In a nutshell:
The Nokia E63 is arguably the company's first BlackBerry-beater.
With full support for push email, attachment editing and web browsing,
an absolutely superb QWERTY keyboard, WLAN and 3G support, it meets
the full needs of the business user. The E63 also has a camera,
video calling, and a media player. It's missing HSDPA and GPS, but
these are really its only faults. Best buy: *Free* from Three
(Black) or Vodafone
Business Shop; or £99.99 on PAYG from Three
(Blue).
Review:
March 2009. Last updated August 2009.
The Nokia E63 is the little brother
of the E71 business smartphone. We liked
Nokia's E71 BlackBerry-buster a lot, awarding it 5 stars and concluding
that it was better built than the BlackBerry
Bold, had great applications,
connectivity and battery life but was beaten by the Bold on the
size of the display, memory and ease-of-use. Can the E63 address
any of these issues without compromising anything important?
Well, although we described the E63 as the E71's
little brother, it's actually a larger phone. In particular it's
13mm thick instead of 10mm. It's not any heavier though, as the
E63 and the E71 use the same battery type. One physical improvement
is the keyboard. We find the E63's keyboard even easier to use,
thanks to subtle modifications in the shape and size of keys. The
display is exactly the same as on the E71 - a 2.36 inch QVGA with
16 million colours.
Inside, the E63 is very similar to the E71, so
read our E71 review for a more detailed
description. Both phones are Symbian 9.2 SmartPhones running the
Series 60 3.1 user interface. There's a wealth of applications available
and the operating system seems to be mature and pretty much bug-free.
Some things have been removed from the E71: HSDPA has gone, but
it's still a 3G phone. GPS has gone too. The camera has been reduced
from 3.2 megapixels with autofocus to 2 megapixels with fixed focus.
One improvement is the addition of a 3.5mm headphone
jack. Hurrah! Now we can plug in any headphone we like, or plug
it into the car stereo. A Nokia stereo headset WH-102 is supplied
too.
Although the E63 isn't quite as capable as the
E71, it's still a superb all-round phone. Whether you choose the
E63 or E71, you'll find that accessing email, sending texts and
viewing web pages is very easy indeed. This is thanks to the full
QWERTY keyboard, large screen and excellent internet support.
It's not really fair to compare the E63 to the
BlackBerry Bold. A better comparison would be with the BlackBerry
8900. Now the Nokia has a real chance of coming out on top.
First, the keyboard is just as good as the BlackBerry's and the
Nokia's Navi™Key works a heck of a lot better than Blackberry's
trackball. BlackBerry wins when it comes to the screen, and the
two devices draw when it comes to email and web software. The E63
has 3G, whereas the BlackBerry 8900 has to rely on EDGE, but the
BlackBerry has a better camera. We think that on balance we actually
prefer the Nokia. For its core business functions, the E63 excels.
The fact is that we're becoming spoiled for choice
when it comes to business phones that offer QWERTY keyboards and
mobile internet, but which don't compromise on other features, usability
or even size. The bottom line is that the Nokia E63 is an outstanding
phone, and offers a less expensive option for those not wanting
GPS or a top-notch camera in their phone. In fact, if you don't
need these, we'd recommend the E63 because of its outstandingly
good keyboard.
Features of the Nokia E63 include:
Series 60 3.1, Symbian 9.2 SmartPhone
2 megapixel camera with LED flash and 4x digital
zoom
Video camera with digital zoom - 320 x 240 pixels
(QVGA) at 15 fps
Display: TFT, 16 million colours, 240 x 320
pixels (2.36 inches)
Music Player (MP3, WMA, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ formats)
FM radio with Visual Radio support
MP3 ringtones / video ringtones
Speakerphone
Voice memo recording
Messaging: SMS, MMS, email
(POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP protocols), Instant messaging with Presence-enhanced
contacts
Attachment viewer for Microsoft Word, PowerPoint
and Excel
Symbian and Java™ MIDP 2.0 applications
Internet: xHTML web browser, Flash Lite 3.0,
WAP, GPRS, EDGE,
3G (384 kbps)
Connectivity: WLAN 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0
with EDR, micro-USB, 3.5 mm headphone jack
Memory: 110 Mbytes plus support for microSD
cards (up to 8 Gbytes)
Vibration alert
Quadband (850/900/1800/1900) plus 3G
Size: 113 x 59 x 13 mm
Weight: 126g
Talktime: 4.6 hours (3G) - 11 hours (2G)
Battery standby: 430 hours (170 hours using
WLAN)
Nokia E63 Consumer
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Reviewed by easymadam from UK on
14th Dec 2009
ive had the phone for about the 3 months now and would definately
recommend. the phone is simply amaizing. you can do just about anything..im
personally in love with the built in wireless. dont be fooled by
the fact that its only a 2 megapixel camera..the pictures it produces
are of a great quality. i had an LG viewty(5 megapixel)before i
bought the E63 and i have to say in terms of the picture quality,
the Nokia e63 wins hands down Rating:
Reviewed by Andy Millman from Uk on
12th Dec 2009
Writing this from my e63. Really annoyed at Nokia for not including
a usb cable. But this phone is awesome for the price. Rating:
Reviewed by Jane.G from Scotland on
11th Dec 2009
Great phone, thought i find internet annyoing because you have to
scroll you little mouse down, other wise , Excellent! 5 stars Rating:
Reviewed by kristine choa from philippines
on 10th Dec 2009
