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Reviewer: David - Christchurch, New Zealand
Date: 15th Jun 2009

I have had this phone for 18 months, & in that time I have had 3 new handsets, about to be a 4th & the phone has been in for repairs 7 or 8 times. Near as I can figure, the phone has been with Nokia for 3 months in that time.

Faults.
- Spontaneous shutdown when the phone is just sitting on my desk.
- Spontaneous disconnect on opening the slider to answer a call.
- Losing the network, necessitating a reboot (which frequently did not work).
- A loud speaker whine when the keypad back lighting was on.
- Keypad losing click detent on some keys after 1 day.
- Losing sight of my sim card where the phone has to be rebooted by removing the battery & the sim, & then reassembling - & that did not always work.

Just dreadful & VERY bad for business.

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Reviewer: J - London, UK
Date: 27th Apr 2009

This is a feature packed phone with appalling performance. I had mine for well over a year & had no end of problems.

- Crashed frequently when dialling out.
- Randomly reset.
- Terrible battery performance (Generally less than 1 day).
- Not possible to update firmware.
- Repaired 3 times & issues not resolved.
- Awful reception (on '3' network).
- Once reception is lost the only way to re-connect to the network is to reboot the phone, which takes forever.
- Tiny fonts.
- Useless camera, slow shutter, no flash, generally poor quality photos.

All I can say is mine was run over once & still worked afterwards! Now have an E71 & it's fantastic.

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Reviewer: Diarmuid - Ireland
Date: 21st Mar 2009

Like many others, thought the phone was great AT the START, then the switching off kicked in. & the jamming up. Sick of taking out the battery to restart the damn thing, have lost confidence in Nokia, have always stuck with Nokia, not so sure any more.

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Reviewer: Paul Shepherd - UK
Date: 12th Mar 2009

Unreliable, switches itself off on a regular basis. Only way to switch on again is to take battery out & put back in again. Battery, SIM card, & phone have all been replaced to no avail. Currently trying to replace with alternative phone, don't buy this phone.

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Reviewer: Gordon - Geneva, Switzerland
Date: 5th Mar 2009

Overall, I am pretty satisfied with the E65. The battery life that some have complained about has not been too terrible, although I have noticed that sometimes, all of a sudden, the battery drains very quickly (searching for a network maybe? ).

It took me a while to get used to it, but now that I have, we work pretty well together. I do wish the SMS text were a little bit larger. It's EXTREMELY difficult to see accented letters (I type a lot in French, Spanish & Thai).

I must also mention something I read about in another review: it's very true that for some reason this phone really seems to like to grab on to beard stubble. I am glad to read that it's not just me who experiences this!

The Internet navigator is pretty good. I like that I can change alphabets easily in an SMS (Writing Language), which is very useful when I send messages in Thai. The screen size is good. The shortcut buttons work well for me. I also really like the icons on the main screen; other phones I have used require you to go into menu to be able to do anything. With the E65, everything I need is either on the main screen or on a shortcut button.

I know some people really don't like this phone, but I get along pretty well with it. In fact, I am due to get a new phone this year when I prolong my contract which I intend to use when I travel, & I've been thinking about getting another E65 simply because I've gotten very used to it, & it works well. Having said that, & having done a little research, I will probably try the E66 instead, but really, don't be too hard on the E65. I've tried many other phones, & this one has to be the least annoying, if not most pleasant, phone I've ever used.

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Reviewer: Christina H - Pretoria, South Africa
Date: 24th Feb 2009

I would say that the E65 is a good phone IN the BEGINNING, but it seems to me all the problems comes out of the woodwork after a year. My phone has got the latest software on it & if you switch it on it doesn't want to go anywhere & there is no network connection. It doesn't even ask you for your password it goes directly to your key lock & I am really getting tired of this problem now.

I would say do your homework very carefully before buying an E65.

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Reviewer: Rachel M Wilson - Edinburgh, UK
Date: 17th Feb 2009

I wish I had read the reviews of this phone before getting one. To be honest I didn't get chance though as Vodafone gave me this handset as a replacement for my previous Nokia which packed up & they didn't have another in stock.

For a start I didn't like the looks, brown leather effect, very middle aged man I thought & disappointing after my girly swirly pink of choice. The chrome front is quite nice though with a large screen. No place to hang a phone charm either & only 2 choices of theme, boring or boring, again very middle aged bloke. No games included at all.

But all this was as nothing compared with the most annoying aspect of all. Yes, you guessed it, my handset keeps switching itself off. About 50% of times when I pick up a call the phone switches itself off. Bloody annoying & expensive too as I keep having to phone or text people back.

I have put up with this phone for over 12 months & now Vodafone are giving me a new handset free of charge. Deliberately I have gone for a different make as I have totally lost confidence in Nokia.

It's an LG Viewty in pink, let's hope for more luck this time!

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Reviewer: Hai - London, UK
Date: 13th Feb 2009

I am with the 3 network & this phone did tick a lot of boxes for the features I could use with this network (free MSN messenger, Skype etc). I have had it for a year now & I really, really hate it! After reading some of the reviews, it seems I am with the majority.

I have two major problems with it.

- the battery life is extremely poor! It will last maximum 2 days! Plus I don't even make that many calls. Official standby time, approx 11 days! Horse rubbish! I have not tried it with the 3G continuously logged on but I wouldn't like to think. This is compared to my old Sony Ericsson W800i where it was last about 6 days, unless I make a lot of calls then it is about 4 days.

- Sometimes it won't let me read text messages sent to me or it will take several minutes to load up (which when you're looking at the screen does seem like forever). I think it's what other people say it freezes but for me, I can still press the end call key to go back to standby mode.

I do have other minor issues.

- It's slow to load up the menu.

- the short cut keys (e.g. Phonebook & own key, who actually uses the other two? or uses it to the point you need it as a short cut key? )

- the light on the short cut keys doesn't light up. Not useful in the dark.


So my advice for prospective buyers, DON'T BUY THIS rubbish PHONE! IT WILL BE the BANE OF YOUR LIFE!

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Reviewer: Eugene Mcdermott - Ireland
Date: 22nd Jan 2009

Does anyone else have this problem? When I let my stubble grow, the phone catches the hairs on my face & tries to rip them out. It's very sore & very annoying. Have the phone about 6 months & it's easily the worst performing phone I've ever had. Very poor reception & callers complain my voice sounds muffled. This is the 10th Nokia phone I've had & have now lost confidence in this manufacturer to produce reliable quality class leading phones.

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Reviewer: Gareth - Cardiff, UK
Date: 3rd Dec 2008

I have had an E65 for almost 2 years, I have no problems with it switching on & off on its own. When I first got it I thought the battery life was short compared to my previous phones. I also have a HTC Touch Diamond (was my upgrade this year), well if you want to see short battery life get one of these. I spend most of the day with Bluetooth on in the car, the HTC will last almost a day where the e65 will last almost two days.

My HTC only comes out when I go out for an evening (that's about all the battery lasts with confidence).

I have lost count how many times I have dropped my E65 & it is still going strong, does on times lock up when used with my parot 3200 Bluetooth & did with my previous parot too.

As people want more features crammed into a phone you must expect technical problems. Don't tell me you don't get problems with your PC.

Good looking, solid & reliable phone.

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Reviewer: Mogzy - Spain
Date: 26th Nov 2008

First impression was really good with this phone, being my first ever Nokia (owned 6 other brands up to now). However, within 2 days of use I also had the same freezing, lock up & having to reboot & switch off & on rubbish as almost everybody else has reported.

This phone just loves to switch itself off when somebody calls. Sometimes it also loves to call the last caller, all by itself, whilst sitting in your pocket if the key lock is off.

If you get one of these that doesn't do that, then consider yourself very lucky. When it does work, it has some neat features to discover. But otherwise you will feel like exchanging it for anything else, even a banana would do a better job!

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Reviewer: Ned - Wicklow, Ireland
Date: 25th Nov 2008

What can I say? I have been using Nokia mobile phones continuously for over 9 years now & the E65 is without doubt the worst mobile phone that I have ever used.

The phone looks great, it is packed with great applications & gizmos but everything else is atrocious.

Problem no 1, when I open the slider the speaker makes a loud buzzing noise, it reminds of the noise that the speaker system on an airplane makes just before the cabin crew are about to make an announcement.

Problem no 2, the telephone randomly dials numbers on occasions, sometimes when I am on calls & sometimes when the phone is just sitting on the desk with nobody nearby

Problem no 3, the phone switches on the voice recording by itself, you cancel the application & the phone immediately switches is back on again, the only way that I can solve this problem is to repeatedly bang the side of the phone off of a hard object.

Problem no 4, the phone keeps switching on the calculator in a similar fashion to the way it switches on the voice recorder.

Problem no 5, phantom battery charging, the phone shows that the battery is charging even though it is not plugged into any charger. Then it starts alternating messages from Battery fully charged to Battery charging. The only way to end this cycle is to switch the phone off & back on again.

Problem no 6, battery life is poor! On a busy day I will often have to recharge the phone at 3:00pm, during the week I always have to charge the battery overnight or the phone will be dead by 10:00 the next morning.

I could go on & on but you probably get the message that I am pretty fed up with this phone. Bring back the 6310i, that's what I say.

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Reviewer: Gary - UK
Date: 14th Nov 2008

Had this phone since January 2008, & generally been a good phone, until recently.

Phone resets itself from time to time & had a major issue with screen. Two weeks ago screen went dead & sent it back to Vodafone to repair. Was told I'd damaged it & so not under warranty. Spoke to Vodafone & they said as long as it's not water damaged (which it isn't), or in a number of pieces (which it isn't) then covered by warranty.

Waiting for Vodafone to send a package to collect phone, then we shall see. I am thinking of Blackberry for next handset as I do use organiser a lot.

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Reviewer: Maz - UK
Date: 7th Nov 2008

I've had this phone for about 7 to 8 months & I totally love it! I am not really a Nokia fan however, E65 is the best phone I have ever had! Has everything you can ever want on a phone! This is a must buy!

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Reviewer: Jan - UK
Date: 28th Oct 2008

Had this phone for 9 months before faults developed, dying at random even with full battery etc. Had phone repaired by very unhelpful staff at 3 twice, alleged software upgrade required (the fault was actually with the battery contacts, they are not good enough, but what do I know? ). Phone lasted 2 weeks before fault occurred again, it would just turn itself off & not turn back on again. Shame really because liked the style of the phone, some of the functions rubbish though, had Nokia before the old 3310 with no faults. Eventually as 3 were not interested in helping me out with a phone that could let me down at any time, legal action was taken. Needless to say within a very short time their legal dept & myself reached an out of court settlement with a totally new phone, a Sony Ericsson z750i, brilliant phone!

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Reviewer: Rahana Cassie - Trinidad And Tobago
Date: 20th Oct 2008

Hi, I am trying to access my text messages, but I keep getting a message which reads insufficient memory, close some applications. What applications should I close, I have no GPRS, music, downloads etc Bluetooth is off. Can anyone advise?

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Reviewer: Sharon - Aylesbury, UK
Date: 20th Oct 2008

I bought this on the assumption that I had had Nokia slider phones before & had no problems with them, plus I liked the design & it looked smaller & sleeker than my previous Nokia 6280. My network is Orange. I've had it now over a year & it's got to be one of the worst phones I have ever owned & I cannot wait to change it.

Pros.
- It looks nice.
- I like the retro ring ring tone.
- Screen is crisp & clear.

Cons.
- It freezes randomly.
- If you open the slider too quickly to answer a call, it turns itself off. A pain when you are trying to make an urgent or quick call.
- When you close slider too quickly the same applies as point 2.
- Trying to find the most simple of things on this phone makes your brain hurt. Yes you can re-arrange folders but it's nowhere near as intuitive as previous Nokia menus. Options are just not where you expect them to be.
- the network reception on this phone is absolutely dreadful. I don't live in a hilly area but the signal goes from 5 bars to nothing in seconds, even walking around my own house. My friends have Orange phones too in the same area & theirs work fine.
- Trying to use my hands-free Bluetooth headset is a joke as the quality is rubbish. I'd read somewhere if phones have a lot of metal on them, it affects reception? Any truth in this as the E65 is metallic. Surely Nokia must have known this if so! Also, my voice recognition has just stopped working & all I get each time is 'no match found' to each request. It did work once, but is now kaput which kind of defeats the purpose of hands-free dialling.
- Whether its Orange or this handset, but I recently went to Greece & although it was set to auto find another network, I could not connect onto any Network in Greece at all. At first I thought it was Orange but I found out on the plane on the way home that the couple next to me had Orange phones (not E65's but Nokia's) & theirs had worked fine all holiday & found a suitable network no problem on arrival.
- When I receive a voicemail message, I get the notification message on the Active desktop & when I listen to the message, the notification goes away. However if I turn the phone off & on again, the New voice messages line 1 notification appears again on the front screen, but no messages are actually there. The only way to get rid of this is to actually receive another voicemail & delete the message. It's very annoying.
- Some of the tools are quite confusing I.e. The Currency converter (as it's a business phone), there's no games & no radio option.
- It takes an age to turn on & boot up.

