Nokia E65 review: Business or pleasure? (See all reviews)

Nokia E65 is an attractive slider smartphone powered by the Symbian OS, offering Wi-Fi capability and 3G support. The device comes equipped with plenty of software features, great 2 megapixel camera and dedicated keys for conference call management.

Main Features

- Wi-Fi with a dedicated scanner
- videos in MPEG-4 format with a CIF (352 x 288 pixels) resolution
- 2 megapixel camera
- quad-band GSM and 3G support
- VoIP over Wi-Fi
- brilliant design
- search option for the entire phone content
- USB support

Disadvantages

- voice recorder limited to 1 minute
- no office documents editor
- no secondary video camera for video calls
- no FM radio

Nokia’s E series of mobile phones was designed primarily with business users in mind. There is nothing to stop you getting hold of one for use outside of the working environment, of course, but as far as Nokia is concerned, the company wants to offer something focused on work users with the series.

Having said that, the E 65 is a fully functional business phone in a compact and attractive chassis, powered by the Symbian OS. Measuring in at just 105mm by 49mm by 15.5mm and weighing just 115 grams, the E65 is incredibly small given its list of features.

Sliding the front panel upwards reveals a stylish keypad with well spaced buttons that have a solid feel.

The E65 includes several shortcut keys on its front for one-touch conference calls, muting and opening your contacts. There's also a "My Own" button you can program to load up your favorite application. On the back side you'll find a 2 MP digital camera surrounded by a leather-feel plastic surface. Something very strange, for a 3G capable phone, the E65 lacks a second camera on the front panel for video calling.

The large 2.2-inch, 240 x 320 pixel display sports up to 16 million colors and comes with adjustments for the contrast and brightness. A sensor located under the power button can detect ambient light levels and adjusts the brightness of the keypad accordingly in order to save battery life.

While the phone’s left side is quite poor of control elements, its right side is full of them: a loudspeaker, a voice note/voice dial key, a „stylus“ key for work with text, and a slightly elevated volume button.