As my old Nokia N95 has gone defective and refused to repair my o2 I was forced to buy me a new phone. Initially, I flirted with the 5800 Music Express as I have my old N95 still used as an MP3 player. As the month, where I purchased the E63, not exactly rosy Financially, I was also looking for cheaper deals and came on the E63. Schnell said my technical conscience “buy it, buy it.” Functions such as UMTS, lithium polymer battery and a 3.5 mm output jacks blade for my Sony earphones was anything like the old N95. But I was afraid me and asked me what I want with a Nokia E series.
For the other options such as up to 16GB Micro SD, flashlight and keyboard light sensor I reached for the price with good conscience.
OVP :
The packaging is in contrast to what is right in there great. But I was surprised how small the box is but in the end. The carton of N95 was twice as wide.
Content :
The content is described by many as very lean. Closer looks at everything but what you need here. Phone, charger, battery, operating instructions and even a stereo heatset. Many are missing a USB cable batteries, paper was right to such a micro USB cable has no normal person times the stock. The mini USB cable fit of external laptop hard drives do not need. What bothers me is not that I pack everything I need on the hot swappable Micro SD card. Also, people complain that no CD disk is here. Hello? Ever heard of Green IT is one. The software can be as simple as children get from the Internet. Extra for a CD burning is really a waste. Especially if you do not need any.
Initial :
As I found out I was not the only one of the problems SIM card and battery had to unite under one roof or cover. The trick in the SIM card while this is to press when it is inserted into the SIM card module down under the camera unit. Push the SIM card is the only way into a whole piece stands far out into the battery bay, as the SIM card at the top of the slot on the other hand encounters. And the battery while the SIM card and bend the lid closes. Have Used a half hour until I came to the trick which you have to press the SIM forward a little bit down. And before anyone points to the RTFM. There is no mention that the SIM can be easily pushed off the front needs.
Mobile :
With several possible colors (red, blue, black), I’ve decided for the Blue model. The color blue runs in a frame around the front display and the keyboard and around the back of the full battery cover blue. The effect of the metallic blue color highlights throughout the design on something else in value. It does not just cheap paint sprayed onto the plastic.
That the phone is just plastic interfere in any way. The metallic raises the optical far up. Even the battery cover does with its rough surface (similar to Stands of laptops or other devices) by no means as simple cheap glossy plastic.
Camera :
The 2.0 MP camera takes a more modest impression on the back of the phone. With 2MP is more than just a toy. However, you takes pictures in 1600×1200 resolution which would be sufficient even to a desktop image for a 22 “monitor. If the light conditions and has a quiet one has even come out right good pictures. In addition to the camera there are still laws a flashlight what about 1m wide and can flash a mirror for a self portrait. The built-LED flashlight can be used by long pressing the space bar as a mini flashlight. Finally a sensible further function.
Keyboard :
With the keyboard I thought at first that this may indeed worth nothing. I put my thumb on the keyboard, I could press buttons 9 At the same time. But the quality of some reviews have convinced me to buy anyway. And I must say that I do not regret it. The rubber keys are slightly curved upwards and are therefore far enough apart that you are caught, no keys by mistake. Maintaining Even after all the contacts, and entering the dates, I have not mistyped 1x in which I accidentally pressed a different button. Also do either the fingers or hands hurt after writing marathon. The only thing I have to suspend the order of the letters when I was looking for a “ü” I had to look quite closely. The valley is tucked between @ and Lehrtaste. Why do I need the Ctrl and Alt key, I still can not find out.
Navigation keys :
The Supreme buttons on the outside of the very far left and right edge of the cell phones are sitting known since ancient times option buttons. In standby, you can assign programs to them and in the menu you have, depending on the menu or program, the option to cancel and return / function.
Just Below are the key take-off (green) and hang up (red) are what everyone should know this key mobile phone owners. In addition are in the middle of the phone between the option and the phone keys programs fast keys. The o2 Homezone house key in the main screen brings one to the phone menu. If you are in the menu to get back to the main screen, or also called the standby screen. If we stop a few seconds, the house is one of the currently tuned programs. With the delete button, you can close these programs again. If you select the program it appears. Next to it is the key of the calendar brings a fix to the calendar. If you stay longer on the button, the option will open a new appointment shall be entered. Unfortunately, it is not possible to set whether a new appointment or a new task is opened. On the right is next to the Navicursor the button for the phone book. If you stay longer on it, you can create a new contact. Ollie just that I have found that out after I’ve entered all the contacts. And last but not least, the button with the letter symbol. Here, unfortunately, will only open the e-mail account which you have previously selected as the default. Too bad that you’re not here to determine which one may end up with SMS or with the status reports. But here you can navigate between the tabs and the desired folder.