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Reviewer: Carole - UK
Date: 12th Oct 2008

I have had my E65 for 18 months now & I can honestly say that I have had no problems whatsoever. My phone still looks like brand new & everything is still in good working order. It's my third Nokia & after using the E65. I have no intention of using anything else!

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Reviewer: Maner - Istanbul, Turkey
Date: 29th Sep 2008

This phone is really well designed & nice. Among the all other sliding phones, Nokia e65 seems noticeable good looking. However phone can be easily scratched & has a little charge capacity. It is a nice one but not perfect.

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Reviewer: Sue - Staffordshire, UK
Date: 26th Sep 2008

Had two phones on business use with O2, have not used the phone once without it freezing or turning off when putting slider down, also have very low battery life. I have been back to shop where purchased & they do not want to know!

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Reviewer: Reece Smeeton - Bolton, UK
Date: 23rd Sep 2008

The Nokia E65 is good but easy to scratch & a good thing is it looks good. I have got one myself but it has got many good thing to use on it.

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Reviewer: Gul - England, UK
Date: 5th Sep 2008

I took this mobile on an 18 month contract with 02. It's how been 12 months & I have had to change 3 times. Some of the faults I have had with the E65 are.

- Keeps on freezing.
- Drops reception & calls.
- Turns off when putting the slider down.
- Low battery life.

Having spoken to CS I was told that I was now allowed to take another new handset.I had to take the phone into the store & explained this but they refused & said it will need to be sent off for repair & can take up to 28 days. I was offered a very basic temporary phone for which I had to pay a £25 deposit for. They offered me Nokia 1100 which I refused. I had a call from the store today saying that the phone has been repaired & that they will NOT give me a new handset or a different model as I am not happy with this one. I have argued my case & each person tells me something different, I am passed pillar to post & no one wants to take the responsibility.

It's really wierd how they say it's up to the store to decide what they want to do, are the stores not part of 02? If thats the case then they should have a instore CS desk. I am really losing my rag with 02 & I still have 6 months left on my contract with the same Nokia E65. Argghhhhh!

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Reviewer: Nic - Perth, Australia
Date: 22nd Aug 2008

PLEASE READ the FOLLOWING.

Having purchased an E65 a year ago as a business phone in Australia I found the battery life when using 3G & activesync to be around 2 to 3 hours without making a single call. Further to the disappointment of purchasing a 3G business phone (for email & high speed Internet access on the road), it was a rude awakening when visiting the Nokia care (less) centre. I was made to wait near to an hour to retrieve my phone each time, & the problem was never fixed. In fact only on the phone's 4th visit did they declare there was a problem, they then insisted the phone was out of warranty & not their problem any longer. Having waited weeks for unreturned phone calls & the Nokia care centre nearly throwing my phone in the bin, I contacted Virgin Mobile, my carrier to discuss my disappointment, they immediately picked up the issue by replacing the battery at their own expense & taking the matter up with Nokia directly, bravo! Bottom line is not because of their product, but because of their complete disregard for customer service I will never purchase another Nokia again, shame on you Nokia for pushing around the little guy. PS I will remain with Virgin Mobile for as long as they maintain this level of service. Thanks for reading.

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Reviewer: Al - Oxford, UK
Date: 4th Aug 2008

Paid less than £60 for this phone Pay as you go on Orange. WLAN is fantastic, really easy to use & quick. Keep the phone charged & you will love it. A plus rating.

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Reviewer: Steve - London, UK
Date: 2nd Aug 2008

I have had this phone for 1 year & I can't really complain that this phone is rubbish. It has some minuses (no radio, starts & off a bit slow, no flash on camera, photo quality not too good, battery life a bit short), but for me it's alright. I dropped it like 100 times, once it fell to the fountain, but it still works & works fine. What you people expect from the phone, you can call, text, check emails, browse the web. At the end of the day you come back home charge it & you can use it another day. In my opinion this phone is good.

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Reviewer: Hemajith - Sri Lanka
Date: 26th Jul 2008

I have had E65 for couple of months now & had no problems with it. I am a fairly heavy user & I use it to listen to music while I travel too. With a headset designed for 6230i, my E65 gives me about straight 6 hours of music (& good quality too) & still get some battery left in it!

It's not a phone meant for multimedia purposes. Therefore one should not really complain about the music through speaker. Email is a good feature. Also I have tried WLAN which actually works!

I've had no problem with E65. It would have been great if there was a radio integrated & a flash for the camera.

All in all it's a solid feel phone & quite handy to have in hand.

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Reviewer: Olivier - London, UK
Date: 19th Jul 2008

A great phone, with good battery life, good web browsing on 3G & better on Wi-Fi. Just added Nokia's beta push email & it rocks, but battery life suffers (less than 1 day down from 2days with frequent use normally).

Camera is not great & video really poor (compared to my 3120) which is a disappointment. A good phone with all the right features but looking for something that mixes smart with entertainment better.

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Reviewer: Jermaine - Johannesburg, South Africa
Date: 18th Jul 2008

I had a Nokia 9300 before I upgraded, the reason I left it was because it was a slow phone (very), still had my trust in Nokia & went for an E65 what a big mistake, the phone is so slow, battery life is bad, it always asks a question when you close the phone, (you have to buy a proper key lock application from Nokia, I don't understand why they didn't include this).

The camera on the phone takes the most terrible pictures that are mostly green. I really do regret trusting Nokia, I have always been a loyal Nokia customer but I think they are forgetting what's important. Learn to walk before you run Nokia. You're losing loyal customers.

My next upgrade I am going maybe Sony, have heard a lot of good things.

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Reviewer: Mohamed Mahmoud - Cairo, Egypt
Date: 7th Jul 2008

I THINK IT IS VERY GOOD LOOKING, BUT NOT SO GOOD TO USE.

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Reviewer: Mowlid Khalif - Nairobi, Kenya
Date: 4th Jul 2008

This is a state of the art phone. I love its design.

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Reviewer: Habib Shamsi - Tehran, Iran
Date: 23rd Jun 2008

It's the best design from Nokia, I wish to take pictures in high quality resolution by this Phone & other facilities are the best among other kinds.

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Reviewer: Mohsen - Qom, Iran
Date: 4th Jun 2008

It's best mobile.

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Reviewer: Ozfrog - Melbourne, Australia
Date: 26th May 2008

I also have a 6233 & an E61 which is too big most times so I bought an E65 from 3. The battery seemed to go flat fairly quickly & with my use a second battery is a must.

The first week I had it I updated the software but all I got from that was a completely dead phone. It is not the battery so? One other thing that I hate is the power on & off switch.

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Reviewer: Josh - UK
Date: 22nd May 2008

Love the WLAN feature, music player is poor but is a great phone.

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Reviewer: Gareth - Bristol, UK
Date: 22nd May 2008

I can't wait for my impending upgrade. This phone has been back to the shop three times due to poor battery life!

Changed to this from Sony Ericsson & wish I'd never bothered! It's generally accepted now that the best phones are made by Sony Ericsson & Samsung!

This is a totally boring, mundane phone, save yourself the bother!

Roll on my upgrade, back to Sony I go!

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Reviewer: Stu - Australia
Date: 21st May 2008

Firstly I should say that I have been a Nokia phone repair technician for 5 years.

Generally I avoid phones with moving parts such as flip phones since they generally up as an expensive hinge repair. However the E65 slide mechanism seems relatively rugged & I've promised myself I'll be gentle. I am using a jewel case to protect the screen which makes some of the keys a little difficult for my (admittedly fat) fingers to access.

Feature wise it's got everything under the sun, most of which I don't use. It's got good customisation features, although some of the options are hidden away in the menu trees. These I use a lot.

Battery life was poor at first, but this was expected. Proper battery maturation & a tweaking of settings & I now get 3 to 4 days between recharge which is about standard for most phones. I should point out I prefer text to live calls so that doesn't include many phone calls. In general 3G will use more power (multiple towers, more signal processing etc) & the decent sized screen is a huge power hog. Changing backlight preferences is a quick way to improve battery life.

This is my first phone with the S60 operating system & I am having a lot of fun. I bought a bt335 GPS logger & have it fully integrated into the E65 with Nokia maps & Nokia sports tracker. I go hiking a bit so it's a nice safely feature, always being able to find my way home, & it's nice to plot up onto Google earth when I get home.

The software is a little restrictive. Newer S60 models use newer firmware which makes the newer platforms more flexible than the E65. I haven't run into anything I can't do yet except Skype through the Bluetooth into my laptop's Internet connection.

In summary? It's nice to look at, feels nice, is fairly solid, has lots of pretty features. The software can be a little restrictive if you're a geek like me but it won't worry most people. Battery life can be an issue if you're a heavy phone user but that will be true of all the big screen 3G phones. & I don't see many in for repair, which is good because they're a pain in the proverbial to fix.

Hope this helps.

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Reviewer: Philip - Keighley, UK
Date: 18th May 2008

Had this phone for 11 months now on three contract. I have had no problems. It's packed with features & I have installed opera 4 mini for mobile web browsing & it copes very well.

I can get email but I get that much spam I don't bother. The mobile TV is cool too. The only problem I had was the rubber coating started to peel after a 5 months, but all I did was peeling it off to reveal a shiny black surface which IMO looks better.

This phone goes everywhere with me & it has taken a few drops & dings & still looks & works great.

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Reviewer: Bo Bo - Glasgow, UK
Date: 13th May 2008

Replaced a Sony mobile with this one 10 months ago. Can't wait until July! Not sure what experiences other people have had but my phone crashes all the time. If you lock it, put it in your pocket & it slides open a couple of millimeters the lock is off. I have often found myself calling people unaware.

I have had Nokia's in the past & found them to be great phones but this is the worst I've had.

Look out Nokia. Try & keep up with the competition!

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Reviewer: Dale - Sydney, Australia
Date: 12th May 2008

The Nokia E65 has been a alright phone for me apart from the life span of it. The only MAJOR problem I have had is that from yesterday the phone has being acting up example I press 0 & I get 3.

I press 3 I get 3 & when I text I press spacebar which is 0 & it brings up a saying do I want to change the predictive text & it puts a d into so & well I go to clear the d it sends the text just like that & no I have not played with any settings, I have not downloaded anything for it, I have not placed it in or near water. If anyone knows anything about this problem then please let me know.

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Reviewer: Dede - Mexico
Date: 10th May 2008

A good phone, in every aspect.

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Reviewer: Emmanuel - Athens, Greece
Date: 8th May 2008

I bought this phone in December 2007 & till now (May 2008), I have had it in my possession for a total of 2 weeks (out of the 5 months). The rest of the time it has been in the repair shop! My main problem is related with battery performance.

The sequence of problems & repairs is as follows.
- 1st repair, full drainage of battery in under 8 hours (standby), with 1 hour talk time. Was told that there was no problem with the phone & that it was a configuration issue I.e. The fact that I had it on 3G caused the problem!

- 2nd repair, full drainage of battery in under 8 hours (standby), with half an hour talk time. The phone was replaced.

- 3rd (pending repair), full drainage of battery in under 8 hours (standby), with 0 hours talk time & no SIM card inserted.

As you can see, the trend is downwards. I should probably consider investing in a nuclear power station. It's a shame though as the phone & its features are great, but the performance & reliability thereof are terrible.

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Reviewer: Aussie Dave - Sydney, Australia
Date: 7th May 2008

I have had this phone for two days, only half of the screen showing when in camera mode. Dealer tried for 30 minutes to fix. No more available in NSW, awaiting call from dealer to advise. (I am not holding my breath).

I sent 4 SMS messages only to be told they did not arrive. What a set of Drongo's. Wish I had stayed with my old LG. In fact it will be on eBay by the weekend.

Aussie Dave.

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Reviewer: Bob - UK
Date: 26th Apr 2008

What can't this phone do. One problem the network, don't get it on 3.

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Reviewer: Billy - UK
Date: 18th Apr 2008

It's an amazing phone. Had no problems so far but with all the complaints I have read about I am getting quite scared.