i like the e63 as much as the people here does too. but there's
one thing about it that messes up the whole phone, the phone's headset
connector cover. Its so tiny, hat in just less than 2 weeks i already
lost it. Furthermore, because of that I had to surrender it from
my mom. does anybody know where I could buy it? my mom's really
really mad and wants me to search the whole house, which is useless
because i totally remembered that i put it inside my short's pockets
which was handwashed by my mom. (OFCOURSE I WON'T BE ABLE TO FIND
IT, WHO KNOWS IT WOULD HAVE DROPPED DOWN THE DRAIN. SWALLOWED DOWN
BY THE DOGS OR FLEW OR STH!) SO please nokia, if it's useless please
put a statement or something. happinessnluck@yahoo.com anybody PLEASE
if you happen to know sth about it email me! Rating:
Reviewed by virendra from india on
10th Dec 2009
hi this is virendra i love my cell e 63 Rating:
Reviewed by Andrew from Australia on
9th Dec 2009
I recently purchased this model and was quite happy with it. I had
no idea that this was rated so hig as a 'blackberry buster'. I truly
cherish my Nokia E63 now. This has almost become a mobile office
for me. I rank this phone as the most outstanding phone that I have
ever owned (I have owned many). Rating:
Reviewed by janet from england on
6th Dec 2009
amazing phone cant believe the price! i dont understand why it doesnt
come with a usb cabel though :/ will someone tell me why??? Rating:
Reviewed by ian from phil on
6th Dec 2009
great phone but i cant play mp4 files Rating:
Reviewed by trevor ernest baddeley from
United Kingdom on 5th Dec 2009
good phone only prob is the size of the text so small and nothing
you can do 2 make it larger Rating:
Reviewed by AM from UK on 29th
Nov 2009
WOW Great phone been using since Nov 2009 Free internet/text on
3 it handles every thing i do far better than the sony i had before
it wish i had got 1 sooner loads of apps to play about with too
I WOULD RATE IT BETTER THAN A FIVE STAR * I would give it a 10 out
of 10 lol Rating:
Reviewed by abbie from great britian
on 29th Nov 2009
WOW GREAT PHONE. NEEDED A PHONE FOR CHRISTMAS .LOOKED IN CARPHONE
WAREHOUSE -NOKIA E63 HATED IT !NOTHING ELSE I BASICLY LIKED , T-MOBILE,
NOTHING THEN 3 STORE A KIND WOAMEN HELPED ME AND MY MAM OUT ROUGHT
A NUMBER OF PHONES OUT HATED THEM THEN SHE BROUGHT OUT THE NOKIA
E63 IN BLUE TOTALY CHANGED MY MIND SHE LET ME HAVE A MESS AROUND
ON IT LOVE IT GREAT PHONE GREAT HELP BY 3 STORE STAFF GREAT DEAL
! 18 MONTHS ULIMITED TEXTS ULIMITED INTERNET 200 MINUTES £18 A MONTH
I RECOMEND THIS PHONE TO ANYONE XX ABBIE (12) Rating:
Reviewed by zish from england on
28th Nov 2009
hi, im writing this from my e63, amazing! Its a brilliant phone
and i would recommend it to anyone!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Jeffrey from Philippines
on 27th Nov 2009
I really love this phone cause it has all the features that i wanted
like wifi connection ,web browsing, im, music email. you see i really
love to surf the net for news and anything that i wanted to search
for and it is fast and free cause there is a free wifi in my area
yoohoo !!! Tnx for this phone nokia !!! Rating:
Reviewed by dt from UK on 24th
Nov 2009
have been using it since 2009 May. fantastic phone! free internet
/ text from three which means you just use it whenever you want
to! Rating:
Reviewed by Hayath from India on
24th Nov 2009
Dear friends I am writing this from my e63, I really cannot imagine
nokia made such a nice phone for such a affordable price, this mobile
is just great , I am handling this like queen, this seems to be
queen of mobiles, first I brought lg cookie , that touch phones
are not for power users like me so after using it for 3 days I went
for exchange and stunned to see this phone for such a low price
, now really happy with this, I would like to thank nokia for this
, Rating:
Reviewed by Yogi Bear from United Kingdom
on 22nd Nov 2009
This is the first smart phone I have ever used, I have seen BlackBerry`s
and used one once but to be honest I think the Nokia is better,
it has the features of most BlackBerry`s but yet it has the simplicity
of a Nokia. Although the camera on the E63 is not as good as my
previous Nokia 6500 Slide, everything else it offers makes up for
it. Like all Nokia handsets, it is very simple to use, and very
easy to get used to. I would reccomend the E63 to anybody. Rating:
Reviewed by Craig E63 from United Kingdom
on 21st Nov 2009
Im writing this on my nokia E63, This phone is amazing, best phone
ive ever owened. I reccomend this phone to everyone and any one
5* Rating:
Reviewed by Craigy from UK on
21st Nov 2009
OMG! I Only Got This Phone This Morning In The Mail And Its Amazing
People Are Complaining about USB Cable But I Have 1 From A Previouse
Phone, This Phone Is AMAZING I Reccommend It. Rating:
Reviewed by mmeee from belfast on
16th Nov 2009
I Think This Phone Is Amazing, From The Past Phones Ive Had This
Is The Best Ever. I Deffantly Recomend This To Other People. It
Takes Some Time To Get Used To The Keyboard But When You Get The
Hang Of It You'll Be Flying. Its Also Good For The Internet And
Easier To Send Emails Rating:
Reviewed by guruh from indonesia on
14th Nov 2009
i brought it 4 weeks ago...and i realy love this phone...thanls
God for my nokia E63.... Rating:
Reviewed by Edward from U.K on
10th Nov 2009
This phone was good until it burned out and when i went to 3 they
said i would have to send it away and it would cost about 80-100
pounds :( Rating:
Reviewed by mine from italy on
11th Nov 2009
hi anybody has a solution to: Review by Ranjoy nag from INDIA on
28th Feb 2009 "NEW (10 DAYS)MOBILE HANGING , MENU NOT WORKING ..
