Smartphone Symbian operating system OS 9.1, S60 platform, 3rd edition
Camera: 1.3 megapixel camera, 4x digital zoom
Video Camera: Video capture up to one hour, Video resolution 176 x 144, 128 x 96, 15 frames per second
Display: Active matrix display, Supports up to 262,144 colors within 240 x 320 pixels, Adjustable display brightness control
Music Player: MP3, AAC
Media Player: RealPlayer - play streaming sound and video clips or downloaded content
Java Games: Ability to download new Java™ games using Java™ technology (MIDP 2.0)
Connectivity: Bluetooth, Infrared, USB
Memory: Up to 70 MB internal dynamic memory, Support for microSD card
Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email
Internet: EDGE, GPRS
Talk Time: Up to 6.8 hours
Standby: Up to 9 days
Operating Frequency: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Size: 113 x 43.5 x 15.5 mm
Weight: 104g

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Nokia E50 Consumer Reviews (135 reviews)

Write a review of the Nokia E50! Please share your experiences to help other people choose the product that's best for them. This is a review site, not a forum, so please don't just ask questions. Please do not use swear words or offensive language, and please, no advertising! Reviewed by srinivas on 13/12/2009
Outstanding, Excellet, very nice, I am using E50 since last three years, connect to PC or browes in device, using roughly, not a single problem, except key pad wiped out, anyway overall nice device. I liked and love a lot.
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Reviewed by cornelsky on 23/11/2009
had e 50 in 2007 december it is so slim and light, very eye catching phone from nokia it pairs well with e 61 its attractiveness and simplicity catches me on this one
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Reviewed by salman_arkanstiger on 18/11/2009
Dear readers, I've just accquired the e50-2 second hand. bit disappointed to read the negative reviews but take it from me, this is probably the best phone i've ever had! you cannot go wrong with this thing no extras like camera or wifi, but remember its only a 2G phone. Simple, stylish & very suave.... a bit like me!
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Reviewed by Bish on 08/11/2009
Great phone. Does what it says on the tin. Solid metal body, decent screen, good keyboard, smallish size. Also has flexible and powerful software. got mine dirt cheap of a friend and everything still works perfectly! ok the software is a lil slow and certain aspects of the phone are a lil outdated, i actually prefer it in many ways to my LG cookie!
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Reviewed by abbas on 19/09/2009
it is a good mobile.having a very good battery life.in fact e50 is a super mobile as i use it at the age of 11
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Reviewed by money on 23/08/2009
the phone really suit my needs, awesome
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Reviewed by Chad UK on 20/06/2009
the best phone on the plant and after Nokia all should down and go home , if don�t know how to use phone then don�t buy it or when yours network has mislead you on network which has nothing to do with Nokia but someone don�t know how to set up sitting
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Reviewed by toxic on 05/02/2009
i love this phone
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Reviewed by john on 30/01/2009
This phone is outstanding, vey beautiful, good looking, very clear sound, voice. I love it very much
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Reviewed by thakshila on 08/01/2009
i have a nokia e50 phone and it's usability phone. and also it's user friendly phone and can operate well. but it doesn't have FM radio. But it is good.
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Reviewed by SHAHZAD IQBAL on 06/12/2008
Great phone.i am using this phone approx.2 years it is a just perfect phone,slim,light weight and do any thing with it witch u want.after u can use this black berry services just installed a sinmple software in it. simple is that it is a complete handset e50i.
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Reviewed by Miguel on 25/11/2008
I have this mobile for ona and half years. Altough it looks good and has a good build quality, the rest is average to poor. Wht anoyes me the most is the fact that the phone is SLOW. It crashes or blocks constantly and you cannot do more than one thing at the time. It's expensive and doesn't work like it should. I do not recommend it at all.
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Reviewed by Zeshan on 16/11/2008
After nokia 3310 and 1100 its one of the best phone of Nokia
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Reviewed by david john on 16/10/2008
my e50-2 (no camera) failed within 1 month, it was repaired by nokia, I later found out they had changed it for another repaired phone. 1 month later again failed, phone froze again and 121 messages would not stop nor would the phone switch off. Had to remove battery. 6 weeks later screen went black in middle of a call. Nokia refused to repair as they said I had SAT on it. If I had it would have broken into many pieces I can assure you, I am not the smallest guy in the world. Lost all faith in Nokia and Vodaphone. At end of contract both my agreements will change. 3 breakdowns (crashes) in just over 3 months is more than just a coincidence. Poor value, poor quality and poor help from Nokia and Vodaphone.
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Reviewed by swm on 22/08/2008
very poor battery life with bluetooth on is 2 days standby, less if i actually make a call. Have had 3 batteries and 2 handsets. everytime you switch it in you are told you have a voicemail - a known fault for over 1 year - still not fixed, font is very small, misses calls, doesnt always ring. I know lots of colleagues with same issues. not good even for free
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Reviewed by Hasan Barakah on 21/08/2008
actually I used the E-50 mobile and I found it is so practical i like it so much
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Reviewed by tommy on 21/08/2008
i am gutted!! i had my e50 stolen at the weekend and it has taken away my ability 2 smash it!! worse piece o trash phone i have ever had
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Reviewed by Imran Masood Bhatti on 09/08/2008
Its beautiful, Light in weight and stylish. almost all functions available that are required.
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Reviewed by Chase on 03/07/2008
Rubbish. I don't have a voicemail despite it telling me I have and I cannot remove the notification and symbol. May try master reset. It's slow and fiddly.