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Reviewer: Roy Remick - Melbourne, Australia
Date: 18th Apr 2008

Great phone & great features. Easy to use once you know how to navigate around all the stuff. Only problem seems to be that mine is way too clever! I use mine for business & thus need it 'on' all the time. It knows better & keeps switching itself off & on & has breaks in between, had this problem 3 months ago & stopped so I thought it was just a glitch. Today, however, it was on, off, paused & doing what it wanted all over the place. Open the slide to make a call & it automatically goes to switch off, then does so by itself. Type PIN number, I do that & it switches on then pauses then off then on then. You get the picture. It came close to the big throw across the road. Got a message, vibration & checked then it then turned off. Turned it back on & it turned off & so on. I use mine for emails & Internet etc & never a real problem. Except for the intuitive on & off thing it seems to know & learn. Perhaps it is cleverly screening my calls & messages. Off to the repair shop we go!

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Reviewer: Katharine - Newcastle, Australia
Date: 18th Apr 2008

Hey, I am thinking of getting this phone, sounds good some sites have bad reviews some have good, just wondering where you get things for it off the net like to make the text bigger & to add games & stuff.

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Reviewer: Caroline Salt - London, UK
Date: 11th Apr 2008

I haven't had any of the problems with the E65 that seem to be on here, it's not once turned off for me, I don't have any earpiece problems, although my boyfriends 6200 has that, only using speakerphone etc. But the problem I have with my E65 no one seems to have complained about. My phone book doesn't work most of the time. I can make maybe 2 phone calls, & then I go to last dialled, phonebook & nothing. The screen clears as soon as I try making the call, however typing the numbers in works fine. So as long as you memorise your phone numbers & have no need for a phone book, this is a good phone. Does go incredibly slowly in turning it on & off (about 5 minutes I waited for both the other day) & after sending a text message the phone is unusable for about 30 seconds to a minute but that's OK.

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Reviewer: Chris - Norther Rivers, Australia
Date: 7th Apr 2008

Worst phone ever.

I signed up to an Optus contract in September with a Nokia E65. I then had to have the handset replaced within 2 weeks because it kept turning itself off. Then within 3 weeks I had to have the new handset replaced, then again within 10 days on yet another handset.

The fourth handset actually lasted over 8 weeks, now it's been back for repair 3 times (because its outside immediate replacement period) & every time that the engineers send it back fixed it turns off terminally within 24 hours.

My solicitor is now discussing this matter with Optus. I would advise everyone to steer well clear of this product.

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Reviewer: David Pendry - Hook, UK
Date: 1st Apr 2008

I was relieved to read that so many other people have had the same problems with their E65s! Considering this is an up-to-date phone, you'd be hard pressed to find anything more frustrating, turgid & pointless.

Four weeks ago, I upgraded (ha! ) from a flip phone that had started to switch itself off, which was most annoying. The E65 was going to be the cure to all my problems, & had many, many useful functions to make my life easier. Within a couple of days it started to shut itself down when it felt like it. I got fed up with it & contacted Vodafone on the landline, obviously! (Ever tried speaking to Vodafone? I recommend Valium before you do). When I finally got through to a real person, the speed at which they offered to replace it spoke volumes to me.

They were good to their word, & my phone was collected & replaced the following morning (the driver said that I would be amazed at how many E65s he's collected & replaced! ), Things were then OK for a few days. Today wasn't too bad, in that, it only switched itself off 3 times (yesterday it was 5 times)

I have emailed Vodafone, but, as yet, I've heard nothing back. I'd go into the Vodafone store, but that's SUCH a soul destroying experience, I am not sure I can manage it again.

In short, Nokia have made a real lemon with this phone. There's obviously a (very! Small batch that are OK, hence the positive reviews. I am going to get rid of mine as fast as I can because it's rubbish.

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Reviewer: Chris S - Cambs, UK
Date: 1st Apr 2008

Excellent phone, never had any problems, good battery life, everything works perfectly, would recommend to.

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Reviewer: Dave - UK
Date: 30th Mar 2008

So hard to use if your in a rush & it turns off! The music & video player is poor so is the battery! Worst phone ever.

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Reviewer: Gregor Mackenzie - Scotland, UK
Date: 24th Mar 2008

An excellent mid range mobile. Does everything I need well. ONE BIG PROBLEM! MY STUBBLE GETS CAUGHT IN the KEYPAD!

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Reviewer: Damien Mcclarey - UK
Date: 23rd Mar 2008

I have had this E65 since last July & since then up to today I have now had the same fault eight times. It stops sending texts I have to keep on getting software updates. I have contacted Nokia just waiting on a reply from them. Anyone else having or had this problem?

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Reviewer: Bobi - Skopje, Macedonia
Date: 21st Mar 2008

Very good Phone.

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Reviewer: Tariq - United Arab Emirates
Date: 20th Mar 2008

No problems what so ever. I use the phone 35 hours off talk time a month & have not had the problems listed hear. Only feel that the battery lets me down.

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Reviewer: Wiji - Melbourne, Australia
Date: 19th Mar 2008

Nokia e65 is the best symbian phone.

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Reviewer: Gg - Scotland, UK
Date: 17th Mar 2008

Worst phone ever. Feel plastic, fonts tiny, no basic games, camera grainey, asked me to continue downloading all the time when switched on. Sold within a month.

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Reviewer: Xam - Karachi, Pakistan
Date: 9th Mar 2008

NokiaE65, I have only problem with keypad light. Does anybody know how to solve this problem, please let me know.

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Reviewer: Gp - UK
Date: 6th Mar 2008

Read a few bad reviews for this phone, but can't understand why.

The phone syncs well with Microsoft Outlook, so I can keep up-to-date with appointments etc. The music player is one of the clearest I have heard from a mobile phone, but you must save tracks in MP3 format otherwise they do not play. Display is nice & clear. Battery life for me is a good few days & I use the handset to make calls, play music, & play games that I have downloaded, so not sure why people are complaining. I did initially charge it for about 16 hours when I first got it to condition the battery, even though I knew it would work straight out of the box.

Overall a very good phone, everything you could need from a phone. For me restores a lot of creditability for Nokia.

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Reviewer: Jmt - Netherlands
Date: 2nd Mar 2008

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH ALL the NEGATIVE VIEWS APPEARING HERE!

I purchased a Nokia E65 in May 2007. By November 2007, I was unable to make or receive calls! Also, the keypad refused to light up after about 5 months. I took it to my local Nokia repair point, & on Friday I picked it up after being without it for 5 weeks. I was assured it worked. However, on trying it out yesterday (Saturday), the keypad lights up, but I still cannot hear callers on the earpiece, only on the loudspeaker, & that doesn't make for very private conversations! I have always like Nokia phones, but I am now losing my faith in anything Nokia!

I am taking it back tomorrow (Monday) & demanding my money back. Watch this space!

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Reviewer: George Irvine - Edinburgh, UK
Date: 19th Feb 2008

Wish I had read the other reviews before getting the e65. Phone looks good & has lots of features, but they rarely work properly. Battery life is the worst I've ever had. I have to charge this phone every day or after 20 minutes of calling. The menu system is clunky & the phone is bug ridden, it has bad habit of resetting itself. I can't wait to get rid of it. Previously I had the Sony Ericsson Z610i which was a great phone. I would gladly change the e65 for the 2 year old Sony.

To sum up, terrible phone, I will never buy a Nokia again.

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Reviewer: Luis - Texcoco, Mexico
Date: 17th Feb 2008

I have had this mobile phone for about a week. I upgraded the firmware & this thing is absolutely stable. I think a faster processor would be nice to run third party applications, but I can live with it. For people having stability & reset issues, maybe you should try a hard reset to get rid of all the bad stuff. There are many pages that mention how to do this & make sure that you only install certified applications.

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Reviewer: Matt - Melbourne, Australia
Date: 12th Feb 2008

In my 19 odd years of owning & using mobile phones, this has to be the single most bug ridden, problematic handset I have ever encountered & had the displeasure to own. But don't get me wrong, it's not all bad. When it's actually working, it's a great phone but I do feel that Nokia have lost their edge in the western phone market over the past few years. Why does no one in Japan use a Nokia, because they're unreliable as hell & chocked full of old, second rate software technology.

I have a four year old Japanese phone made by sharp that does everything this phone does & more. Not to mention faster & more reliably. It boots instantaneously, there is no menu lag & the email functionality fantastic. Unfortunately use it in Japan. I have a newer Japanese phone that's even better.

Anyway, I've had a string of problems with the E65 ranging from erratic email behaviour to the phone randomly switching off. A number of actions appear to cause this to happen the most obvious of which are an incoming caller ending the call as the slide is closed, closing the slide before a messaging application has quit & the web browser quitting for no apparent reason. The keypad backlight goes out whilst writing SMS. Shortly after this, it shuts down or more to the point, just plain switches off. The battery life is exceptionally poor on WCDMA networks. There is an exceptional amount of lag in most every application, even when doing the most basic of things like opening the main menu & the list goes on & on.

It's back to the shop tomorrow to swap it for the second time. I would strongly advise anyone against buying this phone unless you absolutely need the Wi-Fi functionality & are extremely patient with technology that is supposed to save you time & make managing certain aspects of your life easier.

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Reviewer: Roderic Van Deventer - Strand, South Africa
Date: 8th Feb 2008

This is the biggest waste of a phone to buy. It looks great, has great applications when they work. Had my E65 for not even a month. Decides to switch itself off when it wants. Now it switched itself off & won't turn on again. Battery fully charged. It's off to the repair shop for me or & exchange like most of the others of you. My next upgrade won't be Nokia. Shame on you Nokia!

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Reviewer: Emily - Selangor, Malaysia
Date: 7th Feb 2008

This is a great phone, unlike the other reviews I've read, my E65 works fine. The Wi-Fi is good, the battery lasts for at least 3 days, the phone doesn't lag at all, (at least not mine). The start up is quite fast too (compared to my old Nokia 6600, the E65 is like a bullet train). Although It works fine, I have to admit that the font is a little to small & asking if I would want to lock my phone every time I slide it to close is also pretty annoying. I just switched from Motorola v3 in pink & I think it was a great switch. The E65 is much better than the v3. The camera for the E65 is also pretty good. But I still think not having the front camera for video conferencing is off putting. Overall, it is a totally usable, totally functional phone. & it is also pretty fast considering the amount of things it can do.

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Reviewer: James Carver - Oxford, UK
Date: 6th Feb 2008

I love my E65, I have had it for about 9months now. It is however a rubbish phone. It always switches itself off, the skin peels off & it is very slow. The battery only lasts about 30hours which means charging every night.

The Vodafone shop know me personally as I have taken it back for replacement, repair & new software 4 times now!

I already want a new phone, still a Nokia fan though. Even though they never write back to any of my complaints! I wouldn't get this one, it's too complicated for its own good!

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Reviewer: Ana - Brisbane, Australia
Date: 6th Feb 2008

I agree with most of the reviews. Most unreliable & problematic phone I've ever had. I've never had problems with Nokia phones in the past so this is a first & I am really disappointed. Serious software issues from the second week I had the phone, freezes, vibrates for no reason, switches off & & freezes every time I try to switch it on again, ridiculous waste of money, must be the alpha version or something.

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Reviewer: Justin Micale - Perth, Australia
Date: 5th Feb 2008

It is nice & slim, looks great, (Black is the best colour). Wi Fi is awesome BUT! THIS PHONE HAS TOO MANY ISUES! & Nokia JUST BRUSH IT OFF.

I am currently on my fourth Nokia e65, & am VERY frustrated. The first week I had it, I noticed it was freezing, & shutting down unexpectedly. After 3 Australia (My Service Provider) swapped it. Low & behold the Mobile was damaged straight out of the box! My next Nokia sent me back to 3 within a week because it was poorly constructed. By know I was quite angry with Nokia but my new phone was fine, until July.

By July the mobile had the odd, shutdown or restart, but from then on my phone was playing up way too much. After a free (Thanks to warranty) repair. Everything seemed fine, until November. I ignored the constant restarts, shutdowns, freezes, slow response time & keypads that wouldn't work unless restarted for about two months when I finally brought it back to Nokia Care. After a 'Repair' the report showed no signs of fault with the phone, but the technician believed it could have been my memory card. When I got it back my speaker at the top of my phone, used for calling was crackling & I could barely hear. Why have I had so, very many problems with the e65!

! Nokia ALWAYS try to tell me it's the memory card. Even when I told them it just has music & photos on there! They said it's like a virus & your phone can't stop viruses like PC's. BUT I HAD TREND MICRO ANTIVIRUSE FOR E65 & when I told them that they didn't say ANYTHING! DO NOT BUY!

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Reviewer: Mathew - Wilson, UK
Date: 4th Feb 2008

I really like this phone.

Apart from an early teething problem when it would turn itself off when you slid the phone open a little aggressively, it has been everything that I expected it to be.

Getting used to the one touch key operations from using the standard Nokia menu's on previous phones has taken a little time, but still a very good lightweight compact phone.

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Reviewer: David Davies - Cardiff, UK
Date: 27th Jan 2008

This is a great handset, battery life is good at 3 to 4 days. My only problem is with Nokia themselves.