FED UP WITH THE PHONE, NO SOLUTIONS " am having same problems. and
have to switch the phone off to get to the menu each time, which
is quite annoying. But apart from that it is almost all I had been
looking for, although at this price (Euro200)could not hope for
more Rating:
Reviewed by Gerhard Erasmus from South-Africa
on 5th Nov 2009
Had a N70 and upgraded to E63. This is really the best phone i have
ever had. Easy to use and nomal complicated stuff is easy to figure
out with the e63. Rating:
Reviewed by che from Philippines on
30th Oct 2009
I bought my E63 last October and its really good compared to N78...
The keypad is okay, the applications are good... I will recommend
this phone... Rating:
Reviewed by Saqib from England on
27th Oct 2009
Reply to Graeme. You can by a screen reader for all Nokia symbion
60 phones. Go to www.talknav.com to demo a copy of Talks which is
a screen reader for Visually impaired people. You can get a 10 day
demo after installing the app on your phone. Human sounding voices
are available to download aswell. Do not use the Nokia TTS voice
because it is robotic and hard to understand. Rating:
Reviewed by william from uk on
26th Oct 2009
if anyone gets this phone get it from free such good deals and best
phone in the world Rating:
Reviewed by Graham from UK on
25th Oct 2009
Thank you Mike, that solves one part of the problem.........but
unfortunately doesn't help me when I'm typing a text. Rating:
Reviewed by Rhodri from Wales on
25th Oct 2009
Terrible phone, Ive had it 6 months now and ive just had problem
after problem with it, at first it would freeze every time I either
made of received a call and wouldn't work unless I took the battery
out, crashing it. then it went to freezing (once again!) every time
I went on the internet, once again, crashing it was the only way
of fixing it, and now, finally whenever i text someone the buttons
only work half of the time....completely useless phone and regret
getting it on contract, which i still have 12 months left of hell,
basically!:( Rating:
Reviewed by Mike from UK on 24th
Oct 2009
A reply to Graham if you find the text mesage font too small the
e63 can read the messaage out to you Rating:
Reviewed by marcus from england on
22nd Oct 2009
have had it 8months and totally love everything about it. Still
finding new features to use. Totally recommend it. Rating:
Reviewed by Graham from UK on
18th Oct 2009
I was tempted to buy this phone but after reading the review from
Clive (UK 5 September) I did not want to constantly carry reading
glasses when I wanted to use the text facility. Tried the phone
out in the shop and sure enough the text messaging letters were
very small whilst the font size was set to 'normal'. The assistant
set the font size to 'large'and sure enough the menu words became
larger..........but the text messaging letters stayed small when
I typed a test text This was enough to put me off what otherwise
seemed like a very good phone. If anyone has succeeded in getting
the messaging text to expand on their E63 I'd be interested to know
how they did it and I'd most likely buy an E63 asap. Rating:
Reviewed by Mike from UK on 17th
Oct 2009
follow up to my report on 11/10/09, sorted out WLAN problem so now
I'm regrading it to Outstatnding Rating:
Reviewed by Dean from U.K. on
14th Oct 2009
Out of the 45+ phones i've owned this is by far the best. I cant
do without my e63, the applications already installed and availabe
for s60 make my life so much easier, i honestly wouldnt have another
phone unless it did what the e63 does. Rating:
Reviewed by Mike from UK on 11th
Oct 2009
I've had the E63 for five days now and think it great, exceellent
reception at work (where I got no reception with previous phone,
I'm now able to read my spam emails wherever I am and despite having
sausage fingers I don't find the keyboard a problem, I did find
it quite complicated to set up how I like (but thats just me being
fussy) and I have been having trouble using the WLAN connection
but other than that I it's an excellent phone. Rating:
Reviewed by Tatha from India on
11th Oct 2009
I went to the shop to get an E71 but ended up getting E63. Net connection
is fast and smooth. It took some time getting used to the key board
but once I got hang of it, it is simply wonderful. I had all I wished
for (almost). Only thing is that the headphone cover seems to be
coming off (need to be more careful there) . All round its a great
cell in a gr8 price Rating:
Reviewed by Jacopo from UK on
7th Oct 2009
Had the phone for a couple of days now, easy just to get going with
it, hard wotking out the buttons but after a bit of fiddling it
seems to work great. thqwerty keyboards fantastic, i find myself
just typing out random texts to no one when i'm bored i like it
so much. still a few things i've got to sort out though; the internet
keeps timing out:s? all round though a great phone at a great price Rating:
Reviewed by Atul Bansal from India on
4th Oct 2009
I had lot advance phone like O2 Zinc etc. But E63 is the best and
usefull for business and individual purpose. Only issue is with
Push mail some time it hang. Rating:
Reviewed by gerry from n.ireland on
30th Sep 2009
the e63 is a great piece of kit,i am not a business user but i find
it to be a great phone for personal use,the camera comes in for