The biggest key is the navigation key. With the Silver Ring to navigate Up, down, left and right. Although the ring only a few millimeters wide, so I can go through everything and great hiking. The key in the middle of the ring is generally the confirmation button. The menu holds a few options at hand, but not all the options.
Also very nice the way the keys in the screen saver is Navicursor to have flash operation. As with the N73. Although I have activated this option. Have the phone but do not see 1x flashing. Again, makes sense I find that the phone when you receive new messages continuously (depending on the setting) will flash as long until you retrieve these new messages. The less great thing about it is the sparse lights of the navigation cursor. They are already in normal lighting conditions hardly visible. In a Hellen office space, you take the flash is therefore not to be true.
Headphone connection :
One of my main reasons for purchase is the normal 3.5mm blade connector where are active speakers, headphones, earphones, … port. This I found very important as I have with my defective Nokia N95 always heard about my earphones during crafts workshop music. The stereo heatset from the phone to me were always too good and trusted them not to rough use. I have also distributed in the barn PC active speaker where I can play with the 3.5 mm blade connector always some music on the mobile phone music.
The 3.5 mm blade connector on the E63 is somewhat ponderously. So one must sink with a little force the plug into the phone and not quite up to the first resistance. When dust or what ever is in the headphone jack a plastic plug. Unfortunately, this is not connected as in the micro USB port or SD card socket on a rubber band fixed to the housing. This little bud Quassie screams to be lost.
Nokia Heatset :
In the Insert enclosed stereo heatset I have read in advance that this is Nokia could have saved. I’ve also never tried. I still have an old heatset from my old MDA third
The first time turning on :
Here care should be given. If you want to that is no SMS newsletter from Nokia must be at the beginning of this with no confirmation. Otherwise, the phone sends an SMS to all first (at your expense) to Nokia and you have set the SMS – Newsletter of the jaw of the second turn, with only one SMS. Unfortunately, I thought I agreed to the terms and have now just this SMS history.
The second story will open the Welcome Guide is the one many features of the phone explained.
Then we went to set up the phones. This proved more difficult than the N95. Could the N95 easily between the registers must bounce back and forth to change here at the E63 back to a different topic. While there are those grid list menu but not everywhere. Moreover here again that everything seems to duplicate. I can change for example, the theme on three different paths. Just as I change to at least two ways my system sounds. Everything seems somehow unclear and several possibilities I have to ask me first as I will do it.
E-mail Setup :
Actually, the set of e-mail accounts very easy. E-mail address and password and enter the rest makes the mobile phone. But even before the phone who to ban going into the Internet. To say at the beginning of it is allowed to connect to the Internet Nokia pushes one to install the Nokia mail. The handle of the download of the program will not work. You do it but the program loads the Nokia E63 Nokia download mail and installed it. Actually, no problem, it would not be a demo version which expires soon, and then with a memory annoying until the program completely releases the spoon. Bye Bye e-mails. Added to the standard is already a very good e-mail client in the operating software of the mobile handsets. So why two e-mail programs?? And then a demo of who you want to use them more pay, it must.
Setting up my web.de e-mail address was over in a minute. And it worked immediately.
When you set up a Gmail account I have now ceased to try. The phone is aimed at a GM account of this as an IMAP4 account. I have Gmail but not established. No problem I thought, the N95, I could do anything he set to POP3. Although there is the option to change the type. But every time it rains, the error of the account type is no longer who he was once selected, can be changed. How stupid is that?? The Manual setting up my POP3 account not working because GM is not the Automatic E-Mail Wizard can be bypassed. It is indeed a ploy to give without a SIM card but that’s not such a standard backdoor dealings.
After a few days on the internet I now have the solution. The port should be changed to 587 for IMAP. Since the sending and receiving also works with my Gmail account.
Two surfaces :
What do I yet with any cell phone so had in the way at the Nokia E63 is the ability to standby screen for the vocational and everyday life set up for the Private getränt. One would like to work more quickly see whether you have an e-mail or want everything fast start from the standby screen like new SMS, new MMS, Active notes, calendars, … you can do so in his vocational mode. After work, you can switch to private mode which is displayed when in standby song you hear now, the links to the gallery, Internet, Facebook, YouTube set …. And makes you look more tags on it to work again we will return to work mode and has e-mail, calendar, journal entries, appointments, … again aufm screen. Actually, a super idea. But I always use only one screen there mostly all the features you are important to me fit into one mode.
I find it pretty nor the New e-mails, new SMS, new calls are discreetly displayed below the display and not, as otherwise you will be informed of the entire display on the N95 as it was the case. So you can leave the rest for new messages for the time being and is still quick look at what else aufm E63.