This phone has issues with its keypad, & has problems with its software. It is in dire need of a firmware update, problem is there is so much money in contracts & the demand for making new handsets is just rising.

Nokia customer service is atrocious. They do not answer letters, they do not deal with problems. The basically don't like dealing with anything. So if you get a faulty handset, be warned!

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Reviewer: G.d. - Australia
Date: 27th Jan 2008

Garbage phone, it just rebooted itself than whilst I was writing a message. The first one I had broke down within 2 weeks, (turning itself off several times a day, often midst function, calls getting cut off). It was replaced for free, since that it hasn't been as revolting a phone, but as people have mentioned the software lags like there is no tomorrow. So everything is VERY slow, most of the functions are not of particular use unless you use it as a phone for business, in which case I feel sorry for you because the lack of usability & reliability of the phone would have a much greater impact on you.

The camera is very very average despite the 2 megapix camera & over the last 2 months or so my phone has learnt a brand new trick of destroying the image that was taken & replacing it with a nice shade of opaque BLACK. So if you use it for taking any photos get them off the phone as soon as you can, & it seems to do this in a fairly random manner, so it just destroys whichever photo it likes & it done this to many photos.

All in all I had Samsung d500 & that lasted me well without a hitch for about 2 years before it played up AT ALL.

I went back to Nokia on this phone because I had great experience with early Nokia models, 8350 I think it was, they tried to make it fancy & created something that isn't worth using.

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Reviewer: Kyokan - UK
Date: 24th Jan 2008

I've had this phone for about 4 months now, not had a single problem with it. The form factor is great, the keys are nicely spaced from the bottom of the slide so it doesn't get in the way & it's full of useful software, with tons more on the net ready to download! The battery life is fine, I do a lot of browsing over 3G so I have to charge it every 3 or 4 days, & that's no problem. My only gripe is that the interface can be slow at times & the slide handling is infuriating, rather than locking the keys when you close the phone it asks you whether you want to lock them or not. Oh well I've downloaded a key lock application for it to fix that.

By the way the guy who can't change the volume, there are volume keys on the side of the phone!

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Reviewer: Gary Jukes - Gloucester, UK
Date: 22nd Jan 2008

Well what a bag of rubbish. Thought I'd revert back to the Nokia from a Samsung to this new all singing all dancing Nokia E65 what a mistake. In total I have sent the phone back a total of 5 times to be repaired as it kept freezing, shutting down, go blank & vibrate itself along my work station. I have an 18 month O2 contract & to suffer this for a further 14 months is non negotiable. On the second time of sending it back they furnished me with a new phone as they were unable to detect the problem within 7days. Low & behold within 3 days of receiving the new phone déjà vou so back it goes twice more before going back again this Monday & saying completely different handset or make or I go for frustration of contract & demand back all my monies I have paid. Tomorrow I will get a decent phone & not another Nokia as they have rapidly gone downhill. So would a recommend this phone? DREAM ON Nokia what rubbish.

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Reviewer: Ben - Sydney, Australia
Date: 20th Jan 2008

I bought a Nokia e65 from 3Mobile in Sydney, Australia yesterday. I got home & was using the phone for about 3 hours when I realised the keypad was no longer illuminating (yes, I know about the sensor & that you have to be in the dark). Only the lower section on the slide was non functional. The upper keys below the screen seemed to be unharmed.

I took the phone back to 3Mobile today & they graciously gave me a brand new handset.

I brought it home & used it for a similar period & discovered it needed charging. I put it onto charge on the charger I was given & took it off about 3 hours later. It was dark at this point. I slid open the phone & removed the charger. The keypad then flashed up. & then it was gone. The EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN.

It seems I have to get a new Nokia e65 every day of my life!

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Reviewer: Daniel - Romania
Date: 17th Jan 2008

WI FI PROBLEM, TEXT SMALL. DO NOT BUY THIS MODEL.

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Reviewer: Eoghan - Ireland
Date: 14th Jan 2008

Agree with the vast majority of reviews. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE. Within 2 weeks, numeric keypad light was broken, phone had slowed to a crawl (I did not install any additional apps or have any running in the background), phone switched itself off intermittently, the screen went black when scrolling between text messages, the headset is total rubbish. I won't even mention the incredibly abysmal battery life. Nokia you have 100% lied about this. Even with WLAN scanning & Bluetooth disabled, you would be lucky to get 12 hours (yes, 12, not even 24) from it. This phone should immediately be taken off the market. I sent mine back to O2 & am getting a less expensive, less functional rich, but different Nokia model. The only reason I am staying with Nokia is that I have never had any negative experiences up to now, I am hoping that the E65 is a one off disastrous blip for Nokia!

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Reviewer: Joan - Liverpool, UK
Date: 5th Jan 2008

Got Nokia E65 on Contract from O2 in September 07 after moving from Vodafone having a Samsung. Within days had problems switching itself off & not able to make calls. O2 replaced it & new phone was fine for a few weeks now I have no keypad light! Which used to work. Got stuck trying to make call to car breakdown company & could not see the keys. Took phone back to O2 didn't even offer a replacement phone while phone went off for repair. I will be asking for a refund on my monthly rental. Also phone keeps browsing the net & I don't even know how to use it!

I hope they cannot fix it & I will not be accepting another Nokia E65 back to Samsung. Shame on you Nokia & O2 for not sorting it by not offering it to customers.

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Reviewer: Matt K - Windsor, UK
Date: 3rd Jan 2008

DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE BE MISLEAD INTO BUYING THIS PHONE!

I have read the previous reviews & agree totally with those who have experienced problems with their E65's.

If you are someone who hasn't had any problems up to now then you are either very lucky or just haven't had your phone long enough! I had a faultless Samsung D600 before this & regret moving back to Nokia (I won't make this mistake again).

The phone's software is far too slow, the earpiece microphone sometimes 'crackles', the font is too small (how on earth Nokia got away with that one I don't know! ), the phone occasionally turns itself off, the battery life is a joke (I am having to charge up the phone every night even after 20/30mins use during the day), the complexity of sending a simple text to different people or forwarding texts on is SO long winded compared to the Samsung.

Nokia should learn from their mistakes with this phone, otherwise they're going to lose a lot of loyal customers to other brands.

You have been warned.

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Reviewer: Andy - Sidney, Australia
Date: 27th Dec 2007

As with a lot of the other reviews it looks OK & comes with a lot of features however it is just too buggy.

Mine regularly decides not to redial from the recent calls list or phone book & the only fix seems to be a restart. Nokia should include a dedicated button for this as every Nokia I have ever owned at some time or another needed to be turned off & on again.

I also found it frustrating to navigate the menus as places you expected to find things were not there. I just gave up a Samsung phone which never had one problem or required a restart (just didn't display your calendar on the main screen) to get this Nokia.

I will never make the same mistake again, this Nokia is rubbish.

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Reviewer: Anon - Estonia
Date: 26th Dec 2007

Good design plus good features but because of bad battery (too much power consuming system, even if all additional features are switched off) it is useless.

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Reviewer: Unhappy Customer - UK
Date: 17th Dec 2007

If huge battery & talk time are a selling point for you, think again. The manufactures guidelines on it are way out. Expect only a small fraction of what's offered. The rest of the features are fine or average.

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Reviewer: Jamie - London, UK
Date: 17th Dec 2007

Given Nokia E65 as a company phone, had it for 2 days & it started to turn itself off, then when sliding it open to answer call it turned itself off.

Installed sky anytime software & worked for about a week then the software vanished from the phone. Also had problems with call failure, only way to rectify was to take battery out & put it back again.

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Reviewer: Jmt - Netherlands
Date: 16th Dec 2007

I agree with each & every negative review on this website! I, too, have always been faithful to Nokia, but have certainly lost it. I was attracted by the looks of the E65, but discovered that they can be very deceiving! It is VERY user unfriendly. I have had mine 7 months, & already I cannot hear incoming calls through the handset, only through the loudspeaker which doesn't allow for very private conversations! The keyboard no longer lights up, although it did in the beginning. The font is FARE TOO SMALL! My disappointment was immense when I searched the software for a facility to increase the font size, there just isn't one! This is probably Nokia's biggest blunder.

Please don't be fooled by this attractive looking phone. IT IS RUBBISH & Nokia SHOULD BE ASHAMED TO INCLUDE IT IN THEIR COLLECTION!

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Reviewer: Adrian - Poland
Date: 12th Dec 2007

What rubbish it is! I want to warn all people considering this model. Don't! I've made a mistake of entrusting in the brand & not checking any independent forums before purchase. Got one a few ways ago, it was a brand new model, but had to have the sim lock taken off, as networks didn't match. This voids my warranty to each I intelligently agreed. I remember me saying to the guy, well the phone is new & Nokia is reliable, so why bother.

Now, the keypad light is gone & I am impatiently waiting for all other problems to develop. How thrilling. I'll dump this rubbish through an auction site in two months or so, when I will renew my contracts. Hope the auction will be popular. After all, if someone badly needs this phone, they can buy it for half the price & already broken.

Oh, & texting has been modified in a way that reduced language support which earlier allowed for special characters in my language to be converted to non accented Latin letters, no longer works. It works bloody the same as full support so why bother putting this option in the first place (did work in past models though). Now each SMS is 62 or something characters long. How brilliant. I am sure all the operators are so grateful. I am going to convert to fridge like handsets by LG. I promise.

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Reviewer: Javier José - Madrid, Spain
Date: 9th Dec 2007

I got the phone for 2 weeks now, & it is working perfectly well, not switching off by itself like stated in this page, neither any problem with the slide or with the software usage! I really feel people have got the problem & not Nokia. Software works or not, that's your problem & not the manufacturer!

Wireless device is working perfectly in my house, & in any public place I go to.

The only bad point about this phone is its battery, as it runs out quickly, but to be specific after using the wireless device for some time. It is its main problem because as a new phone I have to charge the battery almost on daily bases.

A great phone all in all. Recommended for serious people in using wireless & communication features it has.

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Reviewer: Andy W - Essex, UK
Date: 6th Dec 2007

Great looking phone. Good features when they all work! Mind you I have got the wi fi now working with the Orange Livebox. Still all too late, I've given the E65 to the Wife as she doesn't depend on a mobile like me. Problems too many to mention Nokia, just sort out firmware etc to make all our lives happy. I got this phone on contract with Orange when it first came out. I have had four replacements since then!

Orange would not let me change the handset to another make after number 5 so they fobbed me off with a £100 compensation. Don't make sense I told them. They did tell me that there were lots of problems & they were fully aware of them but were powerless to do anything for me or the hundreds likewise. Rubbish I know things can only get better.

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Reviewer: Tim Mavers - High Wycombe, UK
Date: 29th Nov 2007

I see from the previous reviews that some of you have had issues with your E65 so I wanted to show the other side of the coin. The design is great & I have the red & silver one. The features are abundant. The usability is fantastic also. There are more applications on the E65 than you can shake a stick at & all of them are easy to use. Some people who have not had such a feature packed phone before might take a day or two to get used to where some applications are. Nokia have however made some really useful links from the home page to messages, calendar etc.

The speed at which the applications load is sometimes slower than other phones with less applications, but when you consider what this phone is capable of it's certainly worth the extra second or two.

I'd highly recommend this phone to anyone.

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Reviewer: G Man - London, UK
Date: 26th Nov 2007

This phone looks great & is packed with features (Skype is why I bought it), & as some others have mentioned, it is great when it is working, but unfortunately often.

I find myself frequently turning the phone off & back on again because certain things won't work. The main one being that after a certain period of time, the phone just decides it won't make any more calls. I cannot make calls through recent calls, phone book or even dialling the number straight in. This is really very annoying!

I've never had any problems with Nokia before, but it has to be said that this phone really is garbage considering the number of problems that I've had & that I've only had it for about two months.

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Reviewer: Sue Brookhouse - West Midlands, UK
Date: 24th Nov 2007

I bought my Nokia E65 8 weeks ago & I really like my Nokia N65. I have just been using a Motorola V & my Nokia is by far the better phone. I really wished I had not gone from Nokia to Motorola in the first place.

At least I am giving a positive response to the reviews. It does have quite a lot of programmes on, which I doubt I will never use, but it is compact & easy to use. Keep up the good work Nokia.

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Reviewer: Vasco - Portugal
Date: 23rd Nov 2007

I've been reading all the comments on E65 & I am just amazed, mainly because of the bad ones. In my case I have no complaint about e65 at all & I've had a bad history of Nokia cell's (broken 6670, n70, e50 (battery dead in 1 hour etc), only good example is I still have it 6680 & because of that changed to Sony Ericsson (K800i with good 3.2 camera) but after two phones (both with amazing firmware bugs) returned them to the shop & bought E65. Amazing, works fine, with Wi Fi, good call quality, no events at all. Maybe it's only mine battery till now, no problems with self off events or anything else, so I have to say E65 YES!