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Reviewed by dan on 22/06/2008
Most of the complaints seem to be from people who aren't used to Symbian phones. Really, before whining that the active standby menu can't be changed, try reading the handbook - of course they can: the phone works, you don't! All Symbian phones will crash if you don't shut down applications that are running in the background. Shifting from a 6310i (for example) to an E50 is a big change, as the former is not a smartphone. The E50 is far more powerful, but as a result it is more complex and therefore takes some getting used to before you can reap all the benefits of this. I have had this phone now for a year, and it's my second Symbian smartphone, and I've mostly owned Nokias for the past 13 years or so. I'd say it's the best so far, not without its faults but I like the lack of whizz-bang gimmicks, walkman buttons and so on, especially when I can run Tom-Tom on it with a bluetooth GPS receiver and save the hassle of carrying around a separate satnav. In fact, although mine happens to have the camera in it, I'd happily forego it to have WLAN or even 3G. That is really the only thing missing from this phone, assuming you really do want a phone and not a portable entertainment centre. By the way, one feature of smartphones is that they can be customised by adding new applications, so rather than whinging about the limited abilities of the alarm clock, or whatever, you can just download a third-party app that has the features you want. I think the majority of people who don't like this phone simply didn't know what they were buying, and thus made a bad choice. It's an excellent piece of kit, bit obviously not for everyone.
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Reviewed by sony on 02/06/2008
the most comfortable , sexiest mobile ever i had , i've used every mobile .but its really awesome .
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Reviewed by Emmanuel on 30/05/2008
The phone is perfect, no compromisation
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Reviewed by Arun Sharma on 29/05/2008
I have been using this phone from last one year... The moment Honeymoon period was over me and my phone started fighting with each other. 1) You pick up a call and it goes directly to speaker phone and the phone gets jammed. You have to take out the battery to bring back to normal. 2) Now i can read SMS on phone. 3) Most of the time signals drop down & if u see around most the people are taking comfortably riding on same service provider. 4) Phone gets hanged even if u pick a call 4 out 10 times. This phoe sucks big time.
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Reviewed by Katende mukiibi uganda on 26/05/2008
1st class fone
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Reviewed by Abdussalam. on 07/05/2008
I feel very good.
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Reviewed by Juancho on 28/04/2008
i recently get this phone, `cause i see it and i love it, its perfect, small, intuitive, quick access to my apps (i customize it and have a lot), its Symbian 9,1, so there re many apps, i dont have any trouble when it buy it, is perfect, (i have to say it again) this phone is a smart phone, is for smart people.. if you have problems tying your shoes, this phone is not for you
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Reviewed by Jignesh on 17/04/2008
Rubbish. The voicemail icon does not disappear even though there are no voice messages!
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Reviewed by Igor on 14/04/2008
If you cant use a Symbian phone fully dont say its rubish! buy Nokia 1100 and you will be happy! and if you buying a phone locked to a network ist mayebe can crash, because the Operator make a especial software whitch is not quality build ! if you are buying a brand new sim free phone its just working perfect !
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Reviewed by Savalkan, Reading on 07/04/2008
Shame. It's a smart sleek phone but it runs like a fat pig against the wind, up hill. No problem with the font size..except I like to use my mobile instead of a watch, but can't really see the screensaver time. The joystick is next to useless and all the extra buttons are superflous. Funny how people either rate it 5 stars (the purchaser), or 1 star (the end user). This is such a awful phone that for the first time ever I am considering buying my own phone for personal use even though I can use this as much as I like for free! 1 star from me.
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Reviewed by j jabbar UK London on 29/03/2008
For all you moaners out there, what do you want it to do, cook for you? Fly you to another country? look if you want games buy a games console if you want music buy an ipod if you want a camera buy a "camera" not that difficult is it? this is a phone with great functions works purfectly well and does what it suppose to do.
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Reviewed by Mirko on 26/03/2008
Slow, unstable, stay away from this phone! Read what we users had to go through with this phone on the net. It _could_ be the perfect phone, but it's ....
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Reviewed by Ian on 17/03/2008
The fonts ARE NOT readable! I would have returned it had I not found an excellent font magnifier that makes the E50 just about useful. Everything else seems pretty good - but I really would have preferred a better camera.
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Reviewed by Rashid Javed on 11/03/2008
Nice Phone but Camera Poor. please sugession how we increase camera result. thanks
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Reviewed by steve on 05/03/2008
Possibly the worst phone i've ever used. I have perfect vision & font size is almost impossible to read when in handsfree car kit. Just have to guess when i'm answering call otherwise going to cause an accident. Brightness is terrible as is fuctionality As a business phone it's completely useless
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Reviewed by Nokia Lover on 21/02/2008
My needs: 1: To make phone calls. 2: Reminder for calendar function. 3: Easy to use and quick menu function What i Got 1: Buttons to small for a man to use unless you have girly hands. 2: Calendar works but navigation can be eratic due to phone being so slow around menus. 3: Phone locks up, is slow as mentioned above and crashes, reboots or locks up for upto 30 seconds. Tells me i have voice mail on every reboot 4: This i believe is down to poor software or the phone not being upto the software, probably the later Good points: Metal body. Screen Size and brightness Bad points: Poor battery if using bluetooth for car kit all day. Software or phone not upto job Replacment ordered.
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Reviewed by shahzad on 20/02/2008
very excellent cell.slim,look,body,durabilty it is a great creation in all acpects.+ good softwares
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Reviewed by Tanmay Dutta on 20/02/2008
Lots of problem.The phone goes to loudspeaker mode automatically and the call does not gets disconnected until you take out the battery.This happens pretty often and can lead to a lot of embarassement.Adode Acrobat reader also doesnot funtion properly.Highly disappointing.
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Reviewed by Harry on 19/02/2008
Didn't get a far as making a call as the interface is so slow that I lost patience. Threw it straight in the bin! Gone back once again to my old Nokia 6100, which is small (60cc), light (79g), with strong vibration alert, excellent battery life (over a week with a BL5C) and has a responsive interface. Why do phones get worst every year? i.e. bigger, slower, run out of battery every 24 hours and the vibrate so weak you keep missing calls. Just make me a small phone that works! Please!
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Reviewed by Cosmin on 17/02/2008
not even a decent alarm setup. my cheap lg phone has a daily, weekly, or mo to fi or su setup. this one? i have to remember each night to set the alarm up. or to buy a program that does... or to buy a SonyEricsson. better that
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Reviewed by Darren on 13/02/2008
Absolute rubbish. without question this is by far the worst phone i have ever used. There is NOTHING good to be said.
