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Nokia E65

A sleek and charming slider smartphone from the very beginning of 2007.
The last Nokia device to use the Pop-Port connector.

Nokia E65 is an interesting example of a smartphone advertised as a simple business phone. It offers a small, compact and solid body, an advanced Symbian system of the S60v3 platform and satisfactory battery life. The keypad sliding mechanism is surprisingly durable and does not develop play, so it works reliably even after 17 years.

It's just a pity that the plastic is covered with a thin, easily scratched layer of rubber (this one, fortunately, doesn't turn into a sticky goo), and the steel frame on the front likes to come off. Interestingly, the back cover tries to pretend to be leather.

Known problems with this model are a buzzing key backlight that can be heard through the microphone, a failing light sensor and slow performance. For some reason, despite the same specifications and the same system as the N73, for example, the E65 is not one of nimble devices. It takes a long time to boot up, switching between options or applications takes a long time, and even navigating the menus causes loading.

Nonetheless, it's a pretty nice, durable device that, thanks to S60v3, is a kind of time capsule and a testing ground for the many applications available for the platform. Keep in mind that if you mess with the system files too much and the system gets corrupted, salvaging the smartphone is quite difficult, as it (probably) is the only one that doesn't support dead-flashing via USB. I prefer not to explain how I know this and why it cost a visit to a service technician.

This unit came from German T-Mobile, so installing a system with Polish language required changing the product code.

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