Nokia E51 Review

Nokia E51 Review

The Nokia E51 first came out in September last year, it already got my attention. After quite sometime, I finally got myself a unit and here’s my verdict.

The Nokia E51 is a business/productivity phone so expect good connectivity options — WiFi and 3.5G or HSDPA (3.6MBps). If your phone has these two features, you’re all set in the data connectivity department. This is especially true if you have WiFi at home and you can use VoIP to make unlimited long distance calls on your phone for free (check out Fring/Gizmo).

The phone’s form factor is a familiar candy bar and surprisingly thin at 12mm. The dark glossy-metallic finish gives it a nice, elegant appearance. For a retail price of Php12,300, this unit is a great buy — probably the cheapest full-featured business phone that went out of Nokia’s doors. Has Bluetooth, FM tuner, mini USB and IR port.

Dedicated buttons are found around the central navigation pad — for Calendar, Contacts, Email and main Menu — faster access to most commonly used apps. You can even program it so that a longer press will prompt you additional functions. The Cancel/Back button is place at dead center which could get confusing for first-time users but it’s actually a clever placement.

The phone speakers are placed at the back, on two slits just above the 2 megapixel camera (1600×1200 pixels, video QVGA@15fps). There’s no front-facing camera so you can’t make 3G video calls. The screen is only 2 inches across (240×320) but I thought with the extra space on the side, they could still push it to 2.2 to 2.4 inches.

It’s built with an ARM 11 369 MHz processor, has 96 MB SDRAM memory and 130 MB user data memory. Comes with a free 512MB microSD card but is upgradeable to 8GB (if you can find one locally).

New owners of the Nokia E51 can’t go wrong with this phone. Well, that’s until the qwerty Nokia E71 goes on sale at the end of the month.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

29 Comments

Adam says:

13 years ago

hello please tell me the final price of your item and where you live
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cher says:

15 years ago

wer can i buy this? i checked with nokia stores and they don’t have this anymore, even other cellphone stores don’t sell this.. i badly need one.. please help.. :)i need the E51 camera-free version
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fredrick says:

15 years ago

how many
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tolly says:

15 years ago

lacoste
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Holly says:

15 years ago

on my nokia e51 my ringtone only lasts for 20 seconds
and i dont know how to make it longer can anyone help?
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Ric says:

15 years ago

@ Chiela – the E52 is just around the corner so I’d say wait for that one :) I have an E51 though and loving it
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jude says:

15 years ago

hindi ko p rin ipagpapalit un 3310 ko d bset un
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Chiela Murillo says:

16 years ago

i’m about to buy an e51 this weekend with Paul :0) actually, we were looking for a nokia phone – similar to this, but must have 5megapix. sad, but i seemed to kinda like the “candy bar” look of e51, so i said, i’ll go for it.. ;0)
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Caio says:

16 years ago

Hi, I am from Brazil and I also bought an E51 in a different language than my native language (portuguese). I am loving my cell phone, but IÂ´m able to use the smart typing system, because it doeasn’t know portuguese. So, does anyone know how to change/include a different language in a NOKIA E51? Thanks.
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Rahul says:

16 years ago

I bought E51 Recently from Dubai
it does not support Chinese language
Can anyone help me to guide from where i can get the chinese language pack for Nokia E 51
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Steave says:

16 years ago

And still the best – Nokia N95
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Aice Nice Concepts says:

16 years ago

I was about to buy this phone, but was surprise its price is now 14,650 hmmm biglang tumaas
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deuts says:

16 years ago

Something is weird. If I click on the “Show All” on your Comment Pages Navigation, it brings me to the blog’s home page. Did you just upgrade to WordPress 2.6? There might be a bug or a compatibility issue with your plugin.
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jlaspacio says:

16 years ago

i love this E51, it’s one of the best phones nokia made, along with nokia 6120 classic. :)
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noemi says:

16 years ago

I love my Nokia e51 too! been using mine for the past 8 months. As a modem, I get very fast speeds using smart 3g. One time I got over 1 mbps. How much is it here?
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Animohosting.com says:

16 years ago

this is really cool
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The Auctioneer says:

16 years ago

i guess we have this phone in our site…some of our sellers has better price….just check the site.
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manu says:

16 years ago

this is really a great buy…
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Animohosting.com says:

16 years ago

its wifi feature makes it interesting
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Augustin says:

16 years ago

been using E51…it’s great phone…easy to use, great connectivity and it’s slim. Voip is good as well with Fring. Checking Gmail or Mail by Google(Apps)is very fast using Google software thru Wifi.

With this phone and its Wifi feature, I have been streaming video online with QIK (QIK.COM). There is podcast software also, and with wifi, it’s very easy to update the podcast….

There is new version of E51 with no camera. Good for those who are not allowed using camera phone at work.
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Chris says:

16 years ago

gotta love its wi-fi feature…
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blozoom! says:

16 years ago

nokia e71 is a beauty.
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Abe Olandres says:

16 years ago

Not any better than similar candybar S60 Nokia phones.
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juvic says:

16 years ago

how do you rate web surfing on this phone?
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