Nokia E66

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Nokia E66

Frazier Barretto, Nov 25, 2008 1742 hrs IST

After the E65, Nokia has one more slider in the E-Series; one that will hopefully have cleared all the flaws seen in the earlier unsuccessful business slider.

Metal Body, Powerful, Smooth & refined, Feature Pack 2, 3G, GPS with Nokia Maps, 2.5mm jack.

Poor Camera, Expensive, Fingerprint magnet, Battery.

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Build & Design

The Nokia E66 is an E-Series slider following in the footsteps of its predecessor the E65. Although the E66 and the E71 were launched at the same time, the sales of the E71 have been soaring. Both the phones feature the same all-metal look and feel. We received the white variant of the E66, which looks pretty classy, though personally I would prefer the dark grey color option. The white option sports a chrome face with a white chin. The sides are all-white, while the back is partly metal and partly white.

The phone has a 2.4-inch screen with a 320 x 240 resolution. The screen legibility under direct sunlight is pretty decent, though being an E-Series I'd want to see a better result. Above the screen on one side of the earpiece is a secondary video camera for video calls and on the other side is a light sensor. The light sensor didn't seem to work well, for example, in the dark the keypad would turn off after sliding open the handset. Below the screen are the navigation keys along with the calling keys.

The E66 also has quick shortcuts - Home, Calendar, Contacts and Messaging - like seen on many E-Series phones like the E51, E61i & E71. On the E66 the shortcut keys surround the D-Pad. Except for the calling keys, the rest of the navigation keys are all disguised and require the backlights to turn ON before you can see what it is linked to. The D-Pad's backlighting has a breathing effect that increases in case of alerts like missed call and message received.

On the left side there is the 2.5mm jack and a micro USB port which is neatly covered by a dust cover. There is an Infrared port under the USB port, something that I haven't seen on phones in quite a while now. The bottom end on the left side sees a lanyard loop hole and the power point just beside it at the bottom.

On the right side of the phone there is the volume control with separate buttons to increase and decrease volume. Between the two buttons there is a button assigned to start voice recording by default. The volume buttons don't seem the most easily accessible, the reason being that they are too thin and on top of that feature a tapering end design. There is also the camera shutter button, which doesn't seem to be the hotkey to start the app, it only comes handy at the time of capturing. There are two silver buttons on either side of the phone, pressing these buttons together releases the battery compartment cover.