The Nokia E66 continues all the traditions of the Nokia E65. Compared to its older brother in design, Nokia E66 has a more fashionable component.
Nokia has rethought the positioning of this series, now it is a segment in which functionality, body strength, design and reliability are considered.
The Nokia E66 has no specific competitors yet. In terms of price / quality, the smartphone surpasses its predecessor Nokia E65.
Housing
Nokia E66 can be called one of the most unusual Nokia smartphones in this form factor. The dimensions of the mobile phone are 107.5x49.5x13.6 mm. The design of the smartphone is significantly different from all the sliders that have been released by the company recently.
The Nokia E66 is available in two color options: Steel Gray and White. The first option is more suitable for a male audience, and the second for a female audience.
Almost the entire body of Nokia E66 is made of metal. Telephones made of metal are very common among business phones. Other parts of the smartphone are made of soft-touch plastic.
The build quality can be called excellent, as in the case of the Nokia E65, the developers got rid of all the drawbacks of such systems when making the slider. Both halves of the slider slide very smoothly and are securely fixed, there is no backlash between them.
On the left side there is a microUSB connector covered with a plastic flap, there is also a 2.5 mm headset connector and an infrared port. On the right side there is a button for launching the camera, a double button for adjusting the volume of sound, a button for controlling voice functions.
On the lower end part there is a connector for connecting a charger, and on the top there is a button to turn the smartphone on and off. Above the screen of the smartphone there is a camera for video calls and a light sensor. On the back you will see the camera peephole, flash and mirror.
The smartphone is equipped with a 2.4-inch TFT screen that can display up to 16 million colors and has a resolution of 240x320. The screen can fit up to fourteen lines of text and up to three lines of service text. The picture under sunlight practically does not fade, the displayed colors appear vivid and juicy.
Below the screen are four functional buttons, they are responsible for quick access to the calendar, notebook and e-mail. The presented buttons have two degrees of pressing, short and long.
A short press on the screen displays a list of mailbox, calendar and phone book. A long press of the key creates a new entry in accordance with the pressed key. It is also possible to assign the functions of these keys at your discretion.
The navigation button did not cause any complaints in its direction. Around this key is an indicator light that can be customized for a specific event. The buttons of the digital block are located ergonomically and are convenient to work; they are made of plastic. The keyboard is backlit with white light, with any external factors you will not go wrong with the button you need.
Nokia E66 has a lithium polymer battery with a capacity of 1000 mAh. According to the manufacturers, the battery should provide up to seven and a half hours of talk time and up to 264 hours of standby time.
Multimedia
Nokia E66 has a built-in 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and light flash.
The maximum resolution in which the camera can take pictures is 2048x1536 (Print 3M), in this case the average weight of photos will be about 350kb. The camera of Nokia E66 also has a digital 20x zoom, when using it, distortion in photos is minimal.
Nokia E66 is not positioned as a photo solution, but in aesthetic lighting the camera takes quite normal photos.
There are fewer options for video recording than for photography. A big plus is the presence of a software image stabilizer. The video mode has two shooting modes: night and automatic; there are also other useful functions that were already found in earlier models.
Video recording in this smartphone takes place at 15 frames per second, the maximum resolution of the recorded video is 320x240 pixels. Video recording can be performed both in MPEG4 and 3GP formats, if necessary, audio track recording can be turned off.
The Nokia E66 has an excellent music player. Nokia E66 does not have separate keys for controlling the player, but it’s not a problem, because it is convenient to operate it even with ordinary keys. The music player can play audio in the following formats: MP3, AAC, E-AAC +, WMA, etc.
Music tracks in Nokia E66 can be sorted by genre, album, artist. Tracks can be downloaded to the device using the Internet access, or via a USB cable or Bluetooth module.
The mobile phone supports the A2DP profile, using this profile you can transfer stereo sound to a Bluetooth headset. The music player in Nokia E66 is slightly different from those in the line of music phones based on this platform.
Work
The software component of the smartphone is based on the S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1, but it contains some changes that are found only in this series of smartphones. For example, changed desktop mode, changed calendar, improved phone book, etc.
The hardware part of the Nokia E66 smartphone is based on the ARM 11 processor, the frequency of which is 369 MHz. In total, the smartphone has 128 megabytes of RAM after the phone is loaded, the user has about 70 megabytes of memory. This is enough to keep about a dozen different applications running.
The main menu has two display modes: table and list. The phone is fast enough to navigate through the menu, a very fast smartphone responds instantly to pressing.
Nokia E66 has some unusual features. One of the most important is the Mode mode, with its help the user can create several virtual desktops for work. On each of the tables you can place your own applications, pictures, themes, etc. Switching between tables is one touch.
Also noteworthy is the smart phone book search. You can search directly in standby mode.
The Nokia E66 has also changed the calendar. Now, when you call the calendar, the events of the current day are also visible on the screen in addition to the calendar itself. In addition, the phone has the functions of a voice message and a call list.
Like all smartphones based on this platform, the Nokia E66 has a standard set of office applications called QuickOffice. This smartphone has A-GPS support, Nokia E66 uses Nokia Maps 2.0 as standard navigation software.
Output
The phone in question, like the rest of the mobile devices of this company, has an excellent connection quality. The smartphone has good sound and average vibration. Nokia E66 will outperform its older brother in almost every way.
Our model also has a twin of Nokia E71, which differs from Nokia E66 in its shape and QWERTY keyboard.
At that time, the Nokia E66 was one of the best business phone models on the mobile market. Wide functionality, changes made to the software platform make the smartphone under consideration today unique among similar mobile devices.
You can buy the Nokia E66 smartphone in our online store at a special price.