a fair bit of stick from other reviews i am not a camera buff by
any means and i was pleasantly surprised just how good the photos
came out,the querty is a breeze to use and has plenty of functions
on it i have the phone 6 weeks now and no complaints.......go for
it. Rating:
Reviewed by The Automator from Uk-represent
on 29th Sep 2009
had the phone since this morning and i have to say that it looks
brilliant. I was first quite wary of the size but now its in my
hand its just right. Gives a great sturdy feel and the overall lay
out of the interface is great. the home,contacts,calender contacts
and message buttons are a really nice touch. takes no time to load
any of the options and all the features on the phone fit hand in
hand with everyday use. The initial set up of e-mail is easy, a
lot easier than i first expected. I have this in the new black colouring
and that just gives it a professional but not in your face flashy.
The only problem i had with this is that you have to buy seperate
memory crds and miniusb cable to transfer your tracks or data. the
QWERTY is really ncie to use and now i write long texts instead
of shorties. REally good overall phone i would advice anyone who
is 50-50 on buying this to go and take the plunge as if you are
looknig for a nice, quick and overall good performing phone that
stands out from others but with all the basics and a bit more to
get this one! Rating:
Reviewed by chris from england on
22nd Sep 2009
This phone is excellant, had it for three weeks now, best phone
ive had. and cheap to. Rating:
Reviewed by Marvin from South Africa
on 17th Sep 2009
The phone is good bt when it comes to emails it gives a lot of headache.look
rigth now i cant received my emals,and it says.sever is down or
messed up'with settings or i must contact my serice provider and
i tried all the above but still.it did the very same thing two weeks
back an it fixed the problem itself without doin anything Rating:
Reviewed by Sam from UK on 16th
Sep 2009
This phone is FANTASTIC, I wondered if to go for this phone or stick
with my Nokia N95, the reason I wanted to change was for the QWERTY
keypad and quicker response on the symbyan op system. It has fullfilled
both of my requests. Also, the camera is good for a 2 megapixal,
I have been to yellowstone in the USA and really tested out the
camera and results were good. What else do you need?? Rating:
Reviewed by Anupama Gavali from India
on 14th Sep 2009
A gr8 phone ! Rating:
Reviewed by joanna from phils on
12th Sep 2009
GREAT PHONE!! been using it for a week now. :) Rating:
Reviewed by christopher west from scotland
u.k on 5th Sep 2009
i got this phone on contract through 3 nearly a week ago and i can't
put it down, just so much that you can do with it and through nokia
you can down load specific softwear to your computer and you can
access computer from out side no matter how far away you are. that
is just one of many Rating:
Reviewed by Clive from UK on
5th Sep 2009
This is the best mobile I have ever owned. I does everything accept
the washing up! For me, the best feature is the WIFI connection,
which works superbly - I can have free access to the internet, email,
listen to the internet radio (which is brilliant) for free when
I am at home. It means that I can check emails without having to
switch on my PC. The music player works well, and I also like the
podcast download features. I have bought some good quality earphones,
which give great sound quality. The only slight negative, is the
font size when texting and emailing, which for me could be a bit
larger. I have found the keyboard so much easier to use, than a
standard phone. I have recommended this phone to loads of friends
and business colleagues, who need to communicate on the move. Great
value for money. Rating:
Reviewed by Hernan from UK on
1st Sep 2009
Excellent phone. I am delighted! Not issues whatsoever, wireless
WPA2 connected straight away. TomTom 6 loaded and working flawlessly.
Not bother too much about the camera really, it shouldn't taken
away stars for that as its specified. Transfer data in between phone
worked brilliantly, bettery life is great, email set up is very
simple. Very inpressed for the low price vs. the superb specs, the
only thing i dislike is the cap of the headphones as is very easy
to go away as its not attached to the device. higly recommended!! Rating:
Reviewed by AP from Kent on 30th
Aug 2009
Best all round phone I have ever used, great battery life, easy
to text, great for only user. The only problem is setting up the
internet to your wireless router, due to 'No Gateway Reply' error
message coming up, still working on that. Would definetly reccomend
however. Rating:
Reviewed by richard from london on
28th Aug 2009
great phone wicked..i had a blacberry and this phone is a lot lot
better..battrey very good and you can use the key pad a lot easier,
the keys are more pointed,. very easy to use and to set up i would
recommend this phone to any one..... camera is good and the real
player is fantastic if you need it for e mails its the one.... Rating:
Reviewed by SANJAY SINHA HCL from INDIA
on 27th Aug 2009
Very goood phone and very handy.its keyborad is very sexyy Rating:
Reviewed by Andy Baker from UK on
23rd Aug 2009
Purchased this phone to replace my sturdy, time-worn, Nokia 6300.