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Reviewed by Matt on 08/02/2008
Battery last me two days and text message names don't appear even though names are in my contact lists - its like stepping back to the dark ages - get with the times nokia!
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Reviewed by ranas on 19/01/2008
one star
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Reviewed by reg walker on 12/01/2008
load of rubbish buttons too small font too small nothing but trouble
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Reviewed by shoaib khan niazi on 10/01/2008
simplt to say this set is marvellous
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Reviewed by Tawanda on 30/12/2007
i think most people below who have given this E50 the tuhmbs up have upgraded from very inferior handsets e.g. someone got it from dad, or from 6310i to E50! this phone is RUBBISH!!!!!!!! i upgraded from the 6230. total waste of time. i can't even picture the design team at nokia conceiving this idea. can someone tell me.. why design a phone that is limiting e.g. "for the business user who is not interested in cybershot stuff, mp3, fm stereo etc". i would like to see the typical business user according to nokia. pity the people who source phones my end didn't do their homework. once again.. JUNK!!!
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Reviewed by anand on 20/12/2007
this was a very useful phone but untill it starte crashing almost thrice a day. avoid all symbian based phones
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Reviewed by Sergio Gutierrez on 15/12/2007
Don't buy Nokia and 50, it is incredible that after buying it one have to change the fonts and to pay for it, besides the difficulty of loading it in the cel phone
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Reviewed by Malcolm Riches on 13/12/2007
These reviews are so polarised! I think it is a good phone, excellent value for money, and it does everything I want. The screen is very clear and text can be clearly seen. It syncronises with Outlook using Nokia PC Suite. I had an old 3210e and the E50's signal strength is far superior. If there is a gripe it is the hands free claim as the speaker cannot be heard whilst driving .... but I have an old noisy car. I've purchased the Nokia bluetooth hands free kit and that problem should be solved. The other problem I had was with Orange. I could not get a WAP/email connection. After many fruitless calls (being told to re-regiser the SIM card .... or have a new package .... or I'll call you back ... ha! ha!)I eventually found a guy who knew what he was talking about and he sent a SIM upgrade. All then worked perfectly. Go for it! A good phone.
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Reviewed by dff on 13/12/2007
rubbish
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Reviewed by Jon G, UK on 03/12/2007
I have now had this phone for 3 months (sim free phone running version 07.36.0.0 07-09-2007 RM-170) using vodafone UK. I have found this phone to be excellent on call quality, signal strength, usability & battery life. However as with some of the other reviews accessing the gallery, in particular the pictures on the memory card can be quite slow, taking typically 10 seconds to open the gallery for the pictures (2GB Memory Card Installed). The phone has an extremely solid feel to it as the back, screen surround and the bottom lip of the phone are made of metal (no really, metal). Oh and if your reading this review and you own a Ford vehicle with built in bluetooth you will be happy to know that this phone WILL work perfectly with it! Overall if you need a phone for calls, texts and connectivity (and there�s nothing much wrong with your eye sight) then this is ideal for you. If you need a phone for pictures, music or the latest fashion accessory then this phone is not for you. Essentials that you will need for this phone are: Autolock (automatically locks the keys), Stopwatch, Divx Player and some games. Applications that will work on this phone are TOMTOM 6 & Nokia Maps (external GPS unit required)
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Reviewed by Pradeep on 29/11/2007
I never expected that a well positioned company like Nokia will produce a rubbish phone like E50. Just bought a new nokia e50 smart phone, The problem is � every few days the phone hangs on call receive. When I receive a call using the green button, the call immediately goes to the loudspeaker, and all buttons freeze. I have to remove the battery to get the phone operational again. The firmware been updated by the Nokia Care centre and its repeated even after the update.The current firmware is v 07.13.0.0 RM170. Even after addressing this known issue to Nokia, they are cheating the customers by selling the same model with out solving the issue. So I personally will never recoment E50 to anyone. If anyone is thinking of buying E50,,PLease ,think twice .....
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Reviewed by Sam Belthorn on 27/11/2007
Nokia E50, I hate it, got one to replace my battered but extremely functional 6310i. What a mistake, you need a mgnifying glass to read anything the font is so tiny. Half the screen is covered in useless shortcuts & moving round the menus is a nightmare. I only wish I could get a new car kit for the old dear, then this junk can go in the bin.
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Reviewed by naijachic on 25/11/2007
Most awful Nokia phone! Takes forever to boot; back difficult to remove; hangs or crashes and u have to take battery out and put it back in - a pain because back is difficult to remove! Cant multitask smoothly - to access menu while on a call, u need to put caller on hold, go to options, search for Menu B4 u can access directory...call time's a-going people!!!! Also cant do anything else while a text is being sent and that takes 4EVER. Useless and annoying icons - they cant be removed. Incompatible with Mac OS X - can Nokia please include Mac compatible software in your phones? Not everyone is a PC user! I do not agree with the Font issue though - I suspect it's a case of the people needing opticians! An overwhelmingly disappointing phone. Nokia really should take it off the market AND apologise too!
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Reviewed by jake on 24/11/2007
People complaining about it being slow and clunky interface?! it�s a mini smart phone what do u expect! It�s a good thing they can make them that small and it can run heavy applications fine! If you�re complaining about it being slow DONT GET A SMART PHONE! its well built, good speakers nice screen at a reasonable price the only thing to let it down is its not supplied with a miniSD only comes with mono headset and camera is iffy but if u want a good camera go and get a camera not a phone with a good camera cos they don�t exist (yet) I would recommend this phone to anyone who wants a good looking smart phone on a budget and is a great temporary replacement for my absolutely useless 5500D keypad came off in 2 weeks and then the sides did then the rub flap protecting sockets... and so on so forth but I would recommend this phone at the moment time will tell for durability
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Reviewed by Malik Imran on 21/11/2007
Good phone but font size is so small and more problem during call ear speaker too hot . why is like that. That is well reputed nokia brand but these 2 issues are not good for company.
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Reviewed by Claire on 16/11/2007
I thought this fone was good, until I tried the Nokia 7390 which I absolutely like. E50 is nothing now, very boring.
