Nokia E5

Nokia E5: An All-rounder from Nokia Eseries Smartphones

The Nokia E5 is one of the latest messaging phones released by the Nokia. It strongly resembles an Eseries smartphone, as it has the same look and almost the same build. This mobile phone is especially aimed at the business user, who will also use the Nokia smartphone for personal use. It also comes with excellent features for the social website integration features, which will definitely attract the social networking consumers and heavy texters.

The Nokia E5 mobile phone features a stylish durable plastic casing and it is a pleasant surprise that it doesn't catch fingerprints. And for the battery cover on the back, the manufacturer utilizes stainless steel. This has become a common feature for the latest Nokia mobile phones, no matter they're mid- or high-end budget phones.

There is a 2.36 inch screen and a full Q werty keyboard on the front part of this handset. The display resolution is pretty standard with 320x240 pixels and provides up to 256K colors, which means you can have vivid and clear visual experience. The Qwerty keyboard can be controlled easily, so it will be convenient for you to type longer messages. The Nokia E5 is available in five colored casings such as Carbon Black, Chalk White, Sky Blue, Copper Brown, and Silver Grey, so you can express your style by picking a color of your choice. It measures 115 x 58.9 x 12.8 mm and weighs only 126 grams including its fitted battery which will feels good to hold in the hand or carry in the pockets when not in use.

In terms of entertainment, the Nokia E5 features a 5 megapixel camera with LED Flash and fixed-focus, but lacks the autofocus capability. The camera interface is same as other Nokia phones. it does decent pictures, especially if you're using the light conditions to your advantage. And the camera can support a maximum resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels. It can also record videos at a resolution 320 x 240 pixel at 15fps. Video quality is reasonably good. This mobile phone comes with an integrated music player which supports an impressive number of playback formats including MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA and eAAC+. The sound quality when using headphones is more than decent, especially if you take advantage of the 3.5mm audio port and attach better headphones. There is also a stereo FM radio with RDS, so you can tune in your favorite station programs if you are bored with your MP3.

The Nokia E5 is a quad-band handset, so you can be always connected to the network wherever you are. It also features 3G HSDPA (10.2 Mbps) & HSUPA (2Mbps) technology which allows you to enjoy high speed connectivity on this Smartphone. This phone also supports Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP & DLNA technology, which turn the phone into an all-rounder when it comes to communication. You can also connect your handset to other devices using either the micro USB connection or the Bluetooth technology. There is an integrated Web Browser for you to enjoy surfing the Web for entertainment, services & information on the move. The Nokia X6 has a GPS receiver and Ovi Maps to make navigation simple and easy.

The 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery has an officially standby time of 635 hours on 2G network (670 hours for 3G) and support about 12 hours and 10 minutes in talk time mode (5 hours and 30 minutes for 3G). Also, this phone can provide up to 38 hours of music play. The new Nokia E5 smartphone comes with only 250MB internal memory along with a standard 2GB microSD memory card included. But it's possible to increase storage capacity up to 32GB via the microSD card slot, so that you can store more music, videos and photos.

Specifications:

2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
	HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Announced	2010, April
Status	Available. Released 2010, August
Dimensions	115 x 58.9 x 12.8 mm, 75 cc
Weight	126 g
Display Type	TFT, 256K colors
Size	320 x 240 pixels, 2.36 inches
	- QWERTY keyboard
Sound Alert types	Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone	Yes
	- 3.5 mm audio jack
Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records	Detailed, max 30 days
Internal	250 MB; 256MB RAM
Card slot	microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included, buy memory
GPRS	Class 32
EDGE	Class 32
3G	HSDPA 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA 2.0 Mbps
WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP & DLNA technology
Bluetooth	Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port	No
USB	Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera Primary	5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, fixed-focus, LED flash
Video	Yes, VGA@15fps
Secondary	No
OS	Symbian OS v9.3, Series 60 rel. 3.2
CPU	ARM 11 600 MHz processor
Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games	Downloadable
Colors	Carbon Black, Chalk White, Sky Blue, Copper Brown, Silver Grey
GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps
Java	Yes, MIDP 2.0
	- Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), PDF viewer - MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player - Flash Lite v3.0 - Voice command/dial - Organizer - T9
Battery	Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh (BL-4D)
Stand-by	Up to 635 h (2G) / Up to 670 h (3G)
Talk time	Up to 12 h 10 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)
Music play	Up to 38 h