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Reviewer: Peter - London, UK
Date: 23rd Nov 2007

Battery lasts only 2 days in standby, compared with published figures (depending where you look) of 7 days. This is a real problem if you are travelling around. My phone went back to Nokia for repair because of this, but came back just the same.

The font size is much too small. I have problems reading the text even when wearing reading glasses. I definitely won't be getting another Nokia phone in the future.

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Reviewer: Aaron - Tel Aviv, Israel
Date: 14th Nov 2007

By far, the worst phone & the worst Nokia I have ever had. It gets stuck & the only way to restart it is by taking the battery out, it misses small features (like Auto Keypad Lock) that I had in older Nokia models. I have upgraded the firmware & now I cannot enter a message details or a call details feature. This phone really sucks! If you are planning on buying a mobile phone this one IS NOT FOR YOU.

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Reviewer: Kun - Zambia
Date: 14th Nov 2007

I got this phone 2 months ago. It's a phone that I can say is alright but it is not really attractive because of the looks I only like the screen! But overall I think it's OK. & the functions are really nice! But if you are looking for a phone with attractive looks this is not the one.

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Reviewer: Katsabelos - Greece
Date: 10th Nov 2007

Bad phone, small fonts, bad.

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Reviewer: Mike - UK
Date: 5th Nov 2007

The worst Nokia phone I have ever had. I will never have one again. Have spent hours on the phone to my service provider because of the lack of signal, & they can't do anything about it until Nokia say there is a problem. When it goes for repair, Nokia just keep putting a different firmware version on it, but nothing changes, apart from different logos & pictures on the menu. Do not buy this phone. As they say, looks can be deceiving.

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Reviewer: Mark - UK
Date: 4th Nov 2007

I've stuck with Nokia's for a long time but after my 6233 losing its signal even after repair, this rubbish bit of kit really is my last Nokia. Menu access is very slow, the contacts button only works sometimes meaning I can't access any of my contacts, great, NOT.

Everything takes so long to do. Can't find how to set up a default text number as previous phone. To do anything takes so many button pushes. Battery life is rubbish & screen is wasted as you can't use full size wallpapers.

Screen marks when you slide keypad, like something rubbing the screen from back. Lack of stopwatch, countdown timer. OK, I can probably download one but I'd like a phone to be complete when I buy it. No software upgrade yet. WHY NOT?

Memory card awkward to change quickly & rear cover flimsy & doesn't secure properly. Only reason I chose this was it was the only half decent Nokia available on O2. Finally when is a manufacturer going to put the screen & keyboard the other way round so screen is protected & slides down?

This is now my second failure from Nokia. Bet they are losing loads of customers with junk like this. Should have improved 6233 reliability & enclose it in this case, it would have been a winner (with a 3.5mm jack plug). Overall a complicated bit of garbage. Nokia should stop insulting their customer base.

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Reviewer: Paul O - London, UK
Date: 2nd Nov 2007

This is by far the worst phone I've ever had. It is beyond frustrating to navigating through the ridiculously over-complicated interface. I still can't figure out how to adjust the ringer volume. It spontaneously turns itself off all the time, it is absolute rubbish when it comes to picking up a signal, the battery lasts about 30 hours after being charged all night. I honestly feel totally ripped off by this purchase & I will NEVER buy a Nokia phone again.

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Reviewer: Tixop - UK
Date: 29th Oct 2007

Worst Nokia phone ever, been loyal to them for the last 10 years. Same software works once not next time, coating peeling off, no firmware update since the initial release. Moving to Sony Ericsson.

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Reviewer: Jaison - Mumbai, India
Date: 28th Oct 2007

I bought one a few weeks ago, problems with the slider- 2 out 10 times when I slide the phone open or shut the phone just turns itself off. Rather disappointed with the overall performance.

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Reviewer: James - Belfast, Ireland
Date: 25th Oct 2007

UPDATE - Just got my E65 back from Carphone Warehouse. The person in the shop told me that the numerical keypad wasn't fixed (from Nokia). I went & picked up the phone anyway, got it home switched it on & the keypad lit up, nice one lads. She didn't check it in the shop before giving me it, told me that there was no repair, maybe no report. The Carphone Warehouse I don't think have staff that care for their jobs or something. Nokia did fix it anyway. I am OK for now but not a sausage on the coating flaking into dust at the right of the screen. Awaiting Nokia's call. It's a good phone, I just hope or wish they get it right & sorted out.

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Reviewer: James - Ireland
Date: 25th Oct 2007

I bought my Nokia E65 in September. The keypad light (numerical keys) never lit up from it was first switched on. I am having serious trouble sorting this problem out with Nokia. I feel that they will try to push me aside.

Also the cover coating is blistering, falling off or turning into powder or something. I noticed it one day on my screen, powdery. It is a poor substance or its outer coating seal is poor. I have always been a Nokia customer for years but if they push me away I'll never return. This is the first Nokia problems I've had ever. Are they running themselves into the ground? They will if they don't call back these e65's & replace them with a correctly modified model. I am losing my trust in them very fast. The phone functions are excellent & I am sure any newly introduced model will have hic-ups but they should've fully tested it. Instead they have a bit of a nightmare on their hands & I think no one will call their bluff.
I am waiting a call from their dept for who knows what. They said they found water damage in my phone but how come I've noticed 'a lot' of people with the exact same symptoms? I doubt it's a coincidence, not that big & the fact that I didn't get a chance to use the thing. I look after it & it always was in its pouch. Nokia please sort this out before it puts a large dent in your name.

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Reviewer: Debbie - Leeds, UK
Date: 15th Oct 2007

What a load of rubbish, turns itself off all the time & buzzs whilst slider is up. No joy with O2 apparently they have sent a replacement, not yet got it that was 3 weeks ago, ring them up send them mails, not interested, what a rubbish phone & what rubbish customer service at O2, also received bill for £70+, turns out I have been browsing the net! Not so, I wouldn't know what to do, too complicated, am taking this further!

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Reviewer: Colin - Sunderland, UK
Date: 10th Oct 2007

This has got to be the worst mobile phone ever marketed by Nokia. It switches itself off, unable to make calls for days on end I have always had Nokia phones so to keep me & many others a customer think about the design Nokia & test the phones before release otherwise your brand name will never recover the customers faith, your competitors must be ecstatic over this phone as it must compare with the worst on the planet.

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Reviewer: Chrissy - Norwich, UK
Date: 9th Oct 2007

Love this phone, but found the font size far too small. Have now got it sussed, got a font magnifier.

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Reviewer: Arvin - Manila, Philippines
Date: 7th Oct 2007

Overall, this phone is very good. One problem that I have now is that the keypad light sensor won't work. Even if it is pitch black only the upper part of the keypad (which is the dial, drop call button, etc.) lights but the lower part (which contains the letters & the numbers) doesn't. Do any of you guys also experience this kind of problem with your Nokia e65?

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Reviewer: Anas Al Sarawi - Kuwait
Date: 2nd Oct 2007

Hello, I want to say that I like the Nokia e65 it has a camera like other phones & because the screen is great & the look it even better. That's all I want to say now goodnight.

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Reviewer: Paul - UK
Date: 28th Sep 2007

I bought this phone & have the same problem as Jane in the UK (see below) in that there is a permanent voice mail message even when there's no messages.

Does anyone know how to correct this? Cheers.

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Reviewer: Michael - Sydney, Australia
Date: 25th Sep 2007

This is my first E65 of faults after 10 days, which after much argument with Optus was replaced. I agree it looks great, but it randomly will turn itself off when I slide the face up. This seems to happening more often of late, & is becoming a pain, especially in business meetings. Is there any setting which may be interfering with the slide?

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Reviewer: Karim H - Toronto, On, Canada
Date: 24th Sep 2007

I love this phone! Design is awesome features are amazing & the material it's made out of is amazing! Go for it! Just missing a camera for video calls.

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Reviewer: Ritchie - Ireland
Date: 23rd Sep 2007

Had a few faults but when it works it's an amazing handset.

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Reviewer: Krisko - Australia
Date: 21st Sep 2007

Rubbish. I have had this telephone for two months now. Well actually I am now on the fourth handset in this time! The phone cuts out when I answer calls, turns off sometimes when I close the slider, buttons freeze & I have to remove the battery to get the thing working again. Each handset starts fine but then within 2-3 weeks things go wrong, every time. Perhaps it's just a bad batch from Nokia but I would not buy another.

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Reviewer: Reginald - Antwerp, Belgium
Date: 19th Sep 2007

The perfect phone for me! Exactly what I wanted! However, returned after exactly 7 days when it switched itself off repeatedly. I regret to say it but stay away from this phone!

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Reviewer: Anas Al Sarawi - Kuwait
Date: 15th Sep 2007

I like the Nokia e65 because it means a lot to me because of games & good design.

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Reviewer: Bob - Wanderingville, UK
Date: 14th Sep 2007

I've had mine for about 4 months now. I researched quite heavily on all other phone options before I got this. I did buy mine sim free though as I am against any kind of operator restrictions, & I don't have to look at their rubbish logo's. I used to have a 6270 before which was really easy to use, good camera & a slider.

This I got as it's so well designed & a slim size for all its features. It is the first Symbian phone I've had & knew this could be an adventure for me as I had been used to the simple & smooth working of standard Nokia & Sony Ericsson systems. I must admit it took a while to get used to all the menus & their sub-systems, though it has proved to be really worth it.

The phone is a beauty, has WLAN, allows me to Bluetooth or infra-red things to other people, plays full screen video [on a very nice qvga screen], I can upload games which play perfectly. I've not had any problems, once I got used to the quirks of symbian over the simple standard user interface, people around me love it, outside of a flash for the camera it's perfect.

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Reviewer: Ian - Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Date: 13th Sep 2007

A phone with some good features however the worst phone I have ever had. Bearing in mind Nokia are marketing it as a business phone then they must have it wrong.

Good points -
- Office features.
- Quad Band.

Bad points -
- Battery life (This is the second E65 & I still can't get any more than 48hrs on standby with no use) with 30 minutes of talktime the battery dies in less than 24 hrs.
- Font too small.
- Tacky slide.
- Takes forever to turn it on.

Overall not happy, going to change it for something other than a Nokia.

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Reviewer: Anon - Pakistan
Date: 12th Sep 2007

I am looking for the option to turn on & display the duration of a call that is currently being made. I mean Nokia E65 is good but because it lacks this feature, I am not liking it much. Can anyone help me in this regard? Thanks.

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Reviewer: Gemma - Perth, Australia
Date: 12th Sep 2007

Hi everyone. I am heading out to buy this phone today, but have done some research prior to coming to this decision. By the sounds of it the text size is a major problem for people.

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Reviewer: Sue - Amman, Jordan
Date: 6th Sep 2007

It's really a great mobile. I love it.

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Reviewer: Brigite - Sydney, Australia
Date: 5th Sep 2007

I have had my phone for 2 weeks now & I am already up to my third replacement. It is constantly switching itself off (when the battery is still full), often won't redial numbers that I have called, sometimes won't allow me to dial numbers from my phone book & only has one alarm that you have to set every single day. I am really let down by this phone, I have only ever used Nokia phones but I don't think I will again after this one.

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Reviewer: Mel - Chesterfield, UK
Date: 4th Sep 2007

Love the phone itself. But I am currently sending my second handset back to receive a totally different model. As both handsets I had switched off while I was in the middle off phone calls. Andi was assured that it was just a faulty handset. I now have my wonders of whether they have forgotten to put something in the phone that needs to be there. But I shall not be having another handset of this model as I think they may all be faulty & is not worth the hassle if it is going to happen again. Without this fault I would highly recommend the phone as it in my eyes is a style icon. I would get it out & people would be 'that's awesome' but I had to tell them the downside. The only other downside is that it is not a very speedy phone, so would not be recommended for teenagers such as myself. It is a marvellous design & I wish there was no fault so I could keep this model. But I shall move on to the Motorola Z8. I hope this has helped you while on your search for a phone.

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Reviewer: Jim Thompson - Yorkshire, UK
Date: 1st Sep 2007

This is not a review as I only received my E65 today so haven't had time to explore its features. However I felt the need to make a comment, relating to the complaints at a lack of repeat alarm function.

I just set up a meeting in the calendar, added an alarm reminder & guess what? I can set the alarm / meeting to repeat on a daily basis. Maybe that will prove a useful workaround for someone. Especially if the meeting title is 'Get out of bed & go to work'.

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Reviewer: Bruce - Argyll, UK
Date: 28th Aug 2007

Looks the part but screen flashes when texting fast oh & you need the magnifying glass to read the text as is.

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Reviewer: Garry - Folkestone, UK
Date: 22nd Aug 2007

Just a couple of points, I have had this phone from a Vodafone shop & as said before, no on mentions the fact only one camera, I only found out when came to try & use it, no use for video calling, seems Nokia designer had a off day ! Or didn't quite have the qualifications he said he did.

Second the instruction manual didn't say much about any of the functions, seems you have to work it out yourself!

I like the size but it's like working a computer rather than a phone, so many sub sections & you have to hunt for what ever you want, it's in there somewhere! Always been a Nokia customer but think they needed to really plan this phone a little better.

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Reviewer: Steve - UK
Date: 22nd Aug 2007

After using this phone for over 3 months I am really starting to dislike it (loved it at first).

The phone has a lot of software bugs & is in need of a firmware update. Unfortunately are not listening.

The other problem is the rubber coating on the phone, it wears out & peels off very quickly. I've looked after the phone & kept it in a pouch but the rubber coating is peeling off all over the phone.

This makes a 3 month old phone look like its old & worn out.

It's a nice phone totally ruined by lack of support & poor build quality.

Avoid at all costs!

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Reviewer: Rachie - Peterborough, UK
Date: 21st Aug 2007

Hi, just after a little advice really! I understand the phone is aimed at business users. But surely there should be some games loaded on it? & is there any way of editing pictures you take? My n70 had little things like clipart, & cropping pictures or changing the picture colour, does the e65 not have this? Otherwise a great phone! Thanks in advance to anyone who can advise me!

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Reviewer: Ahmed - Cairo, Egypt
Date: 14th Aug 2007

I bought this phone 2 months ago there was a problem in it, that the keypad of the numeric buttons does not work I changed it with another one. So no problem, but there is something I want to comment about it:

Good things:

1) Software & applications are so fast
2) WLAN working in an easy way & helpful
3) Design is so good & pretty small in size
4) You can setup any applications on it without any problems

Bad things:

1) On switching on the phone & turning on it's so slow
2) Battery time needs to be more sufficient especially in the talking time
3) Need in its package more larger MMC
4) Camera is not in the suitable place while you are using it
5) Support 3G wiz one camera, don't know why

But finally for business & multimedia & everything I think it's so good compared to another Nokia models its better than N-Series especially that you can create in its gallery folders for pics & so. Not albums like N-Series.

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Reviewer: Michalis Skoullos - Nicosia, Cyprus
Date: 5th Aug 2007

The main problem with this device is the size of the fonts. I have read that there is a free program that can be installed on the device to increase the font size. If anyone knows where to find it, please let me know as it would be really appreciated.

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Reviewer: Krzysztof - Nowy Targ, Poland
Date: 2nd Aug 2007

One thing to the people who complain about lack of some features on this mobile phone: it is a symbian os mobile phone! Go & install whatever feature you need yourselves!

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Reviewer: Mathew - Belfast, UK
Date: 2nd Aug 2007

I have had this phone for the last 6 months now. Never had any instances when it switched off on me & anything of that sorts.

The VOIP phone meaning I could access my voip discount & other voip accounts & make calls over the net at home & wi-fi access areas took time to setup but works like magic once I got it figured out.

I have noticed that calls do get disconnected after 22 - 23 minutes. But this has stopped happening once I decided to reduce my phone usage. Smart move anyways. Also the phone does get heated up after constant use. Not funny if you have non-tropical skin.

Anyways on the whole. GPS, Wi-Fi, Calendar good design & lots of downloadable games make this a fun phone.

My mates do think it is meant for business ppl. But hate branding this beauty for ppl in black jackets & white shirts.

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Reviewer: Roxy - South Africa
Date: 1st Aug 2007

Great looking phone, pity about the alarm & lack of normal headphone jack. Anyone know where to download enhanced alarm software for free?

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Reviewer: Bradley - Perth, Australia
Date: 30th Jul 2007

The 4 business buttons on the front of the phone have stopped working & it's a real pain as I have already downloaded new software etc etc. Quality control is not good enough Nokia!

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Reviewer: Wayne - Swanwick, UK
Date: 28th Jul 2007

Great phone, battery time & sound. Plenty of features & looks the part. No flash & small text only downer.

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Reviewer: Dawn - Lancashire, UK
Date: 24th Jul 2007

I bought this phone from carphone warehouse & have had it for 5 weeks. I was originally attracted to its looks, although I was meant to be getting the N95 but changed my mind when O2 told me about the problems with battery life - (pathetic I know) but I loved it the minute I started to play with it.

It did develop a fault after 3 days, the four buttons on the front of the phone stopped working but I couldn't be bothered to take it back at the time. This rectified itself within the week & it is now working fine.

I love the sleek design & its easy grip finish. I do find it slow when accessing text messages & it is awkward having to go through all the processes of selection before you get to your text. The Bluetooth function is not disappointing & the WLAN is awesome & easy to configure with home networking. I have yet to try the printing function. The camera could process a little quicker but I find the quality good. I would prefer to personalize the top & sub menus when on standby mode to programs I would find more suitable for me. Quality of sound when making calls I find to be excellent & clear regardless of surroundings.

GOOD POINTS
1. Excellent battery life compared to some other phones. Charge it approx 1-2 times a week.
2. Love the design & casing doesn't slip in your hands.
3. Reminders from calendar shown on screen - saves going into calendar every day to check.
4. WLAN.
5. Easy access keys with some personalization function with own key on front of phone.

BAD POINTS
1. Has no repeat alarm function - this is a big disappointment to me.
2. No reminder function in calendar! It was so much easier to put appointments in as reminders in my previous 6280, with this phone I have to put them either as things to do (which you have to keep going back & selecting as done - which also makes them disappear - so no record of them. If you don't they keep showing on front of phone) or input them as meetings which takes ages putting info in. Also you can't jump to future dates by inputting the number from calendar - you have to go through the sub menu again.
3. Contacts cannot be changed to view both contact name & number as on other phones.
4. Unable to save or call numbers from text messages you receive.
5. This phone is too slow for me I prefer to input data quickly & easily.
6. Too many sub menus to trawl through which can be frustrating.

In all honesty I still prefer my old 6280 for ease of use & functionality but it was useless for reliability & developed numerous faults & at the end of the day you need to know that you can rely on your phone when needed.

So would I recommend this phone?

I would say think carefully before you buy this phone. If you don't mind trawling through all the little sub menus or aren't that fast on the phone then go for it but if you want speed then look elsewhere.

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Reviewer: Trevor - Atlanta, US
Date: 24th Jul 2007

The reason this phone shuts itself off is because it is like a computer. There are many applications running at once as does on a computer. To prevent your phone from shutting itself off turn it off for an hour or so when you are not expecting calls or messages from anyone. Or just shut if off in the morning when you are getting ready for work or school then turn it back on when you arrive. It does not guarantee the stoppage of your phone shutting off but it will reduce it. I experienced this problem but a couple buddies I work with also have Nokias (N95 & N80) & both told me their phones shut off (N80 more so than E65 or N95) & they told me to shut my phone off for a period of time to let it rest so to speak & it has helped. Hopefully this has helped you with your problem.

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Reviewer: PP Singh - Patiala, India
Date: 17th Jul 2007

Please can someone let me know, how can I change the text size. My only problem.

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Reviewer: Sarah - Herts, UK
Date: 16th Jul 2007

I've had this phone for 4 months I love it, however this is my 2nd handset as the 1st one was faulty. The battery got really hot after 3 minutes on phone, really not good! Now my 2nd one has started turning itself off randomly, does anyone else have these problems or am I just unlucky? Despite the problems I do really like the phone it's light & smart looking & very easy to use.

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Reviewer: Graeme Hunt - Bruton, UK
Date: 14th Jul 2007

FONT SIZE:
The person who agreed the font size to be used must have had picked up his binoculars by mistake instead of his glasses. THIS IS MY BIGGEST PROBLEM!

VIDEO CALLING:
He also seemed to think that using the phone in front of a mirror for video calling seemed a good idea.

BATTERY LIFE:
If you can be bothered to stick a silver bit in the bottom of the phone & plug the other end into a wall socket, when your are sleeping, the battery lasts 365 days.

LOCK KEYPAD:
It is actually quicker to slide phone up & down & hit YES than press the on/off switch, select lock keypad, select OK.

I cannot find out how to search for a contact by number rather than name? LG do this magnificently.

My Bluesport earpiece doesn't want to work with the E65 Bluetooth for some reason?

Only had for two weeks. Seems to all be in working order.

The keypad lights - oh reading reviews that the lights stopped working had me in stitches. Cover up the sensor by the on/off button & VOILA!

Hey, it's a phone, er, for speaking to people on, & as long as it does that, it does what it says on the tin, anything else is just stuff to play with really.

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Reviewer: Blanche - Hong Kong, China
Date: 12th Jul 2007

Bart & I made a lot of inquiries from the Nokia-shop & other Telco shops in Hong Kong, just wanted to have different opinions. We were happy that the shops staff were all friendly, professional & neutral to explain to us. After a day of window shopping, we were frustrated with the phones as each has its strengths & weaknesses. Eventually, we decided to buy a phone which suits Bart most, the Nokia E65. In the Hong Kong airport, we tried the free Wi-Fi. Wow, what a great intervention! Another great discovery of E65 is that you can watch TV as well, provided that you've subscribed the service. Of course, there are other good phones to watch TV. But my hands are small & E65 is handy to me. So far, Bart is happy with it, & I am thinking to buy myself one E65 as PCCW Mobile provides free 4000-minute 'Now TV' service that my favourite CNBC & Bloomberg are included.

Overall speaking, the E65 gives customers more options in high-resolution to support our work.

For overseas tourists, remember to use your mobile phone with Wi-Fi in the Hong Kong airport & other hot-spots downtown for free.

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Reviewer: Asim - Madinah, Saudi Arabia
Date: 12th Jul 2007

ITS A REAL cool MOBILE CHEAP & HAVING ALL FACILITIES.

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Reviewer: Sara - Beds, UK
Date: 10th Jul 2007

I am a complete mobile geek but I seriously do not LIKE this Nokia Firstly please anyone tell me how on earth one is supposed to 'stretch' the wallpaper to full size on the screen because I simply think its pointless to have a great big wonderful screen - & not make proper use of it, Its embarrassing to have such a device that cannot do this! Also, I see that this phone does NOT have smiley faces in text messages! How pathetic! Sometimes faces replace those words & I use them all the time. However, although you can simply use text smileys like :), you can't use a smiley face & I have no idea how you can! This is another disappointment, that the menu is not animated, this is simply the worst Nokia I really have ever seen

It really does not excite me in the slightest bit at all. Its going straight back to the store tomorrow unless someone can kindly inform me how on earth anyone puts smiley's in text.

The most simple thing -its like saying, I am a rich tea biscuit without the biscuit.

Terrible.

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Reviewer: Faiss - Dalian, China
Date: 10th Jul 2007

I love this mobile phone, a bit expensive here but stylish & everything simple. Functions are very good & not complex but not much software's, well still doesn't matter, but its great.

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Reviewer: Victoria - Brentwood, UK
Date: 9th Jul 2007

Does anyone know if I can turn the camera sound off on this phone?

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Reviewer: Mimi - Kilburn, UK
Date: 5th Jul 2007

Thanks for all the reviews, about to get the E65 & was worried with all the bad reviews I'd been reading. Anyone know if I can change the casing of the red one to the brown? Carphonewharehouse only provide red. Thanks.

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Reviewer: Jane - UK
Date: 29th Jun 2007

I have had this phone for about 5 weeks & it developed a problem in the first week where there is a permanent answer phone icon on the screen even when there is no message, has anyone else had this problem & what did you do to over come it? Otherwise it's a great phone.

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Reviewer: Heather - Callington, UK
Date: 25th Jun 2007

Attracted by its looks & the fact I wanted to upgrade my 6280 slide phone (which I loved apart from the usual problems) & I chose this. Big mistake, it's on its way back. Far too complicated for someone like me who wants a stylish yet quite easy phone to do all the basics without a lot of hassle & a MAGNIFYING glass. How can Nokia think us older users can see the text without obtaining some other software?! NOT the phone for anyone wanting an easy life as there is far too many buttons (to get wrong with a slip of the finger) very disappointed.

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Reviewer: Jackie - Poole, UK
Date: 25th Jun 2007

Got the E65 as an upgrade, loved it at first, liked the slim shape & slider, but the main problem for me is the small font size. Can't read anything on it without glasses on & what is the point in having a slim phone if you've got to carry a whopping great pair of specs with you everywhere you go! So I am afraid I will have to send it back to O2.

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Reviewer: Chris - UK
Date: 23rd Jun 2007

I have now tried 3 Nokia E65's & each one seems to have the same fault when trying to download games from the Vodafone Live site. When I download a game, all goes well until I get to the last 10 Mb or so. The file suddenly stops downloading & then either states 'invalid JAR file' or just disconnects. Whilst I appreciate this is a business handset, I quite often like to play a game on my phone when waiting at airports & this is disappointing. Any thoughts out there?

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Reviewer: Louise Castle - UK
Date: 23rd Jun 2007

This is the worst Nokia I have ever had & believe me I have had a few Nokia's. It's only got one camera so how are you supposed to do video calling? On line with a contract you get a free memory card but in shop you have to pay for the memory card. It's going back to shop & I am getting N73.

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Reviewer: Mike - Lebanon
Date: 21st Jun 2007

A wonderful phone.

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Reviewer: Liz - Lancashire, UK
Date: 21st Jun 2007

No phone will ever please 100% of people 100% of the time, but I much preferred this phone to the 6280 that I had for ten months before it. After the abysmal 6280, this phone was easy to impress me, but the main reason I wanted it was because it has quickword, like the old 6630 which I still have as a spare.

I've seen several reviews complain about little things like no keypad lights, which there are, Carphone Warehouse have it wrong. It has a built in sensor, like the 6280, which monitors light, so it will only come on when needed in dark places & the other being used for music. Like someone else has stated, if you use the recent Nokia stereo headphones from previous phones, like 6280 (it's only redeeming feature) it will stay plugged in securely in your pocket. I walk to work everyday listening to it while it sits in my trouser pocket & have never had a problem with it.

The battery life is usual for multi use Nokia's, & as many have said, turn off everything you don't use all the time, to save energy, plus it charges in only a couple of hours.

The only thing I was disappointed with was its alarm capability. The 6280 had an alarm feature that you could set a recurring alarm for certain days of the week, like I used to have mine set for 6:30am, Monday to Friday every week, & never needed to reset it every night. This phone didn't come with it, BUT, I did find a free alarm download that does just that, so it was OK.

It is much slimmer than the 6280, & as I was use to the locking feature, this phone is actually much easier to flick up & down with just my thumb than the other, so I never use the on button to lock it (don't know what the fuss is about with that! ).

The font size is the same as previous Nokia phones, & it isn't that small. For word documents, you can change the font size & I always have it on small. I have never had a problem with it loading text messages, & it is only slow at loading documents because they are long & are stored on the memory card. I would definitely power like it's going out of fashion!

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Reviewer: Shahid - Lahore, Pakistan
Date: 21st Jun 2007

Hello everyone thanks for keeping this community alive. Have read all these quotes & found many people sharing the same problem as I am facing right now. My sensor has stopped working. Do you think this comes under warranty cover? Was right in saying that there is no light on its keypad, thanks Nokia enjoying this cell that I replaced with N70.

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Reviewer: Fufu - Saudi Arabia
Date: 20th Jun 2007

I just bought this device a week ago & now I start to forget using my laptop. I use it for checking email, web surfing, some admin jobs using the WLAN. Also, I just start using it with truphone. With WLAN connected to my home systems, I login to my XBOX XBMC & use it as remote control since XBMC has a web interface for controlling the GUI. Also, I access my media center web GUI & play/pause etc. My saved movies, music (not play into the cell, just to control it).

Oops, I forgot, it is a mobile phone too, so I do make/receive call too. I love this little device so far so good.

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Reviewer: Yamen & Mohammed - Kuwait
Date: 19th Jun 2007

Nokia E65 is the best of them all.

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Reviewer: Mick - Malaysia
Date: 18th Jun 2007

Thanks for the reply on keypad lock function. Anyone on the alarm function? Can anyone tell me how I can send a Text sms to a telephone number that is NOT listed in my 'Contacts' list? (ie just to send to a mobile number, that I do not wish to add to My contacts list). Thanks.

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Reviewer: Cameron - Birmingham, UK
Date: 16th Jun 2007

I am sorry I don't like this phone. Why you may ask?

- Some obvious features are missing, such as radio & an alarm that you can set more than one day ahead. Symbian will sell you a proper alarm as a download for 10 USD. What a rip off as they designed the platform for this phone in the first place!

- It is not easy to use. Settings are not always obvious, a previous reviewer said that you can't change the desktop icons, well you can but it took me a week to find out how.

- Nokia have been very mean with pre-loaded material. Only one wallpaper, no games, only a few applications. Yes you can always download stuff but even if it's free you get stung with the data charges.

Are there any positives? Well there are two browsers for WAP & the web & these are pretty good. Voice activated features work well. The phone looks great, that's it.

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Reviewer: Ben Mapstone - Bristol, UK
Date: 14th Jun 2007

Wonderful phone, much smaller with more functions then my old 6280, however slower to open text messages & access a blank message. Truphone (skype) is totally amazing & free! Battery is fairly good & charges quickly. Phone works amazingly with my car (Bluetooth), I can read text messages & dial without taking my hands off the wheel, all read through the dash! I would recommend when they fix the speed issue's on a bad day it can take 2 minutes to open a text message but today! 6 seconds (still too long but all the other functions I am not too worried.)

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Reviewer: Martin Margerrison - Nottingham, UK
Date: 12th Jun 2007

I have been a very loyal Nokia customer for over ten years now & have used a variety of handsets, 3510, 5210i, 7610i, N70 to name the last 4 alone. My favourite, thus far was the N70 which I was very happy with. Unfortunately particular one!

I am now locked into a 12 month contract with a handset I really dislike to say the least, simply because I have been loyal to the Nokia brand.

I can assure you that this has seriously affected my confidence in Nokia products & will be looking to replace the E65 handset at the earliest opportunity.

Considering this is a very new model I am utterly bemused by Nokia's latest design. Are visually impaired people no longer part of world-thinking? Sony Ericsson, Samsung & Motorola will be looked at in more detail in future.

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Reviewer: Steve - UK
Date: 12th Jun 2007

A lot of incorrect things are being said about this phone, this should clear things up:

'The phone has no keypad lights under the numbers'
- Yes, it does! They only light up when it's dark thanks to the light sensor next to the earpiece. Don't believe car phone warehouse!

'The phone has no games'
- It's aimed at business ffs, games are freely available on the net.

'No front facing camera/useless for video calls'
- 3G isn't just for video calling, it's for high speed mobile broadband too. Read the specs, if you often make video calls then this isn't the phone for you!

'The fonts are too small'
- They are about the same size as most modern phones with high-resolution screens. The font size can be changed with an extra program that's available for free.

'The battery life is too short'
- Like all modern phones you can save a lot of battery power by switching off Bluetooth, 3G & wi-fi when you don't need it.

'You can't lock the keys without opening & closing the slider'
- Total rubbish! The phone can be locked by pressing the power button once & selecting lock keypad, simple!

'It's not a good as the 6600'
- Sentimental point, the 6600 was a bug ridden brick & just as easy to break, I should know!

The phone has its fair share of bugs but that's just one of the pitfalls of buying a hi-tech smartphone.

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Reviewer: Craig - UK
Date: 11th Jun 2007

Had this phone for a few weeks now & I am more than happy with it. Previous reviewer stated that he could not lock the phone without using the slider, all you have to do is press the on/off button once, scroll down one & press select. Great phone!

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Reviewer: Dean - UK
Date: 7th Jun 2007

My recommendations:

+ Design, functions (wi-fi), sound, display, slider

- Sometimes slow, camera could be better, no keypad lights (numeric part)

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Reviewer: Mick - Malaysia
Date: 7th Jun 2007

I've had this phone for about 2 weeks plus now.

Good points:-

1) Very quick response time for sms & getting into email account.
2) Pretty to look at.
3) Calendar function in standby mode very useful.

Bad points:-

1) Small minute fonts (I am long sighted in my 40's)

2) Can press the 'green' call button to automatically call anyone who has sms you (sms in INBOX) BUT can't do the same with sms you have sent out (in SENT box). Why? I may have had to reject an incoming call with an auto sms button & later need to call this no. List of incoming calls may be too long to retain this 'RECEIVED' tel no so I keep my SENT sms in order to return call to this no. So I need to use a pen & pencil to write down this no from my sms SENT BOX & then call the number manually.

3) Can't keypad lock without first sliding it up & down. E.g. when making call, last number redial, we can make call without sliding open cover by pressing green call button. After call, can anyone tell me how I can keypad lock without having to slide open & close phone just to get the words 'Lock keypad? 'On the display?

4) Number buttons are flushed & difficult to feel any grooves in between buttons. Tension of button feel is not very conducive for sms. Tends to miss certain letters. Good-to-press buttons are like those on Samsung & Sony Ericsson phones (my 2 previous phones).

5) Alarm function can't be set for selection of days. Unlike my previous Sony Ericsson, I could set alarm for 6am from Mondays to Fridays (those days being working days & I have to get up early) & leave alarm off for Saturday & Sundays. Where is such a function in E65? Can't even set a daily alarm much less an alarm based on days of the week. & my Sony E costs less than half the price of my present E65.

Will let you know about anything else as I continue by exploration of my new E65.

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Reviewer: Ryan Mccaffrey - UK
Date: 6th Jun 2007

I've had this phone for around 4 weeks now.

First off, I would like to point out to people having problems with the keypad lights not working that this may be to do with the phone having a light sensor built in.

This detects the amount of light & tells the phone whether or not the keypad lights need to be on. (I.e. if its pitch black, the keypad lights will be on & vice versa if it's bright daylight). The idea is to save on battery power.

Also, people experiencing only two days battery life. I have used this phone for numerous texts & many hours of calls each week. I usually have to charge it around once a week. Check your programs running in the background by holding down the menu button for a couple of seconds. Cancel & shut down any programs running that you do not need. This will save on power dramatically.

The phone is generally easy to use. Customisable menus are great. Text messaging is easy to compose with options to copy & paste if need be.

Lots of features on this phone including WI-FI enabling use of Internet whilst on the move. Full HTML browser is a bonus.

Read & edit Word files, & transfer to & from PC using Nokia PC Suite. Very easy to set up & very easy to use. You can print wirelessly to a compatible printer should you want to print photos or documents. A handy converter for pretty much anything from miles - kilometres to currency to pressure to power.

MP3 player seems OK, although only supplied with mono earpiece. A bit disappointing, but this is a phone primarily for business, not for kids wanting to take their music to school with them.

Camera phone is OK, although not the best around. Fine for general picture taking with fairly good quality. Again, this is a business phone not a clubbers phone!

For what the phone has been designed to do - keep the business user happy - I believe this is a good choice for this audience as it does all the tasks required, with the added benefit of conference calling. A must for business users.

Recommended? Yes, definitely disappoint.

For all you business users not worried about music or photos, this phone is a must. It performs very well with decent battery life & usability.

Some will like this phone, some will not. At least explain why you don't like this phone or why you do like this phone other than just 'ITS RUBBISH'. That really doesn't help anybody!

Cheers

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Reviewer: Hui Ming - Singapore
Date: 6th Jun 2007

Sigh, I regretted buying this mobile phone, although the design was quite good. The functions aren't really good, especially it's font size. Roars. I still prefer my old mobile phone, N73. Keep up the good job & produce better mobile phones, Nokia! :D.

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Reviewer: Mansur Habib - Nairobi, Kenya
Date: 5th Jun 2007

Hi, I don't seem to know how to play any games on this phone, under what menu are the games. I have had the phone for a week now & it's just great the WLAN is excellent.

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Reviewer: WTF - Australia
Date: 4th Jun 2007

I seriously don't know what everyone is complaining about. When you compare this phone to all the others, it beats them all & has approximately the same amount of colours as a Sony PSP. Rock On.

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Reviewer: Jimmy - UK
Date: 30th May 2007

This phone is a complete awful!

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Reviewer: Howard Goodrick - Driffield, UK
Date: 28th May 2007

Not as good as the 6600 series. Plenty of software features. Very small grey font. Not easy to see. No front view camera. No flash. Case not as strong as previous 6 series. It is lighter & less bulky. Not the equivalent item as the 6600 & the shop does not point out the differences. (I don't suppose they are likely to?).

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Reviewer: Nadir - Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Date: 27th May 2007

Great phone to start with but had received a phone with no keypad lights. Confirmed it with Carphone Warehouse & they said this model does not have keypad lights. Very strange.

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Reviewer: Julie - Droitwich, UK
Date: 27th May 2007

I am very happy with this phone. I have got the nice chocolaty brown one as opposed to the red. The only problem so far is the very small font size! I can't believe Nokia could design such a good phone but no option to change font size. I could barely read the text I was typing or the list of text messages in either the Inbox or Sent etc. Absolutely ridiculous.

However, I found Font Magnifier software from Psiloc, which cost me 9.95 Euros & it is well worth it because I can now increase the font size. The only thing I can say that has happened is if the font size I have increased is a bit too big, any incoming text messages seemed to crash the phone every time & turned itself off. Decreasing the font size slider by a couple of notches seems to have resolved the problem. Please be wary that installing programs as I have done with this software may affect the phone's warranty. But it was either that, or put up with the small font size & that wasn't an option other than returning the phone to Orange as it's an upgrade (I have tried & returned the Sony 800i, Nokia N73 & Samsung U600). The E65 is here to stay!

I think the battery life is not brilliant & after only 2 days use I have had to put it back on charge, but I can forgive that because I like the phone. I note in another review that disabling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth etc may increase the life of the battery so I will see if this makes a difference.

Everyone has their own opinion about this phone, but it's perfect for me.

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Reviewer: Johnnybag - London, Bolivia
Date: 26th May 2007

It's rubbish!

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Reviewer: Sue - Birmingham, UK
Date: 16th May 2007

Well I have not bought it yet. But I will say I have been researching this phone for couple months now & read loads of pages of reviews from loads of different sites. The things that people complain about is so silly its funny LOL. Like the pictures being too small next to peoples names in contacts. (& ya point is)& the battery life. (if you disable things you know you not going to use that's running in back ground that should help ) the size of the font. (Simple get ya eyes tested and get some glasses) & video calling (people saying the camera the wrong way round and the other person can't see you well who cares and unless you know someone that has video calling on there mobile you can't use it anyway). I think over all the phone looks good got some good stuff on it got everything I been looking for and I am still going to buy it in June so stop being so bloody fussy and enjoy the phone.

Just my opinion.

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Reviewer: Hants - UK
Date: 14th May 2007

Have had the phone for a week now & am very impressed. All the features are great & the menus are clear & simple to use & navigate through.

The battery life is more than acceptable given what the phone can do, & if used just as 'a phone' I have had almost 4 days before it needed charging.

Build quality feels perhaps on the flimsy side but the slide motion is good & reassuring.

If you are looking for a feature packed & smart looking phone at a descent price then this has to be considered!

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Reviewer: Aaron - Wollongong, Australia
Date: 14th May 2007

Great phone very happy but keypad lights stopped working after around two weeks? The phone has never been dropped & has been treated like gold so I was pretty disappointed.

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Reviewer: Hayri Yanik - Ikitelli Istanbul, Turkey
Date: 12th May 2007

It's very slim & perfect. Can not show you tube movie. Must be run flash player for web browser.

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Reviewer: Steve - Lancashire, UK
Date: 10th May 2007

This is a great phone & feel the need to correct a few points made in the previous review:

Battery Life: Nokia states battery life of the phone running without any extra features switched on. As soon as you enable Bluetooth, 3G, Wi-Fi or leave programs running in the background the battery will drain quickly. The same applies to any phone.

PC Suite: Works perfectly for me using Bluetooth or cable but I am using the latest version from the Nokia website.

MP3 Playback: If you use a newer headset like the one supplied with an N70 or 6233 it works perfectly without disconnecting. It's well known that older headsets or well used ones have this problem. Mine works perfectly in my pocket using my old 6233's headset.

Menu: You can edit the phones front menu (active standby) you can add or remove items (including the team suite) or switch it off completely. If you switch it off you can set shortcuts to the navi key which I prefer.

Keys: I find the buttons very easy to use, not to big & not to small. Great for texting.

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Reviewer: Iwan - South Wales, UK
Date: 9th May 2007

I am often amused by people who complain that it does not do this & it does not do that. Basically this is a mobile phone, not an MP3 player, or a digital camera. I bought this phone for its emailing capabilities, without the need of having to carry around a brick simply to have access to a QWERTY keyboard (Most business users would use a laptop anyway for lengthy emails & documents). The phone is relatively simple to use, & the design fairly sleekest (unlike the N95 that looks tacky). The battery life probably could be better, but then again two days to me sounds reasonable enough. Sending a text is easier, & the team function for me is a plus. The addition of Wi-Fi enhances the E65's features. I am not too sure why Nokia placed a pouch in the box that can be used as a carry case, rather than a proper leather case which would have been more useful. The headphones should also have been stereo. Nevertheless this is a great handset for its price, & I am sure that as with all mobile phones, there will be features that will never be utilised.

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Reviewer: Hokle - UK
Date: 8th May 2007

Absolute rubbish. To say this is one of the latest nokias it has no front camera for video calling also try setting the alarm. It only asks for the time, you can not select the date i.e. if you want to use same time every day then you have to set the alarm every day, what a ain that is.

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Reviewer: Sam - Putney, UK
Date: 8th May 2007

The phone feels nice to hold. Not too small & awkward. Being a slide phone it can be used either closed or fully opened, which is useful when you're in a noisy environment. This means you don't have to keep moving the phone to your ear to listen & mouth to talk.

Reception is clear & loud. I've had no problems having a conversation in a noisy office, street, or even a bar with blaring music.

The menus are fast & responsive without any noticeable delays, & the screen is nice & sharp, & text easy to read.

The main selling point for this phone has to be the built-in Wi-Fi. I have managed to connect both to my own wireless network & to hot spots to both browse the web using the excellent Nokia full browser, & to read & send emails.

The camera takes quite clear sharp pictures, & there is only around a 1 sec delay after pressing the shutter & waiting for the picture to be taken (i.e. not moving the camera until the picture is saved). The camera sound cannot be turned off unlike most other phones.

So what's bad about the phone, if anything?

Well actually quite a lot. For starters, the battery life is no where near the stated 8 to 14 days standby. I have not managed to get more than 2 days out of this phone, even with only 5 mins of calls & a few sms messages. This makes it pretty useless as a business phone which is the market it appears to be aimed at. No one wants to have to charge up their phone every night, especially if you're away on business. I have no idea how Nokia managed to get 8, yet alone 14 days out of this phone!

PC Suite is very bad. I could not get it to work with Bluetooth which seems to be a problem others are having. There is also no way to sync your sms messages with your PC. My Nokia 6310i could be synchronised with PC Suite 4, & then disconnected. All the sms messages & contacts on the phone would still be accessible on my PC & I could archive them, or go thru them. This isn't possible with the E65. You can only view sms messages while your phone is connected to PC Suite, as they are only 'shown' on the PC & do not sync across to it. This means there is no way of saving or archiving SMS messages with this phone.

The MP3 player is pretty much unusable. Nokia have opted to use a standard phone connection rather than a proper earphone connection. The problem is that the connection keeps coming loose, even with little movement. There's no way you can have the phone in your pocket as the connection will come apart. I gave up using the phone as an MP3 player after a day.

The menu system is fixed. You cannot move items onto the main screen menu or remove items, so you are stuck with the items on the screen even if you do not use them. The Team Suite is the first icon on the screen. I never use it, but am always accidentally selecting it. I should be able to remove it.

The keys on the keypad are only slightly raised, & are very fiddly & take time to get used to. Business phones need a decent keypad. The 6310i has one.

Would I recommend it? Well, it's not useable as a business phone due to the poor battery life. It's not useable as a media phone due to the poor outdated earphone connection. The Wi-Fi is about the only thing it has going for it. I do like it, but it should have been so much better. I would not recommend it though.

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Reviewer: David Smith - Edinburgh, UK
Date: 30th Apr 2007

I've had two Nokia E65's in 2 weeks, both have developed the same problem within a couple of days. The keypad lights stop working randomly & from what I read a lot of other faults develop.

Nevertheless, I really like this phone & considering trying a 3rd one hoping that 3rd time lucky might strike & I won't get any future problems. If this phone was problem free it would be amazing, as it stands reliability is a major issue with the E65.

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Reviewer: John Courtney - London, UK
Date: 27th Apr 2007

This phone is garbage. I got it on an upgrade but there is no front facing video camera so you can't have a conversation with someone & see their face. This is a massive error on Nokia's part & I believe that this phone is being sold without customers being made aware of this short-coming.

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Reviewer: Dodger - Pakistan
Date: 25th Apr 2007

Hey this is a great device which has everything! Now you got everything in your palm with a great style look, well done Nokia.

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Reviewer: Ian - Newcastle, UK
Date: 23rd Apr 2007

A phone with pretty much everything you'll ever need! Wireless setup is a doddle & you can browse through the net on the excellent browser provided.

OK, so there's no front facing camera, but who really cares? If you're that fussed just get an attachment! The phone feels really nice to use, the slider is excellent all the buttons are very responsive! Push email also works a treat.

Battery life has been pretty good so far too, even if I cane it with wireless & Bluetooth on.

Highly recommended!

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Reviewer: Abdul - United Arab Emirates
Date: 21st Apr 2007

The fonts are small & virtually unreadable some times, I hope Nokia will attend to that quickly.

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Reviewer: Chris Ross - Oldham, Manchester, UK
Date: 19th Apr 2007

I have had this phone for two weeks & although its a small smart phone if you are into video calling for get it as no front camera so you can see the person calling you but they cannot see you only one camera I am sending it back to O2 for that reason.

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Reviewer: Mel Reid - UK
Date: 17th Apr 2007

I got the E65 as an upgrade & the first one I had just over a week when the 4 business buttons on the front of the phone stopped working. O2 swapped the phone for another E65 & this worked fine for about a week before it also developed a fault. Firstly when ringing out or accepting a call you couldn't hear the person at the other end of the line then this seemed to rectify itself but then another fault occurred where the phone would just turn itself off then back on again. This was happening about 3 to 4 times a day. It's a real shame because the phone itself is solid, the weight & slide were great & features fantastic (apart from the camera which was poor). I genuinely think it is a fantastic phone & maybe the two I had were just rogues but it did put me off as I need a reliable phone. If you manage to get one that works fine then I feel you're onto a winner.

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Reviewer: Dr Subodh Gadkar - Mumbai, India
Date: 12th Apr 2007

ITS A SLIM & HADY HANDSET, I LIKE IT.

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Reviewer: Saad Al-marri - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Date: 9th Apr 2007

I have been use the phone ( E65) since 3 weeks & I can say it's one of the best Smartphone & attractive designed slim sized with 15mm thickness my be the camera 2MP not matching with set but not that bad, one word we can say it's great of shape, use, screen size, program, & features.

What it's important can support your business & perfect portable browser & music player gave the users to enjoy MP3 & AAC music formats, also the full feature of phonebook can satisfy all users.

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Reviewer: AJ - Portugal
Date: 9th Apr 2007

Excellent connectivity, excellent processor & sumbean 6.0 3rd edition. Very good sound & display. Usability & adaptability 5*. Excellent with Tomtom navigator 6.0.

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Reviewer: John - Southampton, UK
Date: 5th Apr 2007

Not put the phone down since I bought it. Got it to replace my N80 which I like but it's just too bulky. As an E series phone it does not support all the multimedia stuff of the N series & if a camera in a phone is important then I would not recommend it.

The slider works well & battery life is excellent for a 3G phone. The Wi-Fi is very useful. MSN, skype, ring all working well.

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Reviewer: Mary - UK
Date: 29th Mar 2007

This is a great phone. Wi-fi is brilliant, camera good, phone book a bit fiddly to edit numbers from Samsung. There are also very few themes available (I like to personalise my phones). I am sending it back though because it gave me the most horrendous headaches even by being in the same room as it. If you don't get the pain great phone.

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Reviewer: Martin - Portsmouth, UK
Date: 29th Mar 2007

This phone is just great, it just comes with everything a personal or business user could ask for. I have it on the 3 network & have not experienced any problems so far. However the only really boring thing about the phone is the fact that it looks very similar to my previous phone the Nokia 6280, & menus etc look the same on every Nokia. (Rather boring really).

I have choose this phone over the Samsung d840, even though the Samsung looks a lot better in my opinion, but comes with next to nothing compared to this.

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Reviewer: Ram - UK
Date: 27th Mar 2007

The e65 is bad, fonts are not changeable & are small & virtually unreadable. Spoke to Nokia they confirm that new symbian software does not support larger fonts, what a lame excuse! Sack symbian!

Video calling camera is not front facing, about as useful as chocolate fire guard! This probably the worst functionally designed phone ever from Nokia. I am surprised you devoted so much print to this load of rubbish from Nokia!

This must be quick recall if Nokia is to keep their reputation in tact.

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Reviewer: Roma - Milton Keynes, UK
Date: 15th Mar 2007

After a long time Nokia has come up with a good model & practical features. The instrument is light weight & comfortable to carry around. What I like most in the model is its big display & had the font size been little big it would have been best.

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Reviewer: Chris Wickham - Grimsby, UK
Date: 14th Mar 2007

Just got this phone yesterday as a replacement for the 6680. First impressions are excellent. The screen, design & keys are a delight to use & it seems very stable. Stability is most important as I had a lot of issues with the 6680 collapsing or running out of memory, something this phone doesn't seem to suffer from.

Even before I was set up with the network operator I was browsing the Internet using the wireless LAN via my home network & found the experience worthwhile even for such a small screen. The browser is very good.



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