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Reviewed by me on 08/11/2007
Slooowwwwww, slow slow
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Reviewed by martin smith on 03/11/2007
Have 2 of these phones for business use and quite frankly they are the worst phones i have ever had. The screen often freezes, i have trouble sending text messages, its like using a 15yr old pc with very little memory. Quite often on answering a call the phone automaticly answers on loudspeaker and canot be disconected from the caller, the only way to do this is to remove the battery and then power the phone back up, and in my business i then have a couple of missed calls whilst doing this. I have exchanged both of these phones for the same models due to them bieng inoperable, although i have asked for different models by phone provider tells me i can only have like for like phones? I have another 6 phones on my tarriff all nokias and all different models, and had no problems with any of the others. The font of these phones is very small and when trying to read out a number i sometimes give up (thought i needed glasses till someone else with good eyesite pointed out to me the font was very small) When texting i canot find a way to insert contact numbers from my phone book into the text, i have to write it down first and then manualy enter it which i find a real pain in the a**e as my business requires me to forward my staff differnt contact numbers for particular jobs every day. Overall i this phone is the wort phone i have ever had, even worse than "3 fones" when they first came onto the market. I have used many fones and networks over the last 20yrs or so going back to the days of carrying round a car battery with a handset on the top, lol! and i can actualy recomend to anyone thinking of buying this fone BEWARE, IT IS A PIECE OF JUNK. If anyone has any comments about this phone please email me your comments,as i am trying to get a different phone from my provider, the more bad publicity the better. martinsmithtransport@fsmail.net
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Reviewed by Alex on 03/11/2007
This is a scandalous product. I am 33, my eyesight is totally (100%) perfect, and I can hardly read yet use sensibly this phone - the font size is THAT small ! And the relation between the screen size and the resolution is literally childish - this is a S60-based platform designed for the wider screens in the E-61 and N-series phones, and to use it in this narrow-ish display is plain irresponsible. I just wish Nokia didn't make so huge marketing mistakes, to let such a silly phone on the market. suffice to say, I returned it 1 hour after hopelessly trying to work with it... Even if you try the hints (offered online) for increasing the font size, the screen resolution itself is totally unsuited to screen size. Ergonomics are awful, too - it doesn't fit good in my palm, can easily fall down when SMS-ing (err.. trying to SMS..). Only "good" point is its visual appearance - you will be enjoying the 30-45minutes owning experience (a person with an average eyesight will probably be unable to enter the PIN-code at first start-up, so ownership will last about 45 seconds... What a classical example of a failure-product.
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Reviewed by Lovemore Chimuka from Zimbabwe on 27/10/2007
This phone is not as bad as potrayed by some. For its size the phone has got good memory. The screen size is fantastic for photos. The chrome-plating cover is lovely. I find the gadget very handy. The issues I have are that my handset sometimes freezes and I have to resort to disconnect the battery to cur power and restart the phone. It has done this ever since it was new and more than 10times. I like the phone though.
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Reviewed by Silf on 19/10/2007
Very hot when making calls, menus are very very slow (1-2 sec), sometimes it just freezes, it loses signal in places, when my old phone (nokia 6310i) had 4 bars, photo capturing has 1 second delay. Joystick button is way too small. Try it with sweaty hand after a few minutes of playing games. Only positive thing about this phone is how it looks, that it can read pdf, zip and office files.
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Reviewed by Andy on 14/10/2007
I would not even give this phone 1 star. It has had numerous faults and been away for repair more time than in my pocket. Font size ridiculously small, poor reception. Nokia - you should be ashamed of yourselves, not only for producing and selling such a pile of unreliable cr-- but also for your appalling after sales service. I wish I had seen this website prior to purchasing - I will certainly use it to review my next purchase and only hope I can prise myself away from purchasing another Nokia product.
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Reviewed by Intisar ul Haq on 10/10/2007
ITS AMAZING. ONLY THE PERSON NEEDS THIS CAN UNDERSTAND WHATS E50. I M COMFORTABLE WITH THIS OFFICE SECRETARY. INTISAR
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Reviewed by Sujay on 03/10/2007
Downsides are more than the upsides. I had the phone replaced after the OS was hanging. Did a FW upgrade and not all of the features were working. Shame on Nokia to give a ad punchline "Is this what computers have become ?". I think it should be rephrased to "Is this what NOKIA QUALITY has become ". Nokia E50 - lots to improve upon; and for those who have been turned on by the looks - "All that glitters is not gold". Thanks , Sujay
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Reviewed by Kev on 01/10/2007
This phone fails to fulfill the basic function of a phone. i.e. to send and receive calls. In a static position the signal bar resembles a graphic equaliser. When I phone my home phone number it alternates between connecting and saying number unavailable. People have had the same problem calling me, sometimes up to 10 attempts before it connects. We have about 60 of these on vodaphone at our company and everybody has the same problem. We are going to exchange them for a differnet model.
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Reviewed by Alexander on 01/10/2007
Again another negative comment: Most fiels in outlook, when syncronizing, do not go through (Outlook has many fields that are used in corporations such as assistant name, departement etc) and these get lost... In my case I have 1653 contacts, and finding a name takes 3-4 seconds for the phone to lock on contact name, then another 2-3 seconds to open it. Poor machine
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Reviewed by S H Raza on 23/09/2007
Hi. I have been using E50 for the last one year. Its an excellent phone. Experiance so far has been great with only one major problem, that some times the software gets stuck. One needs to close and restart it again. Other than that its Great...
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Reviewed by Adil on 22/09/2007
Extraordinary thing for Extraordinary People! The most appealing feature is its design simplicity
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Reviewed by vinny on 21/09/2007
worst phone i have ever had. have done all software upsates in the hope it would speed it up and stop crashing. has made no difference what so ever. want to bring back my old 6150, far superior. would give 0 if i could
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Reviewed by yusuf on 21/09/2007
it is a great phone and is really slim and sleak compared to all other s60 phones
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Reviewed by AB UK on 19/09/2007
The only good thing about this phone is that it holds all the contact numbers off my computer. Apart from that you have a job to read the font, every so often when you answer a call the other person can't hear you and you need to turn the phone off and start again, if you ring a number that no longer exists the phone freezes and you have to disconnect the battery to clear it, which isn't easy as you struggle to get the back of the phone off. If the phone wasn't supplied by work it would have been in the bin long ago!!!