From the onset I'd decided that a Smartphone was what I wanted/needed,
but also decided that I would remain on PAYG which, having done
some shopping around, does limit the options. Settled on the E63
as it appeared to be the best smartphone for the money(FAR more
reasonably priced than any Blackberry) and have not looked back
since - it's an amazing phone, I love being able to collect my emails
from it, as spend a lot of time either away from a PC or unable
to access my person emails due to company policies regarding internet
usage. And very pleased with the quick access to Facebook and Windows
live messenger! I'll admit that I was initally torn between the
E63 and the E71, and chose the E63 due to it's lower cost in the
end (which also allowed me to buy some 'kit' to go with it), but
I d have to say it's a superb phone - I can't fault it/ So much
less expensive than a Blackberry and I doubt that the E71 could
really be THAT superior to it! Rating:
Reviewed by Kathryn from UK on
22nd Aug 2009
Had the phone 4 weeks. It's really slow to connect to the internet,
it freezes and I can't receive my emails on it. I am arguing with
3 about changing it but they want me to send it back and be without
a phone for however long it takes to check the problem with it Rating:
Reviewed by Rob Beard from UK on
16th Aug 2009
I bought one of these phones based on the reviews on this site.
I was looking to replace my Samsung J600 phone which quite frankly
was AWFUL. I wanted something I could make calls on, send texts,
do basic web browsing and the big selling point for me - e-mail.
This phone does everything I want, I wasn't overly fussed about
the lack of GPS (I'm going to get a bluetooth GPS receiver which
I can keep in my car), and I didn't need HSDPA as I already have
a Vodafone PAYG 3G dongle. Still the 3G speeds are reasonable and
I tend to use the Wifi at home. I'd also highly rate the MP3 player.
It might not be as good as some phones (I can only compare to older
Nokias and the Samsung J700 in which case the e63 is much better).
It supports podcasting and I get reasonable sound quality from the
headphones socket (the free headset included was a bit poor but
hey it was free). You can get a cable from eBay for a couple of
quid which has a microphone built in and allows you to plug in a
better pair of headphones. The camera quality isn't great but it's
fine for taking basic pictures (I find that sometimes having a camera
with me to take a picture of something for reference can be a real
bonus). It also features a light which can be used as a torch too
(although I tend to turn the phone the wrong way around and shine
it in my eyes! Doh!). Overall I'd say it's a great phone. Battery
life is a little bit less than I was used to with my Samsung phone,
but it lasted a good 18 hours or so when being used for some 3G
browsing, taking photos and videos and playing MP3s. I've found
the keyboard has taken a bit of getting used to but it feels much
better for sending texts and e-mails than using a standard keypad
and with unlimited texts and e-mail on my contract compared to a
low amount of free minutes this is what I use the most. I'd say
for personal or small business use I would rate this higher than
a Blackberry, not so sure how good the Microsoft Exchange support
is on this phone, but I certainly found it easier to setup for IMAP
e-mail on this phone than on a similar Blackberry (although I did
find the Blackberry did support push e-mail from an IMAP server
which I can't get working on the e63, but it just means I have to
manually check my mail which actually is handy as I get so many
e-mails I'd constantly be looking at the phone and not getting anything
done). So yeah great phone, especially for texting and e-mail, I
would certainly recommend it. Rob Rating:
Reviewed by Aneeque from UK on
15th Aug 2009
the phone is good excellent features and if compared with Blackberry,
E63 have a sophisticated look and now i had it for about three months
and no problem at all apart fromits WIFI. rest is best. Rating:
Reviewed by sanj from uk on 3rd
Aug 2009
had this phone for around 4months now, and its the best phone ever,battery
life, texting, media player are all strong on this phone, use the
predictive text mode when texting to make the whole process easier,
all in all a very good all round phone and is HIGHLY reccommended Rating:
Reviewed by Sam from Uk on 3rd
Aug 2009
Im actually using the E63 right now to write this review and ive
been really impressed with the phone, typing is very easy and internet
is reli quick although i am using opera mini at the moment. After
using an LG phone for the past 8 months one thing i noticed is the
phone is really quick due to its processor, so you'll never find
yourself waiting on the menu for the next set of menus to load.
