Nokia E50 vs Nokia E62

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E50 compared with E62

	NokiaE50	NokiaE62
Overview
Released
Released	2006	September 2006
Display
Resolution
Resolution	320 × 240	320 × 240
Panel
Panel	LCD	LCD
Display type
Display type	QVGA 240 × 320 TFT LCD with 262,144 colours in the production reviews; not a touchscreen. Maker physical diagonal not recovered, so no headline inches inferred.	Landscape active-matrix TFT, 16 million colours, 320 × 240 pixels and 56.9 × 42.7 mm active area in the exact owner guide; not a touchscreen. Production reviews call it 2.8 inches, while GSMArena lists 2.9; no headline diagonal inferred.
Performance
CPU
CPU	–	32-bit RISC ARM9 in the exact maker guide; no clock speed or chip identity inferred
Storage
Storage	70 MB	–
Memory
Memory	70 MB internal user storage in GSMArena and TechRadar's camera-equipped production tests; the camera-free configuration has no borrowed capacity. Installed physical RAM not verified in the maker guide or these tests.	Greater than 80 MB total user memory in the exact guide; Computerworld reports 80 MB and PhoneArena 75 MB. Installed RAM and an exact internal capacity are not established, so omitted from configurations.
Storage type
Storage type	microSD beneath the metal rear cover, removable without removing the battery in both tests; no maximum card capacity inferred	Hot-swappable miniSD beneath the rear cover; exact maker accessory list supports 3.0 V cards from 64 MB to 2 GB. Not microSD, RS-MMC or full-size SD.
Cameras
Main camera
Main camera	1.3 MP (better)	None
Ultra wide camera
Ultra wide camera	None	None
Telephoto camera
Telephoto camera	None	None
Optical zoom
Optical zoom	None	None
Main camera
Main camera	E50-1 RM-170 has a 1.3 MP camera, up to 1280 × 960 pixels in the exact maker guide. E50-2 RM-171 omits the camera; headline camera applies to the equipped configuration.	No camera; camera-free business device
Video recording
Video recording	QCIF 176 × 144 in GSMArena's camera-equipped production test; no unverified frame rate inferred	–
Battery and charging
Battery
Battery	970 mAh	1,500 mAh (better)
Wireless charging
Wireless charging	None	None
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Removable BL-5C 970 mAh identified in GSMArena's exact production test. Maker launch claims up to six hours of talk; not video playback. TechRadar's 55-hour result involved weak coverage and about 20 minutes of calls.	Removable BP-5L 1500 mAh; exact guide's battery chapter calls it Li-Polymer, while its accessory list says Li-Ion. Maker claims up to 5.5 hours GSM talk and 14 days idle; launch release says approximately five hours. Review tests use different conditions, not video playback.
Wired charging
Wired charging	Separate small Nokia charger connector. Exact issue 1 guide lists AC-4 and DC-4; no charging wattage inferred.	Separate battery charger connector; AC-4 travel charger and DC-4 mobile charger in the exact guide. No charging wattage inferred.
Design
Type
Type	Standard	Standard
Weight
Weight	104 g (better)	144 g
Thickness
Thickness	15.5 mm (better)	16.2 mm
Height × width
Height × width	113 × 43.5 mm	116.5 × 69.9 mm
Weight detail
Weight detail	104 g and 113 × 43.5 × 15.5 mm from GSMArena's exact-model specification table; TechRadar rounds thickness to 16 mm. Maker dimension sheet unresolved.	144 g with battery and 116.5 × 69.9 × 13.9–16.2 mm in the exact maker technical table; headline thickness uses its upper bound. Secondary database's rounded 117 × 69.7 × 14 mm is not substituted.
Materials
Materials	Metal rear battery cover with plastic sections; Silver/Black original press finish	Silver metal enclosure in PhoneArena's exact production review
Buttons
Buttons	Numeric keypad, joystick, dedicated menu and correction keys, side volume/edit/voice controls; notification light around joystick	Backlit QWERTY keyboard, joystick, email/menu/call/end and soft keys, side volume and voice key, top power key; email indicator and light sensor
Speakers
Speakers	Built-in loudspeaker; mono headset in both reviewed packages, stereo headset or compatible adaptor sold separately. No FM radio in GSMArena's production test.	Built-in loudspeaker and stereo audio playback in the exact guide; PhoneArena hears distortion at maximum loudspeaker volume
Software
Operating system
Operating system	Symbian	Symbian
Software at launch
Software at launch	Symbian OS 9.1 with S60 Third Edition	Symbian 9.1a with S60 Third Edition, release 3.0 in the exact guide
Software features
Software features	Quickoffice views Word, Excel and PowerPoint; PDF reader, ZIP manager, Team Suite, voice functions and phone-wide search. Maker launch's two-number feature routes an office line through enterprise software; not dual-SIM hardware. Historical enterprise servers and downloads may no longer operate.	Maker launch and exact guide support creating/editing documents, spreadsheets and presentations, PDF viewing, HTML/WAP browsing, email, instant messaging, VPN and synchronisation. Guide/launch carrier services may no longer operate; not a promise of present network support.
Release detail
Release detail	Nokia announced E50 on 18 May 2006. Its full-year 2006 results confirm first shipments during 2006; earliest retail month unresolved, so year precision retained. May announcement and planned third-quarter shipment are not treated as sale dates. No inferred predecessor link.	Announced by Nokia/Cingular on 12 September 2006 with US retail planned for 29 September; contemporaneous actual-sale coverage confirms Cingular shipping that day. Month precision retained because an earlier worldwide first-sale day is unresolved. Separate regional E61-related hardware, not an inferred successor.
Connectivity
Mobile network
Mobile network	EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, GPRS and EDGE; no UMTS or LTE	Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900; EGPRS/GPRS/HSCSD/CSD in the exact owner guide. No UMTS, HSDPA or other 3G radio.
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	No Wi-Fi in both production tests	No Wi-Fi, confirmed by both production reviews; not the E61's WLAN hardware
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 2.0 in the exact owner guide, with headset/hands-free, dial-up, object/file transfer, imaging and remote SIM profiles; no A2DP support inferred	Bluetooth 2.0, up to six simultaneous connections in the guide; headset/hands-free, serial/dial-up, file/object transfer, remote SIM and imaging profiles. No A2DP inferred.
USB
USB	Pop-Port data/accessory connector, PC Suite and memory-card mass-storage modes; infrared. No standard headphone socket.	Mini-USB, described as USB 2.0 in the exact guide; separate headset and charger connectors, plus infrared. No Hi-Speed transfer rate or headset-jack diameter inferred.
Positioning
Positioning	–	Exact guide lists optional LD-1W wireless GPS module; PhoneArena tests an external Bluetooth receiver. No built-in GPS inferred.