Few weeks back I lost my mobile (Sony K750), somebody stole it from hotel. Probably first time in life I was happy in for loosing expensive thing like mobile. But the reason for happiness was within few days/ weeks after purchase I faced lot of problems with K750i. I was required for waste hours for adjusting charger pin otherwise charging wont start - same was the problem with headsets. After a year or so new problems started, like if I put memory card into mobile - mobile will show white screen!! and there were many other problems in ~2.5 years of use.
One thing I will always miss about my K750i is its camera (camera is superb)
Now it was the situation that I was required to buy new mobile phone (which was not planned). I tried searching on internet for mobile handsets from Rs 5000 to 16000. I liked E71 but it was slightly out of my budget (18K+). From youtube I could find that E63 is much similar to E71. I read reviews and what I understood what the good points are
- 3G
- large display
- office applications like word/ excel/ power point
- pdf reader
- Query keyboard
- 8GB expandable memory
- GPRS
- Though not descent but 2.0 MPEG camera.
- Facility for video call
The negatives were
- 3G not 3.5G (does not matter to me because in India there are few service providers who give 3G and it is very costly - so why to be unhappy for 3.5G)
- 2.0 Camera (does not matter - this is more than sufficient for photographs expected from mobile camera)
- Camera is on opposite side of screen so in video call you can either see the caller or s/he can see you :( - (but this comes with advantage that while using mobile as camera you can see what picture you are taking :))
- GPS - I am not sure but probably the GPS is restricted only up to maps in E63 - probably you need external device for position information. But not a problem - as if you wont get GPS in this price range and you can connect GPS device with blue tooth if needed :)
Some of my personal experiences while using this E63
+ves
1. Being business phone in reviews there is hardly any mention of quality of music. My personal observation is quality of music is as superb as my Apple iPod if you use headphones. Speakers are not superb for listening to music. But speakers are superb if you want to use it as speaker phone.
2. Size - with the advantage of query keyboard and large display I think nokia has done good job as compared to E61. Though E63 is not very easy to keep in pocket it is neither very bulky.
3. I liked some of the feature of Nokia like - when write SMS - when you enter name of receipts there is auto complete option - superb!
4. This mobile do not have sliders and also do not have joy stick - superb!
5. Battery life is great - even after listening to music and almost 40mins call time / day - battery lasts for 4-5 days.
6. Torch - I find this as very useful feature of mobile. It was also present in K750i and it is really really very useful. You can use camera flash as torch.
7. Standard 2.5mm jack - again amazing - because it means that you can plug any speakers or headphones (actually not all headphones - depends on how much power they consume)
-ves
1. No provision of special keys to increase/ decrease voice.
2. No provision of special keys for camera.
Overall I will say for 12,400 Rs this is excellent mobile. If you want much more than media mobile at this price then surely go for E63.
