Nokia E65
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Posted: 12 Feb 2007
Market Status: Released
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Nokia E65 is quad-band GSM with support for UMTS, but only European band. Operating on Symbian 9.1, the smartphone has QVGA display and 2-megapixel camera. Not very powerful device, it is packed in rather elegant slider design with internal antenna. E65 also features Bluetooth v1.2 and WiFi.

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Nokia E65 specifications

Pros

No pros

Cons

Slow processor (220 MHz)
Slow data means slow Internet browsing (UMTS, EDGE)
Low resolution display (240 x 320 pixels)
Lacks global positioning system (GPS)
Too little RAM memory (64 MB RAM)
Low-resolution camera (2 megapixels)
The camera lacks autofocus
Lacks a standard (3.5mm) headphones jack
Proprietary USB connector - have to use its cable instead of a standard microUSB
Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment

Design

Device type:
- Smart phone
OS:
- Symbian (9.1)
Form factor:
Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
- Slider
Dimensions:
- 4.13 x 1.92 x 0.61 (105 x 49 x 15.5 mm)
Weight:
- 4.05 oz (115 g)
  the average is 4.2 oz (120 g)

Display

Resolution:
- 240 x 320 pixels
Technology:
Technology - There are two main screen technologies currently used in phones and tablets: LCD and AMOLED. The former usually features a light source and liquid crystals, while the latter is based on organic light-emitting diodes. Newer LCD variations like IPS-LCD and Super-LCD allow for very accurate color reproduction and very wide viewing angles, where no significant image quality loss is observed. Current AMOLED screens differ in such a way that they can exhibit much more saturated colors (sometimes too much) and incredibly high contrast levels, which is due to black color being completely black in AMOLED displays.
- TFT
Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
- 16 777 216

Battery

Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 6.00 hours
  the average is 8 h (497 min)
Stand-by time:
- 11.0 days (264 hours)
  the average is 21 days (496 h)
Capacity:
- 1100 mAh

Hardware

Processor:
Processor - The processor is the main computing component of a phone and is a major factor when it comes to the overall speed of the device. Some more powerful smartphones use dual-core and quad-core processors designed to deliver greater performance.
- Single core, 220 MHz, ARM9
System memory:
System memory - System memory, or RAM memory is the type of memory that the device uses to temporarily store data from the OS or currently-running apps. The more RAM available to the device, the better the performance will be when multiple or heavier programs are running.
- 64 MB RAM / 128 MB ROM
Built-in storage:
- 50 MB
Storage expansion:
- Slot Type:
  - microSD

Camera

Camera:
- - 2 megapixels
- Aperture size:
  Aperture size - The aperture of a camera is the opening through which light travels before it reaches the camera sensor. The smaller the number is, the bigger this opening can get.
  - F2.8
- Features:
  - Digital zoom, Self-timer
Camcorder:
- - Yes
- Features:
  - Video calling

Internet browsing

Browser:
- - S60 OSS Browser
- Supports:
  - HTML, XHTML, WAP 2.0, Flash Lite

Technology

GSM:
GSM - Global System for Mobile communications. A world standard for digital cellular communications using narrowband TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), which allows up to eight calls at a time on 800 MHz and 1800 MHz frequencies. Introduced in 1991. Is the standard most commonly used in Europe and Asia, but not in the United States. GSM phones use a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) smart card that contains user account information. Any GSM phone becomes immediately programmed after plugging in the SIM card, thus allowing GSM phones to be easily rented or borrowed.
- 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
UMTS:
UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service, also called WCDMA, is a 3G (Third Generation) packet-based transmission of text, digitized voice, video, and multimedia at data rates up to 2 Mbps. It is based on GSM standard and is supported by major standards bodies and manufacturers
- 2100 MHz
Data:
Data - Shows the particular phone's type of data. the major mobile phone data types are GPRS, CDMA2000 1xRTT, EDGE, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, UMTS, etc.
- UMTS, EDGE

Phone features

Phonebook:
- Unlimited entries, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, To-Do, Calculator, Notes
Messaging:
- SMS, MMS, Predictive text input (T9)
E-mail:
- - IMAP, POP3, SMTP

Connectivity

Bluetooth:
- - 1.2
Wi-Fi:
Wi-Fi - Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) - used radio waves (RF) or infrared signals to send and receive data over the air. Most popular WLAN solutions today is Wi-Fi (802.11b and 802.11g) standards. 801.11b provides data speeds of around 11mbps while 802.11g can go up to 54 mbps.
- - 802.11 b, g
USB:
- - Yes
- Connector:
  - Proprietary
- Features:
  Features - Universal Serial Bus - is a plug-and-play interface for connection a computer and add-on devices such as joysticks, keyboards, wireless phones, scanner, cameras etc. USB supports hot-swap (ability to add a new device without having to reboot the computer). USB supports data speed of 12 megabits per second.
  - Mass storage device
- Infrared, SyncML, VoIP

Other features

Notifications:
- Music ringtones (MP3), Vibration, Phone profiles, Speakerphone
- Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording, Push-to-Talk

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