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Reviewed by pacifica on 09/09/2007
many problems, such as problems in lcd screen, battery and finally software related problems, telephones locking instantly while answering calls, etc. if i were you this will be the last phone to sellect.
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Reviewed by jdk on 05/09/2007
just bought this phone a week ago. fantastic! love the software flexibility, and the styling (i've got an all black version). only grouse is the absence of radio.
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Reviewed by M on 05/09/2007
Pretty reasonable phone in all honesty, most of the muppets leaving poor reviews here shouldn't really have purchased the phone as they appear to be clueless as to why the purchased it in the first place. Most seem to be expecting to get some Nokia copy of a SE walkman and have never touched a Symbian S60 device before. It's a business phone, through and through and a very capable one at that. Everything works perfectly, the build quality is top class. Guy's take a long look at the size of this phone, all things considered the font size is perfect - If your looking for decent font size, buy something bigger, you can't have it all ways. Better still Google the problem as there's a simple fix to the font issue. As for the complaints about icons etc, this is probably due to the poor network branding by the likes of Orange or Vodaphone - Do yourself a favour next time, get something sim-free. As for the last comment - about signal, I'm still laughing at that one, shame it not true ! Take most of the negative reviews here with a pinch of salt. If on the other hand your in the market for a super slim, SMALL, fully loaded smartphone you won't go far wrong with the e50.
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Reviewed by Monkey on 03/09/2007
E50 This highly cost-effective phones in China Prices range between 1500 yuan and 1700 yuan i like it, S60,smart phone,I can install many personalized software .(Unfortunately no FM):X
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Reviewed by Omar judeh on 02/09/2007
I use e50 mobile i think it's good mobile just it had 1 problem it's not speed not like n70 MOBILE.
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Reviewed by Faroz on 30/08/2007
why it getting heat while communication with other and after that it get very heat. For this any solution from you.
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Reviewed by vito on 30/08/2007
cool but dont have a wi fi
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Reviewed by dhan on 28/08/2007
just an excellent bussiness smartphone.JUST GO FOR IT!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by 3S on 16/08/2007
An utterly useless phone. Under no circumstances should you buy it. Three of my friends and I bought togeather and each one of us has had major problems, particularly with the symbian software and it's ability to crach, freeze, and ansewr on loudspeaker at the most inopportune moments.
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Reviewed by florin on 16/08/2007
I have the nokia e50 for 6 moths. it's the best phone i ever haved. the signal is very strong doesn't drop, I have installed, uninstalled, reinstalled apps, games and themes (over 90 in total until now and still counting) and it doesn't shows any weeknes. The battery is great. I talk 2 hours per day, listen music or play games (1 hour per day in total), and it holds 3.5-4 days (and I don't turn it off at night). I have pushed this phone to the limit and IT"S A "ROCK" PHONE. I recommend it
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Reviewed by Dennis Norman on 15/08/2007
This phone is terrible..... The voice commands are useless. It wont interect with my Parrot car kit It is going back and I am reverting to my Nokia 6310i...... Dont buy this phone
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Reviewed by Ragnar on 15/08/2007
I had this phone for a half year or so. First of all, symbian phones allow you to install programs there. It was kinda funny, that someone complained about a alarm that wasn't repeated on certain days or so. It is possible, like AutoLock :) But, there is a downside to this. I hear a low pitched sound under certain circumstances. When i express something or talking in a windy weather. It's really annoying. Had to send it to repairs twice, but the problem is still here. Now i'm considering a new phone, but i'm not sure if E65 is a better choice. So ... I like the design, i like the features, i don't like the battery life (3 days for me) and i don't like the low pitch sound. Ps! Nokia just promised to replace all the BL-5C batteries, because they are overheating. So there is ur problem. Cheers :)
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Reviewed by Rafa on 06/08/2007
This phone is not worth buying. The speed of the interface is very slow. It takes ages to get you to your schedule screen, or to reply to an SMS, and specially to go into the clock to change your timezone at landing (7 seconds since key pressed). You may think I'm exaggerating, but in this device, you have to wait for everything, and it becomes bothersome. The worst is the speakerphone freeze. It will make you embarrased if you're in a meeting, or if you're in a quiet environment. There's nothing you can do other than removing the battery (this of course drops the call). If it's an important confidential call, you have to choose between having the conversation in speakerphone in front of everyone, or dropping it. The one good things are looks, and battery life. It also has many good features for the professional user. Browsing is great. Go look at another phone. Don't waste your money in this one. It's a pity that the good potential of small size for a smartphone was spoiled by those unacceptable details.
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Reviewed by paul on 04/08/2007
I only chose the 1 star option as ther wasn't a zero star option..the E50 is an usable phone for all of the reasons below. My friend has one and we set them side by side to watch the signal bars dance with each other...his and mine drop calls because for poor signal capability, they phone other phones by stealth because for poor button design,the type is too small to be seen clearly,no caller information..an on and on and on...do not buy...you are warned.
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Reviewed by Jatinder Singh Sodhi on 29/07/2007
Its a phone that you can depend on. Loads of talktime and battery life. Plus if you a gaming freak then you could download lots of free games onto it. The flipside is that the accompanyning CD for Nokia PC suite does not install properly. I suggest you get it from their website directly. All in all a good phone silently picking up especially when the N-series failed to impress.
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Reviewed by michael peterson on 28/07/2007
i ve hade the e50 for a month.and i think its the best value for money smarthphone on the market at this time
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Reviewed by walter on 24/07/2007
The best mobile phone I ever had. No problems using it for calls, SMS, MMS...etc... Excellent kaypad tactility, screen resolution, applications, slim phone...simple yet elegant, not only business looking but business oriented phone...lots of functions, add-ins, useful applications...an ample phone memory to accomodate these stuffs.. The only thing that I hate is that the package has no complimentary memory card (micro-SD) included. I have to purchase it seperately...