Overall its very stable and email is simple to access, as usual
nokia is very reliable. easily five stars. Rating:
Reviewed by ROHAN SAHU from INDIA on
3rd Aug 2009
Fantastic phone in reasonable price. Rating:
Reviewed by phil from england on
30th Jul 2009
had an n96, loved the phone, hated the battery life. so i had a
search to find a phone that did what i needed, and hopefully with
a better battery. i dont use the camera on a phone, i dont need
high speed internet, and i dont need a gps. so i got the e63, what
a stunning phone, phone calls are clear, texting is an absolute
doddle. it feels good in the hand, its not so small that you will
lose it, and its not as big as the n96. and the battery doesnt run
out in 12hrs with all the apps like skype, messenger etc running.
i cant fault it, and for the price its an complete bargain... Rating:
Reviewed by peter t from uk on
28th Jul 2009
Had the phone for 3 months now, still the best phone i've ever owned.
use it for radio (16 hrs a day with Sony earphones), email, internet,
phone calls, alarm clock, taking notes, taking pics, text, etc.
My text messages on other phones in the past were short, yes, no,
maybe etc. Now i end up writing long messages with full spelling
(predictive text is excellent), amazing phone, forget touch screen
phones which usually need two hands to do anything; this phone is
fully recommended for it's endless set of features/ positive points. Rating:
Reviewed by chris from uk on
26th Jul 2009
This phone really does tick all the boxes for me. There are better
phones on the market I admit but the quality of the E63 is amazing.
The 2 megapixel camera isn't top class but is fine for taking the
odd picture! It comes with both general 2G and 3G which is a big
bonus for me. I am a historian and travel around the countryside
alot. I still get amazingly good signals whereas my last phone couldn't
meat the high standard this phone produces. internet is fast as
well! I would really recommend this phone for personal use as well
as buisiness use. Hope this helps Rating:
Reviewed by Saqib from UK on
22nd Jul 2009
Hi. I have just bought this model this week and I have to say that
I'm impressed with the push e-mail. I get all of my Hotmail e-mails
dropping in regularly so this saves me time because I don't have
to fire up my computer. I'm a touch typest so as a visually impaired
user it took me some time to adjust to the size of the keyboard
and the speech application works well with this phone. I must stress
the speech application is not an application which is part of the
phone. It's a separate purchase so I can use the phone just like
any other sighted person and I have access to e-mails, text messages
and web browsing. This phone is an ideal business solution and an
perfect notetaker as it came with a full version of Quick Office.
I'm not really in to the camera side of things although I have taken
the odd picture every now and then. I use an external GPS receiver
so that isn't an issue either with the phone not being equiped with
an internal GPS receiver. This phone doesn't feel cheep and the
price is just about right since those features as the GPS and an
higher spec camera are missing. Music doesn't sound that great through
the small speaker at the top but a good set of headphones will overcome
that as I find the quality of sound is nice through headphones.
It's a business oriented phone so I'm not going to slate the multi
media aspect too much. This phone is far from cheep and chearful
so I would recommend this to anyone who doesn't want to shell out
the £229 for the Three branded version E71. Your not missing much
buy purchasing it's little brother. Rating:
Reviewed by Raymond from England on
22nd Jul 2009
A brilliant phone, super quality screen, very fast at loading apps,
the wifi is amazing super fast at loading pages, absolutely brilliant,
I love it Rating:
Reviewed by Sami from Sudan on
17th Jul 2009
Perfection. Rating:
Reviewed by maxie israeli from mdinat
israel on 13th Jul 2009
great phone,better then blackberry. Rating:
Reviewed by frankid88 from UK on
12th Jul 2009
This phone is actually amazing, one small problem: as I use the
internet every single day and this handset supports IM, push email
and full web browsing on both 3G and WLAN networks, I feel completely
dependant on this phone... there is absolutely nothing this phone
can't do, so much better than the iphone and its blown my old blackberry
bold completely out of the water! Rating:
Reviewed by PG from India on
11th Jul 2009
The phone's features are exceptionally good except the following:
- Scroll Keys - no where close to the blackberry. Very slow and
clumsy, try the blackberry or a touch screen PDA and you'll forget
the Nokia E63. - The hyped about phone for emails doesn't support
HTML mails. All your client emails get converted to text. You can
read your HTML email as a HTML Page though but it defeats the purpose
completely. - Poor Battery - Nokia claims 10.5 Hour to 12 Hours
talk time - with no other phone usage except for calls it doesn't
last more than 4 hours (2G) - Standby Time - at max 3-4 days Rating:
Reviewed by marootah from philippines
on 10th Jul 2009
nokia e63 is the best phone i ever had and beliEve me, i've had
more than 20 phones in the past 9 years, and thats just nokia. although
the disappointing part is it foesnt have a front camera.. Hey nokia
people, why dont you make an upgraded version of e63 and we could
trade up our phone with you??? Please? Rating:
Reviewed by Richard H from UK on
8th Jul 2009
I find this phone really difficult to use. The keyboard is just
too small. Rating:
Reviewed by ahmed from egypt on
6th Jul 2009
one word BADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Rating:
Reviewed by Shaz from UK on 24th
Jun 2009
I got this mobile from 3 for renewing my 18months contract This
mobile is very good to use has a WLAN built in fast internet also
very good easy menu to use Best thing is it has s60 3rd edition
installed alslo the battery life is good max 3 to 4 days Hope this
Helps Rating:
Reviewed by Jonno from Ireland on
14th Jun 2009
Superb all round phone. Ticka all the boxes Rating:
Reviewed by pooh from india on
13th Jun 2009
hi nokia e63 is classic phone Rating:
Reviewed by Jamie Bishop from England
on 11th Jun 2009
Amazing phone! I was looking for the perfect internet and emailing
device and guess what? Ive found it. The Nokia E63 is one hell of
a phone. Internet? No problem. Email? No Problem. MP3 Player? No
problem. Everything on this phone is brilliant. The qwerty keyboard
ensures fast typing (thinking about it i couldnt actually go back
to a device without a qwerty keyboard) The phone doesnt have a rocker
switch and even though i listen to alot of music on my phone its
not really a problem as the volume can be changed by holding shift
and pressing up or down on the d pad. Overall Perfect phone and
all for £149.99! Rating:
Reviewed by Anirudha Dhote from India
on 10th Jun 2009
Best phone...in look wise, handling, and internet facilities. Camera
quality is not very good, but fine.I would recommend everyone to
buy this phone for personal and business use. Rating:
Reviewed by Willis Otieno from Kenya
on 6th Jun 2009
I had this phone for three months and honestly, I never realy liked
it as I had expected. The battery charges and drains very fast.
