Nokia E62 vs Nokia E65
Better figure, where one is clearly better
| NokiaE62 | NokiaE65 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | September 2006 | February 2007 |
| Display | ||
| Resolution | 320 × 240 | 320 × 240 |
| Panel | LCD | LCD |
| Display type | 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. | QVGA 320 × 240 LCD with up to 16 million colours in both production reviews; portrait screen, with resolution stored long side first. PhoneArena gives a 2.24-inch diagonal; a maker physical diagonal was not recovered, so no headline inches inferred. |
| Cameras | ||
| Main camera | None | 2 MP (better) |
| Ultra wide camera | None | None |
| Telephoto camera | None | None |
| Optical zoom | None | None |
| Main camera | No camera; camera-free business device | 2 MP rear camera; up to 1600 × 1200 pixels in the GSMArena/MobilMania production test. PhoneArena confirms no flash. |
| Front camera | – | No front video-call camera in the production reviews |
| Video recording | – | CIF 352 × 288 MPEG-4 recording in both production tests; no frame rate inferred |
| Camera features | – | Night mode, image sequence, self-timer, white balance and colour effects in the GSMArena/MobilMania test |
| Battery and charging | ||
| Battery | 1,500 mAh | – |
| Wireless charging | None | None |
| Battery life detail | 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. | Removable BL-5F in both production tests, described as 1000 mAh. An exact maker capacity specification was not recovered, so no headline capacity set. PhoneArena measures 4 hours 15 minutes of talk in its conditions; GSMArena/MobilMania reports four to five days on GSM. These are different workloads, not playback or universal endurance claims. |
| Wired charging | Separate battery charger connector; AC-4 travel charger and DC-4 mobile charger in the exact guide. No charging wattage inferred. | Separate charger connector. Exact issue 2 guide lists AC-3, AC-4 and AC-5, plus specified older chargers through CA-44. The GSMArena/MobilMania test confirms no charging through the computer data port; no wattage published in the maker guide. |
| Design | ||
| Type | Standard | Standard |
| Weight | 144 g | 115 g (better) |
| Thickness | 16.2 mm | 15.5 mm (better) |
| Height × width | 116.5 × 69.9 mm | 105 × 49 mm |
| Weight detail | 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. | 115 g and 105 × 49 × 15.5 mm from PhoneArena's production review; GSMArena/MobilMania rounds thickness to 16 mm. Exact maker dimensions were not recovered and review precision is explicitly attributed. |
| Materials | Silver metal enclosure in PhoneArena's exact production review | Mechanical numeric-keypad slider; textured plastic rear cover resembling leather in the GSMArena/MobilMania test. This is not a folding or flexible-display phone. |
| Colours | – | Brown and Red in the original production reviews; later regional finishes not inferred |
| Buttons | Backlit QWERTY keyboard, joystick, email/menu/call/end and soft keys, side volume and voice key, top power key; email indicator and light sensor | Numeric keypad, navigation key, conference key, configurable shortcut, Contacts key and microphone mute; side voice-record, edit and volume keys. Exact owner guide identifies the Pop-Port and separate charging connector. |
| Speakers | Built-in loudspeaker and stereo audio playback in the exact guide; PhoneArena hears distortion at maximum loudspeaker volume | Built-in speaker; no stereo Bluetooth capability inferred from generic Bluetooth support |
| Software | ||
| Operating system | Symbian | Symbian |
| Software at launch | Symbian 9.1a with S60 Third Edition, release 3.0 in the exact guide | Symbian OS 9.1 with S60 Third Edition in both production reviews; not Feature Pack 1 from the later E66 |
| Software features | 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. | Team Suite, conference calling, internet calling, email, phone-content search, PDF reader and ZIP manager. Quickoffice document viewing; editing required a purchased upgrade in both production reviews. Original alarm has one non-repeating alarm in the tests. Historical online services may no longer operate. |
| Release detail | 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. | Nokia's 12 February 2007 announcement confirms already available in selected markets, with broader first-quarter availability. Month precision retained; the statement does not establish a worldwide first-sale day. No unsupported predecessor relation. |
| In the box | – | GSMArena/MobilMania's tested package includes AC-4 charger, battery, software CD, owner guide, CA-53 USB cable, HS-5 mono headset and CP-18 pouch; no memory card or stereo headset. Regional contents may differ. |
| Performance | ||
| Chip | – | ARM9 220 MHz (PhoneArena) |
| Storage | – | 50 MB |
| CPU | 32-bit RISC ARM9 in the exact maker guide; no clock speed or chip identity inferred | 220 MHz ARM9 processor identified by PhoneArena's exact-model production review; not transferred from another Nokia model |
| Memory | 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. | 50 MB internal user storage in the GSMArena/MobilMania production review. PhoneArena's approximately 24 MB wording describes available RAM, not installed physical RAM; no installed-RAM figure inferred. |
| Storage type | 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. | microSD slot under the rear cover; exact owner guide supports FAT16/FAT32 and card removal without switching off or removing the battery. No maximum card capacity inferred from a sibling. |
| Connectivity | ||
| Mobile network | Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900; EGPRS/GPRS/HSCSD/CSD in the exact owner guide. No UMTS, HSDPA or other 3G radio. | GSM/EDGE and UMTS in the exact owner guide. PhoneArena's tested model supports quad-band GSM and UMTS 2100 MHz; no HSDPA or American UMTS support inferred. |
| Wi-Fi | No Wi-Fi, confirmed by both production reviews; not the E61's WLAN hardware | IEEE 802.11b/g in PhoneArena's exact production test; maker guide describes WLAN and internet calling |
| Bluetooth | 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. | Bluetooth 1.2 without multimedia stereo profiles in PhoneArena's exact-model review; not copied from the E66's Bluetooth 2.0/A2DP specification |
| USB | 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. | Nokia Pop-Port data/accessory connector with CA-53 USB cable; PC Suite and memory-card mass-storage modes. Infrared and separate charger connector. No standard 2.5/3.5 mm headset socket or micro-USB port in the production tests. |
| Positioning | Exact guide lists optional LD-1W wireless GPS module; PhoneArena tests an external Bluetooth receiver. No built-in GPS inferred. | No built-in GPS receiver; software supports a compatible external Bluetooth GPS module in the GSMArena/MobilMania review. Historical services are not promised available today. |
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