Nokia E50 - thoughts after six months
04/08/07 10:06 PM Filed in: reviews
Six months ago I broke my cell phone. It was a
Motorola RAZR; my first cell phone. I got it when the
RAZR was the phone to have, when they were really
expensive. I got the RAZR due to it's size, it had
Bluetooth, and it could sync properly with a mac. I
was pretty careful with it, until I wasn't and I
broke it. Instead of landing on a pile of clothes
were I placed threw it, it sailed right
between the clothes and into the wall, breaking the
clip that holds the battery cover on.
Immediately I started searching for a new phone. I decided against getting another Motorola and looking for a Nokia phone since I had heard they were better phones. I wanted a Quad band, Nokia smartphone, that wasn't too expensive, and that wasn't too big, and didn't have on of those clunky keyboards. I ended up buying an unlocked Nokia E50 smartphone from ImportGSM. I was really happy with the service from ImportGSM, they were recommended to me from a friend. I purchased their lifetime warranty, which will repair or replace the phone for anything except theft or loss for the life of the phone. They will also send a loaner phone out to use while mine is being fixed (This policy has changed, as of January 2007, the extended warranty only lasts for three years instead of for life if you purchased a phone after January).
Now that I've been using my E50 for a while I'm really impressed with it. It blows my old RAZR away completely. It's a candybar phone, which I thought I wouldn't like, but I prefer it to my old flip phone. It's about the same thickness, and a little bit longer than the razr. It gets better reception and the call quality is better. It's a business smartphone, the only things it doesn't have that other expensive phones have is the full keyboard, wifi support, and a high quality camera. It's a 1MP Cameraphone, which is better than my old one, but not as good as a real camera. Since it doesn't have all those features that I didn't need it was cheaper. I really like the control system on it, it's really easy to do what I need it to.
There are only a few things that I don't like. The on screen alerts that pop up when you get a new message or voicemail will pop up over the screen, regardless of what your doing, and if your navigating the controls on the phone they will overlap what your doing. Even though people can make software for the phone, there isn't a wide selection of them that are good, and they are hard to find. The other issue isn't so much with the phone but with Cingular, the phone gets better coverage than the RAZR that I had, but it's still not super good quality, which I believe is the network's fault. I don't think Cingular gets good coverage in my area.
Those problems aside, I really like the phone, and would recommend it to others. People are pretty uptight about spending money on phones, but considering how much you use a phone, and how long it has to last, they aren't something to cheap out on. When I start to use some of the more advanced features on it, I'll be sure to talk about it on the site. I haven't got around to buying a headphone kit or memory chip to use it as a music player. I also need to get a good quality car kit and headset.
Immediately I started searching for a new phone. I decided against getting another Motorola and looking for a Nokia phone since I had heard they were better phones. I wanted a Quad band, Nokia smartphone, that wasn't too expensive, and that wasn't too big, and didn't have on of those clunky keyboards. I ended up buying an unlocked Nokia E50 smartphone from ImportGSM. I was really happy with the service from ImportGSM, they were recommended to me from a friend. I purchased their lifetime warranty, which will repair or replace the phone for anything except theft or loss for the life of the phone. They will also send a loaner phone out to use while mine is being fixed (This policy has changed, as of January 2007, the extended warranty only lasts for three years instead of for life if you purchased a phone after January).
Now that I've been using my E50 for a while I'm really impressed with it. It blows my old RAZR away completely. It's a candybar phone, which I thought I wouldn't like, but I prefer it to my old flip phone. It's about the same thickness, and a little bit longer than the razr. It gets better reception and the call quality is better. It's a business smartphone, the only things it doesn't have that other expensive phones have is the full keyboard, wifi support, and a high quality camera. It's a 1MP Cameraphone, which is better than my old one, but not as good as a real camera. Since it doesn't have all those features that I didn't need it was cheaper. I really like the control system on it, it's really easy to do what I need it to.
There are only a few things that I don't like. The on screen alerts that pop up when you get a new message or voicemail will pop up over the screen, regardless of what your doing, and if your navigating the controls on the phone they will overlap what your doing. Even though people can make software for the phone, there isn't a wide selection of them that are good, and they are hard to find. The other issue isn't so much with the phone but with Cingular, the phone gets better coverage than the RAZR that I had, but it's still not super good quality, which I believe is the network's fault. I don't think Cingular gets good coverage in my area.
Those problems aside, I really like the phone, and would recommend it to others. People are pretty uptight about spending money on phones, but considering how much you use a phone, and how long it has to last, they aren't something to cheap out on. When I start to use some of the more advanced features on it, I'll be sure to talk about it on the site. I haven't got around to buying a headphone kit or memory chip to use it as a music player. I also need to get a good quality car kit and headset.