I also had issues with the back cover. It doesn't close firmly hence
leaving some gaps that allow dust in the device. All other features,
especially email and internet services were excellent BUT not the
camera and video functionalities. Playing an MP4 file is a great
problem to the E63. I therefore would rather advice anyone looking
for a better E Series to dig deeper and settle on E71. Perfect all
round!! Thanks Rating:
Reviewed by pierre from uk on
22nd May 2009
the best phone I ever had, with nokia 15 yrs in January bought samsung
and ended up in BIN last week, then bought E63 love it!!!!!the best
phone ever and for 149.99 with 3!!!!! go for it!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Felice from Vietnam on
20th May 2009
This phone is amazing. After using i-Phone 3G, I ended up using
several phones to answer my needs: Samsung Toco, LG Cookie, Samsung
S7330, Nokia 3600, Nokia 6500 slide, and LG KF510, but none of the
above satisfied me the this Nokia E63 satisfies me. I was surprised
by the number of people satisfied with it. Thank God there is a
phone such as like this. I lost a lot of money by changing several
times. Rating:
Reviewed by luv kalra from india on
19th May 2009
excellent phone to use........ even better than nokia e71 which
is a full waste of money superb internet speed awesome key board
htc i mate and blackberry dick of it Rating:
Reviewed by Ahmad Fadhil from Indonesia
on 18th May 2009
I LUV MY EGE [E63] Rating:
Reviewed by byrat from nepal on
15th May 2009
this is smart a techonology for business purpose. Rating:
Reviewed by nickpatel from india on
9th May 2009
this phone is very nice in my opinion but still one problem is that
it is very big phone Rating:
Reviewed by jason patric from uk on
1st May 2009
where shall I start ok here goes in short this is a gem of a phone
its got the lot & some its dare I say better than the blackberry
bold&I would even say most of the blackberry.s the push email is
excellent the battery life is brilliant Rating:
Reviewed by Lewis from UK on
28th Apr 2009
this phone is amazing, so solid and sturdy, no creeks and squeeks
as is common with most nokias, it is a fraction thicker than its
brother the E71 , but i think it is much better, my reasons are
below: >easier to hold and soft touch feel is lovely >the software
runs so much smoother than the E71, (i have had both now) >it supports
all features the E71 does >it has a good camera and the 3G signal
in always full where as on the E71 i only managed 3 bars at best.
>you will not miss HSDPA because the 3G capabilities are great and
fast also there is wifi to back it up at home or at hotspots. i
have mine on the 3 network and i love it, i would pick this model
over the E71 every time, not to mention its less than half the price.!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Reggae from Sudan on
15th Apr 2009
Satisfied customer! :) Rating:
Reviewed by Tarikh Jumeer from Mauritius
on 14th Apr 2009
Coming from Nokia's E60, I discovered that the E63 was even better
in terms of functionality and ease of use. Of course the screen
is not as defined as the E60 but still it fares well. The qwerty
keypad is really well thought and there is even a useful predictive
function that does really well. I'm really pleased with this phone.
I'd even go further to say that E63 is better than E71. However
I have a protest to make: in mauritius, there aren't any free wifi
hotspots anymore. I actually was using a free hotspot at a well
known commercial centre but recently the owners banned me for no
reason. Everytime they see me, they block wifi access. You know,
mauritius is still stuck in colonialist and racial superiority tendencies.