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Reviewed by Hans on 20/07/2007
If you just want to use SMS, write e-mails, phone and use a calendar, I so not see much advantage of paying extra for a smart phone even if it is as cheap as the E50. I have found these functions to be just as good on regular phones with a synch function. However, if you have any need for all the extra software available on the S60 platform, then this is a cheap option as long as you can handle the small screen (compared to e.g. E61). I have found the conference call function useful. Now and then the operating system freezes when hanging up after a call.
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Reviewed by nick on 17/07/2007
this phone is the worst I've ever used. small font size, crashing, and unbelievably slow sms sending (upto 2 mins). The signal strength is worse than my back up 6310i in all areas.
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Reviewed by Vetan Kamenarski on 16/07/2007
Dont get fooled by its looks and features, phone crashers every 5 to 6 phone calls, Im tired of taking out the battery few times a day. It is the most dumm phone I ever had. Its phone book also suck big time.
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Reviewed by Vikram Ramprasad on 12/07/2007
Excellent phone..Though i had initial apprehensions about the phone..it looked bad and hence kept away from it. But the market was worse and hence had to settle for this phone.. Good business capabilities and excellent battery life makes it an ideal device..though a little big in size..
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Reviewed by Damien, Dublin on 10/07/2007
Worst phone I've ever had. Takes an eternity to send an sms and constantly freezes like a computer. Would not recommend this phone!!!!!
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Reviewed by Kashif on 08/07/2007
Having brought ths cell a few weeks ago- haven't faced any problems as yet. Initially faced sme crashes bt was primarily bcoz i was loadin up my phne memory- a 2 GB msd card came for the rescue.'m happy wid d overall design n built. Good Job Nokia!!
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Reviewed by Darren on 07/07/2007
the worst Nokia I have ever owned in the last 12 years. I gave it 6 months and insisted it was replaced. Faulty software, slow and poor interface. Don't buy it
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Reviewed by kris on 05/07/2007
It should be the best phone for me. Love the features, the design, how it fits my hand, the sound, a little slow, but I could live with that. But... To the bad things: 1) the signal reception is bad if you hold the top of the phone 2) the phone freezes a lot even with "normal" use (i.e. no 3rd party software, just sms, calls and camera) 3) the phone has such a bad bug, it can end up in trash: sometimes, it picks up the call and puts it on the speaker phone and then FREEZES. The only thing you can do is remove the battery 4) with the upgrade to the new software, the contacts are not recognised anymore :(((( (because Nokia mess up something) 5) there's more, but you get the idea So, what should be the best-ever phone for me, turned to be a real nightmare and worst of all, even if we (users of the E50) post in Nokia forums, nokia doesn't seem to care to fix this bugs and I have switched to Samsung. I would advise you do the same. So, look for these phones to buy if you want to sync with Mac: 1) Samsung D600 (my current phone - GREAT) 2) Samsung D900 3) Sony Ericssson K800i (many friends have it and are VERY satisfied). I didn't go for it, for I don't like the menus so much (Nokia guy from the beginning) Bottom line: DON'T BUY THIS PHONE!!!!!
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Reviewed by Atul on 30/06/2007
Overall this is a good phone except following two problems: a) Nokia E50 phone hangs at times. When receives a new incomming call, the display freezes. One can still continue talking but unable to operate the phone as such. The only thing one has to do is to remove the batter for a while and replace it back. This is as good as Restarting Personal Computers. b) Few numbers are not recongnized although they are already stored in the phone directory. I tried saving them in all the possible formats but no success. I still have get to see as if its a new number calling me. Too bad at times specially the other person is special to you.
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Reviewed by reiss on 29/06/2007
Light-slim and compact,excellent battery life. Also has a blinking light for notification of text, missed call etc. I think these phones have a problem with clarity/interference. I sent my first one back and my second one too. Shame
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Reviewed by AndyO on 29/06/2007
Had my E50 for 4 months and already on my 3rd one. Replaced twice because the speaker phone mode comes on for no reason when I answer a call and cannot be switched off. The phone also freezes and the only way to sort this is to remove the battery. The buttons are too small, the joystick is too fiddly. The font on the screen is too small. The caller display sometimes doesn't work.
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Reviewed by elion_albania on 27/06/2007
great phone ..
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Reviewed by Nitin on 24/06/2007
Every day i have to set-up the Alarm as there is no feature of recurring alarm. can u help? Pls reply on nitin_nahar@hotmail.com
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Reviewed by Vish on 23/06/2007
I d�nt know what rubish these guys from uk r talking either they dont know how to use symby phones or their service providers r giving out faulty devices im using this phone since last 7 months works perfect good things r internet onthe go and gr8 music player with nokia headsets
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Reviewed by Benno on 19/06/2007
Absolute junk don't buy it I just returned mine. Crahses when I receive OS calls. Random software glitches very unresponsive functions.
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Reviewed by Paperkite on 19/06/2007
I bought the E50 black metal two months ago. Battery life - about 2-4 days, pending on whether I talk for hours or for only 20 minutes a day. Fonts are small but there are two solutions to increase them - one uses a memory card on which you create a folder and put some bigger fonts (It works fine for me, I now also have 480 MB room on the microsd card for applications, music and photos), another one uses an application which can customize the font size. There are many applications that can be installed including for repetitive alarms, autolock for keypad etc. The phone has a speaker problem with the previous software - in rare occasions when a call was received, the phone automatically switched the speaker on and became unresponsive (thou you could continue the conversation) until you removed the battery. It happened to me once. I have updated the software to v07.13.0.0 which apparently solved the problem and I feel the phone is quicker too. The phone generates some heat when you speak about 10 minutes or so, like another user said. Overall I come to be satisfied with it (I use the aquablue theme from babinokia.com - very stylish), even though I wish it had a little better battery life and less heat for long talks. One user complained about the preferred icons which "are unchangeable" - he's wrong, they can be changed or even removed (my choice). The phone is well thought, you just need to get used to it.
