• Nokia E50

    Nokia E50

    Frazier Barretto, Feb 05, 2007 1700 hrs IST

    Today, we have with us our second E-series phone from Nokia; the E50.

    Sleek, 1.3 MP Camera, Symbian OS v9.1, 70 MB internal memory, MicroSD card slot,

    Poor keypad, Rough joystick, Card slot below the battery cover

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Camera

The Nokia E50 has a 1.3 MP camera. It s not the most vital part of this phone. The camera is average and is there just to complete the package. It can capture images with resolutions up to 1280 x 960 pixels. The camera just has a couple of adjustment options and a couple of modes as well. The adjustment options are White Balance and Color Tone. Under modes it has Night Mode and Sequence Mode. The Night Mode of the camera is quite bad and there is nothing to make it better. The Sequence Mode, on the other hand, takes six shots with just one click.


Under the video section, the camera manages just QCIF recordings. The resolution of the video is 176 x 144 pixels and is saved in .3GPP format. You can choose to record with and without audio. The Night Mode and the other adjustments available in the still camera mode are present here as well. There is no limit on the video length and you can record till you run out of memory.

Battery Life

The Nokia E50 gets its juices from a Li-Ion 970 mAh (BL-5C) battery. A completely discharged battery takes about 90 minutes to fully charge. A fully charged battery provided me 3 days of use. These 3 days included around 5-6 hours of talktime and even using the other features of the phone.


The battery life of the phone is sufficient but if at all you feel that your talktime requirements are high, you can always choose to buy the 1150 mAh (BL-6C) battery. That would increase your talktime by a couple more hours.

Conclusion

The Nokia E50 sells for a street price of Rs. 10,700. It is an absolute VFM (Value For Money) phone. The phone is the cheapest Symbian v9.1 phone. The interface is smooth and the rest that the phone has to offer is quite decent. The only thing that I found bad was the mono-headset, which should have been stereo and no memory card provided. It's still worth the buy for the market that it's aimed at. More over this phone has already gained quite an acceptance and the introduction of a full black finish will see more sales of the Nokia E50.