They really want to make sure that the free hotspot is reserved
only for specific races. Rating:
Reviewed by oni from Philippines on
9th Apr 2009
I had many business phones before but the E63 by far is the best
phone you could get for the price range (in the philippines the
price difference between the E63 and E71 is from P8,000-P10,000).
it has a great operating system that can support many 3rd party
applications and the qwerty keyboard is far better than the E71
and its lighter. access to email and attachments via wlan or 3g
is fast and i can't say anything bad about this phone even if it
lacks gps and a 2nd camera for video calling since i don't really
need it. and since i already have a digital camera with me all the
time so the 2megapixel camera on the phone is an added bonus. battery
life is also good, it usually last 3-4 days depending how much i
use it. with this aside if your looking for a business phone that
can get you working and connected anywhere, the E63 makes me give
it 5 stars for performance and for its price. i would definitely
recommend it. Rating:
Reviewed by Narottam Das from India
on 30th Mar 2009
its good .... But lacking some utility software and multitab web
browser.... Rating:
Reviewed by Dharmendra from India on
26th Mar 2009
This is amaazing phone to buy. Affordabale .......every feature
to use it you don't want GPS and want to use it as a business phone
instead getting in photo cpaturing mode. I loved this handset. thanks
to Nokia for this device. Nokia should have provided a PC cable....
I would recommend to buy this lovely piece of pride for personal
and buisness :) Rating:
Reviewed by Sanil from India on
17th Mar 2009
hey...i got my E63 a week back...amazing phone... got almost everythng...all
business features packed wit entertainment also....worthbuying...also
in looks its damn .good. feels goof n firm to hold in hand and navigate
thru the soft QWERTY keys.. 5 stars truly... Rating:
Reviewed by surfa from australia on
17th Mar 2009
Seems to tick all the boxes, for the price seems like a gr8 choice
$29 crazy johns cap plan for 24 months Rating:
Reviewed by dissapointed from Planet
earth! on 12th Mar 2009
THIS PHONE DOESNT EVEN COME WITH A USB CABLE!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Ranjoy nag from INDIA on
28th Feb 2009
NEW (10 DAYS)MOBILE HANGING , MENU NOT WORKING .. FED UP WITH THE
PHONE, NO SOLUTIONS ,, SUFFURING TREMENDOUSLY PLZ HELP - RANJOY
NAG email - ranjoy.nag@wipro.com 09836268717 PLACE-KOLKATA STATE-WEST
BENGAL COUNTRY-INDIA Rating:
Reviewed by Vlad from UK on 27th
Feb 2009
As I already own E71 and I am extremly happy with it, than I came
with idea to buy E63 as a backup phone, and I can honestly tell
you that I haven't made a mistake. It is shaved version of E71 with
no GPS or HSDPA, 2 megapixel camera instead 3.2 as E71, but hey
it's also far cheaper than E71. QWERTY keyboard for fast txting
and writing emails( a bit more comfortable than E71 )battery life
excellent, expandable memory up to 8GB...I would really recomend
this phone to any one. Rating:
Reviewed by Petar from Bulgaria on
17th Feb 2009
Well for that prize u cant get better. I totaly love it he can handle
all my need`s. Rating:
Reviewed by Rob from United States on
14th Feb 2009
This is a very stylish phone compared to the Nokia E71 but when
it comes to functions the E71 wins. Rating:
Reviewed by bob from india on
31st Jan 2009
this phone is well dumb. Rating:
Reviewed by Faizal from Malaysia on
27th Jan 2009
I just bought E63 for my wife as a surprise gift. Marvelous gadget
so far, all in one! Going to change mine soon. Rating:
Reviewed by Brian from Germany on
25th Jan 2009
I wasn't sure about this one until I had it in my hands. I had the
9300 many years ago, then switched to an HTC Windows phone, which
I hated. After that I decided on a Sony-Ericsson and was completely
and utterly disappointed. I've gone back to Nokia now, probably
for good. It's quick, the keyboard is really nice, I love the 3.5mm
jack and the extra long battery life. All in all, if you want a
Blackberry but don't want the FBI reading your emails or you only
have 250 Euros, this is the phone for you. Rating:
Reviewed by Mike from UK on 22nd
Jan 2009
would echos Matts commments. Tis my first QWERTY mobile phone and
after many weeks reading various reviews I choose the E63 over the
Blackberry curve. Dont get me wrong the 8900 is a good piece of
kit, however YouTube, Podcasts, BBC Radio via real player, BBC Iplayer
(S60 hack), push email, intenet via Opera, excellent battery life,
outstanding key board (and I have pig tits for fingers) this truly
is a rock solid excellent piece of kit and all for £200 unlocked.
The credit crunch bargain of the year! Rating:
Reviewed by Matt from UK on 18th
Jan 2009
Just got an E63 which is the E71's funky little brother - no GPS
or HSDPA, but better keyboard layout and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
This really is a great phone and does everything I want - push email,
calendar, IM, VOIP, web browsing etc. For those complaining about
the built in software this is a symbian S60 OS and there is loads
of software to download. I use Profimail for email - syncs both
ways with my gmail via IMAP IDLE and supports html emails, unlike
the built in client. Fring works great for skype, as well as msn,
aim, yahoo chat, google talk etc. Smartconnect will automatically
switch between wifi and gprs data connections for all my apps. Don't
like the nokia browser? get Opera Mini. I even have putty on here
if I need to ssh into a server to fix something. Symbian may not
be as cool as android, but it's mature with loads of apps/games
and runs really fast on the E63. It's also open source now too.
Best phone I've owned. If you want a smartphone and aren't tied
to blackberry then you can't go wrong with the E71 or the E63. Rating:
