We would be happy to recommend the Nokia E5.
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Quoted at 7.5 hours of talk time and 625 hours of standby time, practically speaking, with moderate to heavy use of Wi-Fi, MP3 player and email, we found ourselves charging our Nokia E5 every one to two nights. While this isn't an issue in some areas, it did manage to detract slightly from the overall experience. It seemed far less reliable than any other handset tested in the same area. The main problem we had was weaker than average 3G reception. Receiving a call on the phone wasn't quite as sharp as we might have hoped, however, with adequate volume levels, conversations are still perfectly audible. When making a call from the Nokia E5, volume was audible and there was minimal background interference. While this is something that can be gotten used to, it doesn't provide as intuitive a typing experience as we had hoped it would, and simply isn't comfortable if you have larger fingers.įortunately, the Nokia E5 has retained the same 600MHz processor of the E72, therefore the phone has no trouble coping with multi-tasking multiple apps at once. Being raised only in the centre, pressure needs to be applied to a very specific point in order to click each key. The biggest detractor surrounding the keyboard's usability isn't so much its size however, but the shape of the QWERTY keys. The keys are rubberised and feel tactile enough to facilitate decent typing speeds. Being a four tiered layout, it is comprehensive enough in terms of what it offers, however is small and a little cramped. The QWERTY keyboard is perhaps the Nokia E5's key selling point. While the Nokia E5 displays less colours than the E72 (256,000 instead of 16,700,000), when considering the E5's business oriented end-use, this is a logical sacrifice that won't hamper usability.
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Both these factors help make the screen more usable for long periods, and the landscape orientation lends itself to business oriented tasks (such as text entry, Bloomberg and sorting through emails). Viewing angles on the phone are great and the screen is also very bright. At 2.4 inches and with a resolution of 320x240, it provides adequate size and sharpness for most tasks such as messaging and editing short documents, though it is less than ideal for web browsing and watching movies on.
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The Nokia E5's screen does what it needs to do, without any frills. You can compare the Nokia E5 with many other phones using our Size Visualization Tool.
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Despite the plastic body, the Nokia E5 still however manages to provide a solid feel, decent weighting, curved edges that feel comfortable to hold, and all in a relatively slim-line device. The E5 appears more straight-laced than the E72, with no design enhancements such as chrome-like trimmings to differentiate it from the array of handsets with a similar form-factor currently on the market. Sporting a predominantly plastic body, with the exception of its battery cover, the Nokia E5 looks extremely fit for purpose. With the Nokia E5 offering similar utilities and form-factor as the E72, but at a lower price-point, have Nokia retained all the key strengths in the E5, or have they stripped it of too many features in a bid to keep the price down? While most people still regard BlackBerries as the definitive business handsets, both the Nokia E71 and E72 were extremely well received. The Nokia E5 is the latest in a long line of business oriented Eseries phones, and directly follows on from the Nokia E72 with its QWERTY keyboard, landscape screen and business oriented feature-set.