Nokia E62 Smartphone
- Installed Memory: 75 MB
- Operating System: Symbian
- Design: Mobile
- Style: Smartphone
- Network Type: GSM 850 GSM 1900 GSM EDGE
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Pretty, but tragically flawed
Pros
Long battery life, good call quality, crystal clear screen.
Cons
Lousy internet connectivity, buggy built-in applications, mono HF only, limited multimedia support.
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
I really wanted to like this phone, but there are just too many software flaws that effectively cripple this phone. I just can't recommend it as it is right now.
Overview: the screen is very pretty, the keypad is large enough to be usable, and the call clarity is quite high. However, the web browser is slow and incredibly buggy, the processor is sluggish, and the voice recorder is too easy to trigger. This review is based on two months of very heavy use that includes phone calls, data connectivity, and document editing.
Call Quality: This is, of course, one of the main reasons why someone buys a phone. The Nokia E62 has a very good signal acquisition and the sound quality is clear and distinct. Additionally, the speaker phone function is robust and loud. The phone rarely drops calls. It seems to hand off between 850MHz and 1900MHz without losing the call.
Battery Life: The phone really shines in this category. The standby time is several days and one can talk for several hours before having to recharge the device.
Form Factor: Considering that it's a PDA/Smartphone, this device is quite light and trim. It fits neatly into a shirt pocket and is light enough that one doesn't feel anchored by the weight of the device. It is the thinnest PDA/Smartphone I've found so far.
Screen: The 320x240 screen is quite bright and sharp. The default illumination is 3/5, but if you want it "laptop" bright, the illumination can be set to 5/5. Text appears sharp and distinct. Ebooks are easy to read.
Bluetooth: The phone has quite a few Bluetooth profiles. In addition, you can "clone" phonebook entries from another BT-enabled Nokia phone (I did this with my Nokia 5300). The phone supports Dial-Up, FTP, Sync, HF, and OBEX.
Internet Connectivity: Here is where the phone is terribly flawed. The device just can't seem to keep an internet connection open. When tethering the phone to a computer as a modem, the data connection appears to remain open, yet the device simply stops sending and receiving information. This is quite frustrating.
Web Browser: While pretty, this browser is incredibly buggy. When attempting to load a web page, the browser frequently reports "Web Connection Time Out". It also seems to load a page half-way and sort of "give up". Additionally, the browser has difficulty accessing the phone's memory, since the browser frequently gives an "Out of Memory" error after just a few hundred kilobytes loaded, despite the fact that the phone has over 80 Mb of system memory. When browsing blogs and forums, the "submit" function frequently fails. All in all, the built-in browser is frustrating to use and pretty close to actually being unusable.
Office Suite: The phone has a built-in office suite that includes a text editor, spreadsheet, and PDF reader. The text editor basically doesn't function, since it corrupts the files after and significant changes are saved. The spreadsheet is very bare-bones (although usable). You'd be better off buying QuickOffice fof $49.99.
Email Client: For the most part, the email works. However, it doesn't actually seem to delete emails when the delete command is used. Also, the automatic retrieval tends to deactivate by itself.
Voice Dial: After 60 days of use, it has yet to correctly identify the contact whose name I spoke. This feature just doesn't work.
Multimedia: In theory, the phone functions as a MP3 player. But the phone only supports a mono headset, so the value of this feature is diminished by hardware limitations. Also, why can't this phone sync with Real or Rhapsody? The phone's video function works quite well, but is, again, limited by the mono headset.
In Conclusion: The phone just doesn't quite cut the mustard. If the internet connectivity and built-in apps functioned correctly, this would be one heck of a phone for the price. Additionally, I don't understand why the designers pinched a few pennies on the headset jack. I would NOT recommend this product.
Call Quality: This is, of course, one of the main reasons why someone buys a phone. The Nokia E62 has a very good signal acquisition and the sound quality is clear and distinct. Additionally, the speaker phone function is robust and loud. The phone rarely drops calls. It seems to hand off between 850MHz and 1900MHz without losing the call.
Battery Life: The phone really shines in this category. The standby time is several days and one can talk for several hours before having to recharge the device.
Form Factor: Considering that it's a PDA/Smartphone, this device is quite light and trim. It fits neatly into a shirt pocket and is light enough that one doesn't feel anchored by the weight of the device. It is the thinnest PDA/Smartphone I've found so far.
Screen: The 320x240 screen is quite bright and sharp. The default illumination is 3/5, but if you want it "laptop" bright, the illumination can be set to 5/5. Text appears sharp and distinct. Ebooks are easy to read.
Bluetooth: The phone has quite a few Bluetooth profiles. In addition, you can "clone" phonebook entries from another BT-enabled Nokia phone (I did this with my Nokia 5300). The phone supports Dial-Up, FTP, Sync, HF, and OBEX.
Internet Connectivity: Here is where the phone is terribly flawed. The device just can't seem to keep an internet connection open. When tethering the phone to a computer as a modem, the data connection appears to remain open, yet the device simply stops sending and receiving information. This is quite frustrating.
Web Browser: While pretty, this browser is incredibly buggy. When attempting to load a web page, the browser frequently reports "Web Connection Time Out". It also seems to load a page half-way and sort of "give up". Additionally, the browser has difficulty accessing the phone's memory, since the browser frequently gives an "Out of Memory" error after just a few hundred kilobytes loaded, despite the fact that the phone has over 80 Mb of system memory. When browsing blogs and forums, the "submit" function frequently fails. All in all, the built-in browser is frustrating to use and pretty close to actually being unusable.
Office Suite: The phone has a built-in office suite that includes a text editor, spreadsheet, and PDF reader. The text editor basically doesn't function, since it corrupts the files after and significant changes are saved. The spreadsheet is very bare-bones (although usable). You'd be better off buying QuickOffice fof $49.99.
Email Client: For the most part, the email works. However, it doesn't actually seem to delete emails when the delete command is used. Also, the automatic retrieval tends to deactivate by itself.
Voice Dial: After 60 days of use, it has yet to correctly identify the contact whose name I spoke. This feature just doesn't work.
Multimedia: In theory, the phone functions as a MP3 player. But the phone only supports a mono headset, so the value of this feature is diminished by hardware limitations. Also, why can't this phone sync with Real or Rhapsody? The phone's video function works quite well, but is, again, limited by the mono headset.
In Conclusion: The phone just doesn't quite cut the mustard. If the internet connectivity and built-in apps functioned correctly, this would be one heck of a phone for the price. Additionally, I don't understand why the designers pinched a few pennies on the headset jack. I would NOT recommend this product.
