.

  • tdee1964 gave 9/10 on 06/11/2008 20:46

    • Good: 3g phone with Blackberry Connect Software.
    • Bad: Just delete unwanted messages to make sure it doesn't get overloaded and slow.

    Great phone and use the Blackberry Connect software all the time. Bought it from telaustralia and no problem with support or advice.

  • cavenofitch gave 3/10 on 21/10/2008 07:42

    • Good: - ok screen,
      - good storage of photos and music,
      - phone plan will be over soon so you can get rid of it - maybe test its flying ability - it will be quite therapeutic
    • Bad: - constantly crashing
      - so ridiculously slow, it has on occasion taken me 5 minutes to open a text message
      - sometimes it wont even let me make a phone call, which is the ultimate point of a phone really
      - phone freezes often
      - loses reception for no apparent reason
      - occasionally, when the phone is in a bad mood, it wont let you press random buttons that were working 5 minutes earlier and will eventually work 15 minutes later
      - battery life is quite poor

    i have always been told how good nokia phones are and when i upgraded i was 'encouraged' by the store clerk to try the nokia e65. i think he was just trying to get rid of the rubbish in store.

  • hmmm, lets see gave 4/10 on 18/10/2008 10:09

    • Good: *It has a nice big screen
    • Bad: *Very slow
      *Quick launch button fails
      *Paint on cover peeled off in the first couple of months.

    I've had many Nokia phones, and I have to say that the E65 is probably the worst. It lags when opening programs and the quick launch button stopped would only work occasionally. It's also mainly aimed at a manager of some descirption in my opinion, based on the software provided. Although I doubt management would find this phone useful due to the slow speed of accessing software.

  • Professor Eliote Iskezan gave 5/10 on 19/09/2008 11:52

    • Good: -Looks
      -Quadband
      -Wifi
      -3G
    • Bad: -Hanging
      -Easily Scratched
      -Crashing for no reason at all
      -Slow camera
      -Slow when opened but eventually will progress speed

    Shame, could've been a good and great handset...

  • Katrina gave 1/10 on 01/09/2008 21:16

    • Good: looks nice..
    • Bad: where should i start?
      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 wouldnt recommend this phone to anyone- what a waste of $400. :(

    looks great but is crap to use and dosent help that i bought it off ebay and my keypad light doesnt light up and ofcourse i cant get it fixed.. grrrr

  • Dan at work gave 1/10 on 01/09/2008 16:53

    • Good: Wi-Fi
    • Bad: Freezes
      Turns itself off
      Takes 9 years to turn on
      Drops calls
      Super slow
      Predictive text is dumb
      Many many more.

    This phone is rubbish. Really slow, always freezes and turns itself off. Lacks basic features.

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