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Reviewed by Paperkite on 19/06/2007
Archaic, my MicroSD card is Sandisk 512 MB and is quickly accessible via the gallery - where I have over 100 photos. You have a card issue, not a phone issue. Fyg I used the 6.41 and use 7.13 software versions (check with *#0000#) no problems with the card access times.
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Reviewed by Asif Anwar, Pakistan on 18/06/2007
Generally speaking, its a good phone. Impressive but not outstanding. I love symbian OS so bought it expecting all what they say. It has a few problems though. For example, once i turned on the speaker phone, the next call i couldnt turn it off. Battery time is ok, around 2 1/2 days. It has a camera but it doesnt mention anything like 1.3 MP and stuff,, so it luks kinda fake,, though quite good results. Sound quality is very good. I would rate it as a good buy.
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Reviewed by sam on 16/06/2007
I hate Nokia E50, I can not talk more than 5 minute besacuse it becomes hot and very hot like burrnig. not a phone for business people.
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Reviewed by MM on 15/06/2007
I only had this phone 24 hours and I hate it!! The font is far too small despite what others are saying, try putting into a car kit and having any hope of seeing the screen. The menu structure is too complicated, you don't seem to be able to get a non-bluetooth car kit for it and the camera is rubbish. Looks good though, shame you just can't use it.
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Reviewed by kris on 13/06/2007
this phone has too many bugs which seem to be accumulating with each new software release. Don't buy it!!!!!
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Reviewed by I-Grade on 12/06/2007
At first i was a bit taken aback as i wasnt into nokia phones since i had a 7250i wich wasnt the phone for me. From there i had motorola A100(symbian), Then moved on to the Panasonic Vs6, another dissapointment.Then sony ericsson W810i. which is a good reliable phone with great walkman features. But i bought my Nokia E50 second hand on T-Mobile (No Camera)for �30. Its the best purchase i have done in years. The phone can be upgraded by adding other software titles, phone lock which makes it harder for anyone to look at your phone (like the girlfriend wants to see your msg,phonebook,etc... Which W810i,A1000 lacks Can only compare this phone with previous phone that i had! I have installed loads of applications on my E50 which has an humongous 70Mb internal memory. I can understand a lot of people that say theirs is dog poo, but i had a Panasonic VS6 now that i had replaced 5 times by carphone Wharehouse which kept giving me the same phone. Had to sell it to someone else to get some of my money back. Which is a shame as the E50 i have not once crashed and i had internal memory full at times. My mate saw my one and bought one himself which he hasnt had any problems either. As far as i am concerned there will always be problematic phones but i think is all down to phone software, which can usually be updated to newer and better. Theres a lot more i could carry on saying but read all the good reviews and forget the bad ones then you read what i would carry on writting. In general this the best phone i had in all my life, i feel it has been made for me. Thanks nokia, for not staying beyond S.E. this time
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Reviewed by Archaic on 10/06/2007
Only one thing annoys me the most: E50 takes eternity just to access the MicroSD card content via the Gallery menu. Note that i only load the E50 with a 512MB card. I hate waiting like 10 seconds just to access the Gallery/Images section. Plus, it takes another eternity just to load and display the images in the gallery. However, this problem does not occur when i only use the internal 70MB memory. Accessing the phone 70MB internal memory is a breeze. Either Nokia engineer has that media-speed-transfer-bandwidth problem or the card itself is the problem. The card manufacturer is PNY Technologies.
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Reviewed by afshin on 10/06/2007
slow, nail need for typing, complicated menu, t9 dose not provide options for similar clicks.
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Reviewed by shrujal patel on 08/06/2007
good phone . only problem is the font size. font size is very small and it becomes difficult to read sometimes. It also hangups many times and has to be restarted.
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Reviewed by Steve Fraser on 08/06/2007
Worst phone ever....top heavy....no reception...crashes regularly.... ...slow....slow simbian software....changes phone settings itself...spooky.....AVOID!!!!
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Reviewed by amit atrey on 05/06/2007
i was a user of 9300 and at times feel I did a big mistake by buying this E 50 phone as I cant read the small font and also at times the cell phone is too lazy to process the command.
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Reviewed by Simon on 03/06/2007
Good points: The handset is small and looks quite sleek. Bad points: It's unuseable - just a few examples: The text is too small to read and the size cannot be changed. It requires about ten keystrokes in order to do a basic function like send a text message or add a number to the directory. If it is possible to set up your own shortcuts, I can't see how, and the user guide does not help. Every time I access the camera, it comes up with an error message to say it can't access the memory card - well, not surprising really as it didn't come with one. Overall this is by far the worst Nokia handset I've ever had.
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Reviewed by Andrew Beattie on 31/05/2007
This phone is too slow. Everything takes ages. You've got to keep an eye on it to see whether or not it has kept up with you. And the user interface is dreadful. It takes more presses on the fiddly, slippery buttons than seem reasonable. I have had more Nokia phones than I care to remember and every one has been a small improvement on the last, but this one drags nokia down to the gutter - it is a complete dog.
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Reviewed by baconsandwich on 29/05/2007
Hit the shortcut button for New SMS and NOTHING happens for 2 seconds. Then the various screen elements are drawn one at a time, like it has a 0.0001mhz processor in it. For a device that's fast enough to play video, how can drawing an SMS input screen possibly take so long? It's my own stupid fault for not reading the specs properly before ordering it. I wouldn't have got it if I'd known it was a smartphone because all I do is voice and text. Couldn't care less about internet or email or media players or telescopes or lasers or time travel or all that other rubbish. On the plus side... it's well built and slim. reception has been ok for me. battery life IS good. also it's the same battery as my last phone which is handy.
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Reviewed by Stu on 24/05/2007
This phone is poor. I have it as a business mobile. There are 3 of us in my company with this phone and we have all experienced the same problems. The phone constantly freezes. The phone has a good body armor that protects it. Shame really as if it breaks into millions of pieces I can get a new one. It is also very poor when used with a car kit. It keeps cutting off my radio and the sound is poor. This has never happened with other phones used in conjunction with my car kit. The phone also gets extremely hot when you are on it for a while. You get one mighty red ear from it!! Don't bother with this phone.