Ringtones :
For the first time since I possess mobile phones and the Nokia E63 certainly have my 28th is mobile, it is on this device is not a single tone which I like. There is simply nothing Flottes it. To the great fortune to play AAC or MP3 files, act as a ringtone. But beware. If one’s entire music collection on SD card in the mobile phone need incredibly long until it shows the list of ringtones. Then one still has the problem that you have to scroll through all the MP3s or AACs. I have my SD card from when I’ve set up my notes.
What I think is again a pity that the Nokia E63 1x reproduces a sound when new SMS / MMS, and then nothing comes. In the iPhone, or even with my Samsung phone Ancients sounds in the frequency of SMS / MSS Empfangston so long to get used to a new message leads to heart.
Music :
I have so approximately 5.6 GB of music on the SD card on it. The first time, where I started the music player it was accordingly until the phone then showed at the end of 1700 music tracks.
is to my quality, I should really say “Who has a business unit to work and not hear music.” The thought Nokia also determined, namely falls accordingly, the quality of the music playback. With a Nokia music phone you can not draw any comparisons. Even the N95 had more aufm box even though it was not trimmed directly to music.
The Nokia E63 can roar while but he lacks big in power amplifier. Even if all the top level in the equalizer, and is Enabled Loudnes simply lack the Bums. I even have the feeling that the equalizer Loudnes and bring nothing. Sounds like everything from a cheap set of PC speakers for 10 €. Na’ve just spoiled ears. For radio and Pop Rock man is what makes the E63 totally inadequate. Who here still need to play what can romp in the five stages equalizer itself. Already some presets like rock, pop, classical, … are already in place, but you can edit them at will. As I said … I do not hear a difference.
If one is in the music player in it you have to make no head in terms of volume control. But it is to understand something stupid as you do with the Up and down volume down and volume up, the Volume Control moves but to the left or right and you are encouraged also feels left or right button to make in order to increase or decrease volume, one then but only one track backward or forward jumps. Done something stupid. How many times I’ve been jumped another title because I do Lauter wanted. Well, the man is a creature of habit.
If one is not, however, in the player but there is, for example, in the process of an SMS you must write with the help of the special function key below the left and hold, and this can be up or down navigation make the music louder or softer. This is not only impractical but a flop. So one must use the mobile device with two hands. Times quickly do with a hand up or down does not work.
Internet :
Just as with the Nokia N95 is communicative presents the E63 with GPRS, EDGE and UMTS up to 387KB / s. So that I can handle Super. I come here in the hole never before about 100Kb / s. Therefore, does not bother me that the HSDPA and HSUPA up to 7.2 Mb / s standard is missing in the E63. The Integrated Internet browser is slow and cumbersome Mega eh. And who 1x the Safari mobile browser on the iPhone will use nothing else. It also runs on the Nokia E63 browser is not all what’s in the iPhone Safari browser.
SD expansion :
The slot for the SD memory sits under the micro-USB connector on top on the left side. Here is again asked nails used as the micro SD needs to be pushed far into into place and safety. The expansion slot handles up to 16Gb great MicroSD (HC) cards. This is very much and should be AAC encoding space for a few days to offer non-stop music.
Battery :
The battery is in contrast to N95 Battery BL-5F quite a bit larger and has considerably more turns with 1500mAh. This is also reflected in the super battery life. A week and more is no problem and play every day around it. And even when I use the battery as the N95 would have to download almost every day, which is very good (expensive) lithium polymer technology that really matter. Unfortunately, or depending on how mans adopted the modern batteries are much sensitivity with regard to cold. As far as I am with the dog outside, even when it was about -20 ° C, the batteries are weak after a day already and kept as just 36h. So at least it was with the iPhone.
Charger :
A little disappointed I was known about the great charger or from the time where the Nokia 9200 Communicator series was still familiar. The successor of Nokia’s pyramids chargers with sawed-off top. The charger from the N95 was smaller by half. We are talking about N95 Charger AC-3 with a 5V 800mAh. The E63 even has the 5V, but has 890mAh. With the 1500mAh battery even more useful as full quickly. The N95 charger (AC-3 blends) not with the E63, according to Nokia. And I would also like to try it really. Although both chargers have this micro-connector.
The AC-8E what the E63 is up trumps with this but with an environmentally friendly energy saving function, and is awarded the Energy Star savings. Lovely, too, the striking white ribbon all the cable clutter within limits.
Conclusion :
My first cell phone of the Nokia E series for me personally, makes a very good impression. The functions such as calendar, e-mail, contact management are tailored to the vocational life. Although no metal adorns the phone still makes an impression Super Processed. The great walking in the width of the display has a flair of a real mini-monitor. Although I would not just my friends for free time and Private recommend but I can say it is a good organizer with a phone function.
Pro : flashlight, UMTS, 3.5 mm jack, up to 16GB Micro SD, Very long battery life. . .
Cons : 2MP camera, menu
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