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(33) Comments
pranay gupta
,mumbai, on Aug 30, 2008 02:23 AM
i m gettin an e50 in an alrite condition ,2 yrs old.what is a good buy for it?
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Rizz
,Bangalore, on Sep 18, 2008 07:08 AM
i wud suggest around 5500
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JAYESH
,bangalore, on Aug 01, 2008 01:05 PM
DOWNLOAD
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sanoj
,thriussur, on Nov 01, 2007 05:30 PM
I have one.Looks good. but u cant install all s60 software in this phone. that is a limit.The joy stick is stiff than my 6600
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Vikram
,Pune, on Feb 06, 2007 08:23 PM
The E50 Phone is REAL VALUE FOR MONEY.. Its only drawback is that after sending about 200 or more SMS's, the function of SMS Sending along with the overall working of the phone becomes a bit SLOW... The only solution to this issue is to RESET the phone.. and the cycle has to be repeated once in two months if you are sending more SMS's.
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Faridur R.
,New Delhi, on May 01, 2007 05:52 PM
Install the SMS Accelerator update from the Nokia website (from the PC) or the Catalog application from the phone. The slow SMS problem will be solved
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dustorm
,blore, on Oct 23, 2007 07:25 PM
theres a patch to remedy this problem on the nokia website its called the sms accelerator http://www.nokia.co.in/A4535827
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Pankaj
,Pune, India, on Oct 03, 2007 12:52 PM
Hi, I have heard that E50 hangs frequently while receiving calls and gets into speaker mode. Has this issue been resolved in the current handsets being sold in the market? Is E50 a problem-free handset at all?
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milan
,New Delhi, on Aug 23, 2007 10:26 PM
hi
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bsa
,bangalore, on Jun 14, 2007 01:36 PM
I can't seem to recharge my prepaid on this phone.. says 'request not completed' all the time.. know what to do?
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milan
,New Delhi, on Aug 23, 2007 10:25 PM
if the server dosnt understand ur entry. then u may put it on DTMF mode. so that the service provider's server understand the entries made by u
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AnilKool
,Bangalore, on Feb 05, 2007 07:58 PM
Spend a wee bit more and at 14k, you can get O2 XPhoneII, windows smartphone..which will beat E50 anyday..and thats what i did last mnth
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vinayak
,Bombay, on Aug 23, 2007 02:51 PM
Windows and the word 'smart' don't go together.
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Jignesh Kahar
,Navsari, on Aug 22, 2007 05:43 PM
This phone is very nice..................................
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shrey
,noida, on Aug 01, 2007 11:46 PM
hey guys!! whts up!! i m planing to buy NOKIA E-50. i read all the comments by u guys n found i can buy this set without ny worries..i jus wanna know howz the sound quality of this hand set!! plz reply me asap. thanks
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Anonymous
,Madurai, on Jul 20, 2007 02:34 PM
NO ONE IS THINK THEIR OWN
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yogesh shirode
,nashik, on Jul 13, 2007 08:28 AM
sir, i am using nokia 6270 handset but i have not meet any application & software & i am not sending email of this mobile.
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Aman Jain
,Delhi, on Jul 10, 2007 01:29 PM
this phone announces the name of the caller between the ringtone , if stored in the database, if the caller calls. How can i disable this feature.
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AcDc
,New Delhi, on Jun 13, 2007 10:12 AM
Bought this phone about a week back. Haven't found any issues with the phone. its a good business phone
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Nilakanthan KK
,chennai, on Feb 06, 2007 06:17 AM
The display font size cannot be increased. The calling phone numbers are displayed in miniscule font making it difficult to read. Bought a white E50 at a Nokia Priority centre for 13150 on 14 Jan 07 Was the price reduction after that?
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mani
,chennai, on Feb 06, 2007 04:19 PM
A valid observation on phones with big displays which give an impression that the calling nos will be in big font. Any phones where font size can be increased?
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saurabh
,mumbai, on May 28, 2007 10:07 AM
the font size has been a problem 4 some of the e series phones. but recently Psiloc released a software called Font Magnifier and that has done wonders to my phone. search it on net and if u like it buy it. install the software and i promise u wont regret.
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satheeshkumar
,salem, on May 18, 2007 11:22 PM
i bought E50. but i can't get nokia gallery anywhere. i asked priority dealer, there is no response. i searched in net, there also i can't get. i d mailed this complaint to nokia website, there also no response. wat can i do for it?
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Ivano
,Dubai, on May 07, 2007 08:13 AM
It is by far one of the best business phones that fits in a suit pocket! However can anyone suggest a way to get rid of the freeze bug when answering calls? I get on average twice a week a call that is diverted to the loadspeaker and freezes the phone.. quite annoying. Updated top new firmware, but problem persists. Help is appreciated
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naresh
,dausa, on Apr 21, 2007 06:42 PM
hai naresh
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viral
,mumbai, on Feb 12, 2007 02:21 PM
E50 is the best and sleek business phone around. All you **** ***** out there cant u guys understand that at the end of the day you only use the phone for its phony features ,,so it means you need a good battry life and a decent memory. and if u get all this with a good prise what else do u want....
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--ID--
,Jamshedpur, on Feb 10, 2007 08:28 PM
Really nice....looks are superb. Is it a bit bulky?
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sajjad
,khi, on Feb 06, 2007 09:44 AM
is techtree a subsidiary of nokia.....it is promoting every nokia phone without concerning that they have huge problems....on the global market it is failed to capture market due to its massive hanging and freezing problem despite claimed that it is bug-free....im disappointed by techtree....is this site a sucker of nokia?
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srini1973
,chennai, on Feb 05, 2007 05:22 PM
Sony Ericsson K750i is better value for money, people who are ready to spend 10,000Rs. can go for K750i.
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TeamMobile
,Bangalore, on Feb 05, 2007 05:52 PM
right said....k750i is far far far better than this...
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Anonymous
,sa, on Feb 06, 2007 07:55 AM
god i HATE u die hard SE fans who go to all teh reviews and say XYZ SE phone is way better value for money bla bla....this is a ***** BUSINESS phone...dont ur thick heads get it???
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kalia
,nangal dam, on Feb 05, 2007 07:35 PM
i have black E50 Price at nokia priority center at Chandigarh Rs 10200 with bill ,it has super features it browser for complete website we seen in PC with gif , jpeg and java script, flash files with RSS feed support , u can also back and forward page with easily
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Parag
,Mumb, on Feb 05, 2007 05:31 PM
How can one review a phone with out show a screenshot if its activated screen. R u guys in real hurry to post a review or what?
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