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Nokia E65

Nokia E65 Reviews

Pocket-lint reviews the Nokia E65 and gives it a 7 out of 10 rating, writing, "Call quality was acceptable although there was the occasional echo noticeable - something that flip and sliders phones have been known to suffer from - and in noisy environments, it proved a bit tricky to hear the other person. However, these are minor grumbles. ... Overall though this is a solid little performer and if this is considered to be the entry level phone in Nokia's latest selection, I for one can't wait to see the top of the range models."

CNET reviews the Nokia E65 and writes, "The 2-megapixel shooter at the rear also has a rather barebones feature set. There's no LED flash for low-light shooting, nor can you autofocus with the camera. What you get are Night and Sequence modes, a self-timer and settings to adjust the white balance and color tones. Image quality was barely satisfactory and would suffice for only snapshots or Web display purposes. There's 50MB of built-in memory, otherwise you can choose to record your snaps onto a microSD card."

3G reviews the Nokia E65 and writes, "First off, there is no front facing camera. That smacks us in the face a bit, as we rather think that there are plenty of people out there who find video calling rather useful. In a professional capacity there are occasions when it is useful to be able to see the person you are talking to, and having video calling on board is great when you want to chat to loved ones from afar. ... If you try to balance out the plusses and the minuses of Nokia’s E65 the plusses hold more allure than the minuses can pull us back from. It is just such a shame that Nokia let us down on the mono earbud and left out a front facing camera. "

Trusted Reviews reviews the Nokia E65 and writes, "The 2-megapixel camera is slightly disappointing. It is easy enough to use, but lacks flash, self portrait mirror, macro mode and auto focus. It only shoots in two resolutions, 1600 x 1200 and 640 x 480. My standard reference shot of the coloured dish, taken indoors under natural household lighting lacks vibrancy while the flowers suffered the usual problem of over exposure. The camera did well with the cat though, who was moving at a gentle trotting pace when the shot of her was taken and yet the image is not blurred. ... The E65 has some design points that need more attention, the camera isn’t what it could be, and Nokia has shot itself in the foot by not including a front facing camera for video calls. But the clever Wi-Fi software could draw you to this phone regardless."

CNET Australia reviews the Nokia E65 and writes, "Images from the 2-megapixel camera were not up to Nokia's usual standard, turning out slightly grainy even in the highest resolution mode. It didn't help that most camera phones in this price range are now equipped with larger pixel CCDs, and that the E65 also lacked a LED flash or self-portrait mirror. You can improve image quality slightly by playing around with the white balance and colour tones, but we wouldn't rely on using the images for printing photographs."

PCPro has a review of the Nokia E65 and writes, "Features such as 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, push email and SIP compatibility make the E65 incredibly well rounded as both a business and personal phone. For simply monitoring your email inbox, the E65 is a very useful device, but it's extremely hard to compose emails unless you're happy using txt spk. For practical web browsing and full-time email, a full-blown smartphone such as the Nokia E61 remains the more practical alternative."

MobileBurn reviews the Nokia E65 and writes, "The 2 megapixel camera is not of the auto focus variety but it does its job well. The Nokia E65 can capture images at full 2 megapixel resolution (1600x1200) and in VGA resolution (0.3 megapixel, 640x480). However, the camera UI is not anything like the intuitive and user-friendly menus found in the Nseries of phones. This is to be expected, since the Eseries were never meant to be multimedia machines. It would have been nice to have a more updated look in the camera UI though. The white balance system was accurate most of the time, though the lack of a macro mode makes taking close-up pictures an impossible task."

IT Reviews reviews the Nokia E65 and writes, "As a 3G handset the absence of a front-facing camera for video calling is a downer and the strong S60 music player is let down by a mono earbud rather than stereo headset being supplied with the phone. Meanwhile the main camera shoots reasonably good photos at 2-megapixels but lacks self-portrait mirror, flash, auto-focus or a macro mode. ... Nokia is pushing the E65 as a business phone but it might have wider appeal. It is hampered by the absence of a front-facing camera and that mono earbud, but taken in its entirety this is a very functional mobile phone."

PCAuthority reviews the Nokia E65 and writes, "Features such as 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, push email and SIP compatibility make the E65 incredibly well rounded as both a business and personal phone. For simply monitoring your email inbox, the E65 is a very useful device, but it’s extremely hard to compose emails unless you’re happy using txt spk. For practical web browsing and full-time email, a full-blown smartphone such as the Nokia E61 remains the more practical alternative."

Vnunet reviews the Nokia E65 and writes, "There’s a camera here – nothing special, just 2 megapixels, but enough to take acceptable photos. The sting in the tail is that there’s no flash, let alone autofocus, so there’s no way this phone will compete with Nokia’s photo-oriented mobiles like the N73 with its 3 megapixels and Carl Zeiss lens. Still, not bad for what is pitched as a business phone, many of which don’t have cameras at all for industrial security reasons. There’s a music player on board though, oddly for Nokia, there’s no FM radio."

PCMag reviews the Nokia E65 and writes, "The phone's 2-megapixel camera takes detailed, grayish photos with good light balance but could do with a healthy shot of color. This is one fast camera, even considering the two-second file-save delay after each shot. Shutter delay is almost imperceptible. There's no flash, but those are usually useless anyway. The E65 records 15 frame-per-second video at 352-by-288 pixel resolution, a small cut above the usual thumbnail-size recordings."