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Reviewed by Mr_Han on 14/05/2007
i think it's the best smart phone ever make. the price is affordable, the size small enough (best fit in my hands), have all the features that i need, and the sound is good too. if you had trouble with small fonts, you can change it to bigger size or whatever fonts you'd like to use. see:http://nokiae50.info/articles/increasing-font-size-nokia-e50 E50 rulezzzz!!!!
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Reviewed by Fernando Martins on 07/05/2007
Clearly, judging by these reviews, not a phone for everyone. I certainly did my homework before going for a replacement for my excellent but dated 6310i, and finally I bought one of these, a few months ago. I find it to be almost perfect and exactly what I wanted: it's a very capable phone first, and only after that it is a PIM (personal information manager) too, but I quite good one also. Sturdy, sleek, reliable, well thought up and sort out, it's a demanding man's dream.
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Reviewed by Simon on 29/04/2007
its a greats phone, it has almost all applications you want to have in your ideal phone
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Reviewed by Dave on 27/04/2007
I have owned numerous phones, and this one is by far the best, excellent! A*
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Reviewed by Ian from UK on 25/04/2007
I got this phone for work. As other users have commented, the network reception (even though it indicates as "full" on the phone) can on occasions be very poor, and this is out in the open air in London, so it's not like I'm calling from some god-forgotten village in the middle of nowhere. There have also been problems with echos. The font size is a bit small and it's hard to see when you have an appointment booked in a calender (light green arrow in bottom corner of that particular day...why just not make the whole day in bold font as to make it more visible?!). However it looks good and came with Adobe so I have the congestion charge zone and tube map just a few finger tips away (I couldn't do that with my ericsson).
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Reviewed by KANE NZ on 23/04/2007
HOPELESS PHONE.. TAKES A MINIMUM OF 5 MINUTES TO SEND A MESSAGE.. FREEZES ALL THE TIME.. HOW CAN YOU BE HAPPY WITH A PHONE WHEN IT TAKES SO LONG TO SEND ONE DAMM MESSAGE????
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Reviewed by Cock on 18/04/2007
Great phone for the price. For all you blind people: http://nokiae50.info/articles/increasing-font-size-nokia-e50
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Reviewed by john on 10/04/2007
The E50. Well, there aren't many about but I like it. I bought the phone for two reasons:- i. becuase it had a car kit that would give an external aerial and charge the battery ii. because the display's a decent size and as the phone has bluetooth and runs S60 I was able to get the Navicore satnav software for it and use my bluetooth GPS receiver Surprisingly the buttons aren't too small, the user interface is akin to all new nokias, and the battery life is far better than my 6230i. Running v.6.41.3.0 firmware the phone's only frozen twice - both times while using the satnav software.
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Reviewed by Tariq on 09/04/2007
I got a Nokia E-50 two days back, i think it's a very good phone with alomost everything in it. it's a perfect phone for young executives. it's slim, stylish and value for money.
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Reviewed by Arif Siddiqui on 04/04/2007
This out-class business phone have... -- only 8 digits calculator !!! -- WOW.... -- what a business grade mobile and school grade calculator only 8 digits... Anyone have answers...
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Reviewed by Claire on 31/03/2007
I'm beginning to like this phone after using the Nokia 7390. Yeah the font is small, but not that small. I was a bit disappointed to find only one theme on the phone. But I like the large memory on this phone. The battery is okay as well.
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Reviewed by jai on 28/03/2007
good one
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Reviewed by Ali on 24/03/2007
i used that phone and i found it really a good one. its design is stylish & i didnt find any problem with the messege font. its not that small as people are claiming. yeah but its camera is not good.
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Reviewed by Siddieque Mohammed from Dubai on 22/03/2007
I am using Nokia E 50 for 3 months, It's a wonderful phone having so many options and features. it's main attraction is body shape. very slim. and the hard metal body also very attractive. and it's efatures including voice aid, message readin is outstanding. i love my new E 50 phone, and once again it's a great phone.
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Reviewed by Jimmy Caesar on 21/03/2007
I've been a NOKIA guy since 1996, but E50 is the perfect reason to change my opinion. I am using my phones professionally, and therefore I have quite many contacts (more than 600). That's why I chose the "professional series" E50 to be my next phone. I copied the very same contacts from the phones I currently use (NOKIA 6600, NOKIA 3230) to my E50. When I tried to use my new phone I immediately noticed that there is a problem with the contacts. To be specific, it takes ages for the phone to change from one letter to another when multi-pressing a key to write a letter. For example, if you want to write "s", you press four times the <7>. It takes the phone at least 1-1,5 seconds to change from to , the same time from to , 1-1,5 secs from to , and so on. If you stop and wait for the phone to change from one letter to the next one (and see it on the screen), the cursor forwards one position, waiting wor you to press the next letter. This issue makes the phone practicaly nsusable !!!
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Reviewed by Arthur - Romania on 21/03/2007
I bought the Nokia E 50 Black Metal 2 Months ago. I am truely pleased with it. It is a great phone. It has everything that a PHONE needs. No , it does not have 3.2MP Cybershot camera , no , it has not got the Walkman theme all around it , so what ? If you want good quality music , buy an iPOD , if you want good quality photos , get yourself a digital camera. People tend to mix these three items. And it is very wrong. Yes , i get the idea , they want to have an 3 in 1 device which takes all the tasks neccesary for someones daily life. Ok , i understand that. If you want Multimedia, aim for the fresh N95. BUT, you can forget the 6.8h of talk-time , you can say goodbye to a good PHONE , and I can assure you , you will not be satisfied as you think you will be when you buy the phone. If you want to spend money wisely , on a PHONE , again i repeat myself, then get yourself a , so called , BuissnesPhone. For exemple , the traditional , maybe legendary 6310i , why do you think has got the first 5 position's in every magazine's top around the world, becouse that's what people are looking for , a good quality , efficient phone , not some low battery , over fulled with UNNECCESARY Features , and mind bugging device. That's what i had to say. Think twice before you purchase a new device you intend to use as a phone , and think again , what exactly you need it for.
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