In my opinion, Nokia’s best “affordable” slide phone so far! I purchased this phone like half a year back and had to change it involuntarily because I broke the sim cradle. I dropped this phone down a whole floor in my office lift. (I know some of you might be wondering if that is even possible, but yes, ironically it did!) I had the driest throat during all the time if took the lift technicians to bring it up from the elevator motor’s pit. I could see them struggling through the tiny cleft between the lift’s and ground’s floor. But the phone survived, you know the rough ‘n tough Nokia, I love them because of that too. So that’s how I audaciously justify my membership in Facebook’s group “I drop my cell phone more than the Iraqi bombs!”
Nokia.com states: "Style meets substance in the Nokia E65. Its slim, slide design is complimented by a rich range of features made for business and fun"
Anyways, coming back to the phone, prominent features included Built-in WiFi transceiver, GPS enabled, although it hardly works as I tried to couple it using Bluetooth with the Garmin GPS while in Germany, but somehow the interface always refused to connect. A bit slow on the interfacing level but over all very good in handling and looks. This phone was my first experience with a 2.2-inch TFT screen that displays 16.7 million colours at a 320×240 pixel resolution, and I loved it! It runs on the third edition of the S60 platform and thus provides a wide variety of S60 applications. It incorporates an application called QuickOffice that lets you view Word, Excel, and Powerpoint documents on this handset itself. The only short coming that I always felt while using this phone was the absence of FM Radio receiver. I always missed it and wondered why Nokia never thought about it. The new revived version E66 has this short coming covered. On the whole, this phone proved to be a good communication companion, as I travelled four countries with it and I’ll always be fond of it J
Financials: this phone was purchased on bill of Rs. 16,300 (July, 08) and I sold it for Rs. 9,500 (March, 09). I got a good deal even after breaking the cradle, thus proving that this phone earned its market.
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