Nokia E75
Manufacturer: Nokia Corp. Part number: 002K1C1
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- The Nokia E75 is a nice alternative to the current crop of slate QWERTY messaging smartphones, offering a compact design without sacrificing the keyboard or e-mail capabilities. However, without carrier backing, the unlocked phone is a bit expensive.
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CNET editors' review
Nokia E75 price range: $369.99 - $489.95
- Reviewed by: Bonnie Cha
- Reviewed on: 06/04/2009
- Updated on:06/30/2009
The good: The Nokia E75 offers a compact design while managing to fit in a full QWERTY keyboard. The smartphone ships with Nokia's new messaging client, which features push delivery for all accounts. Other highlights include 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a 3.2-megapixel camera.
The bad: The E75 is expensive. Call quality wasn't the best, and the dialpad on front is cramped.
The bottom line: The Nokia E75 is a nice alternative to the current crop of slate QWERTY messaging smartphones, offering a compact design without sacrificing the keyboard or e-mail capabilities. However, without carrier backing, the unlocked phone is a bit expensive.
Announced at GSMA 2009, the Nokia E75 is the latest Nokia E series smartphone to hit the market. Unlike the Nokia E71/E71x, the E75 features a more compact, cell-phone-like design, which is a welcome change from the recent deluge of slate QWERTY devices. In addition, the E75 includes the company's new Nokia Messaging application, which improves the mobile e-mail experience. Yet, despite the robust messaging capabilities, we were slightly disappointed in the call quality, and the unlocked phone costs around $530. However, if you crave the design, something that's lacking at most of the major carriers, the Nokia E75 is a solid choice, and we favor it slightly more than the similar HTC S743.
Design
It's been a little while since we've seen something other than a slate QWERTY device in the Nokia E series, so the Nokia E75 is a refreshing change. In its closed state, the E75 looks like a regular candy-bar-style phone and measures 4.4 inches tall by 1.9 inches wide by 0.5 inch thick and weighs 4.9 ounces. While fairly compact and pocketable, the handset is a little on the hefty side, but it's made with quality material and has a nice solid construction. We also like the design better than the similar HTC S743. Nokia offers the E75 in black or red.

On front, you'll find a 2.4-inch, 16 million-color QVGA display. It's a good size screen considering the smaller chassis, and it's quite sharp and vibrant. In addition, it features a light sensing technology that adjusts the display's brightness depending on what environment you're in. As always, you can customize the Home screen with various themes, wallpaper, and change the font size.
Also, like the Nokia E71, you can switch between two different home views depending on whether you're at work or play. In Business mode, the phone gives you immediate access to your e-mail and productivity apps, while switching to the Personal view will bring recreational features, like the media player, N-Gage games, to the forefront. It's a nice touch by Nokia to help you get out of work mode at the end of the day, but if you find you don't use the feature that much or don't care for it, there's an option to turn it off in the control panel.
Below the screen, there are a set of navigation controls that include two soft keys, Talk and End/Power buttons, shortcuts to your Home page, calendar, and messages, a back button, and a Navi key. The latter is just Nokia's fancy name for the directional keypad. Also, by holding down the shortcut buttons, you can also perform other tasks. For example, with a long press of the Calendar key, you can create a new event. We were initially worried that the keys were too close to each other, but we didn't run into many mispresses in real-world use.
The alphanumeric keypad is similar to the Nokia N79, though the numbers and letters are more bold. As we said in our N79 review, we're not huge fans of the layout. The problem isn't the lack of spacing between the keys but the number rows are thin, so it's easy to press the wrong button if you're not paying attention.
The E75 is a slider phone, and when you shift the front cover to the right, you'll find the full QWERTY keyboard. The sliding mechanism is smooth and feels durable. The cover locks securely into place, and the screen orientation automatically changes from portrait to landscape mode. The keyboard buttons are large and have a nonslippery texture, so we were able to type messages without major error. Our only complaint is that the keys are pretty flat; we typically like a little raise or bump to them so they're easier to press, but otherwise, we're quite happy with the E75's keyboard.

The left side houses the micro USB port and microSD expansion slot, both of which are protected by an attached cover. Inserting and removing a memory card proved to be a little difficult, however, and it felt like we were playing a game of Operation. On the right, you'll find a volume rocker, a mute/push-to-talk button, and a camera activation/capture key. The power connector is located on the bottom, while the top of the unit has a 3.5mm headphone jack, which we always love to see. Finally, the camera, flash, and self-portrait mirror can be found on the back of the phone.
The Nokia E75 comes packaged with an AC adapter, a USB cable, a 4GB microSD card, a wired stereo headset, a soft protective case, and reference material. For more add-ons, please check our cell phone accessories, ringtones, and help page.
Features
The Nokia E75 is powered by Nokia's S60 platform (Feature Pack 2 based on Symbian OS v9.3) platform and offers a user interface and features similar to previous E series devices. There are some minor tweaks to the UI, but the biggest difference between the E75 and the rest of the E family is e-mail. The E75 is the first S60 device to ship with the new Nokia Messaging application, which allows you to easily set up access to numerous accounts and receive real-time delivery of messages.
Nokia Messaging supports a range of e-mail clients, including Yahoo, Windows Live, Gmail, Microsoft Exchange, and IBM Lotus Notes. Setup is a snap as you simply enter your e-mail address and password; we were able to hook up both our Yahoo and Gmail accounts with no problem. Once a new e-mail arrives, you'll receive a notification on the home screen where you can open the message. However, from there you can't go directly to your in-box. Instead, you have to exit the message and then go to the e-mail app, which seems pretty circuitous to us. From a drop-down menu in your in-box, you can view your various folders and Nokia Messaging also supports HTML-formatted e-mails.
The Nokia E75 is well-equipped to handle other duties aside from messaging. The smartphone comes with full support for viewing and editing Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents via the Quickoffice suite. The E75's Web browser is Nokia's own and includes support for Flash Lite 3.0, so you're able to view and use such sites as YouTube right from the browser. The handset also includes a number of PIM applications and organization tools, including Adobe Reader, a ZIP Manager, a calendar, notes, a calculator, a clock, a voice recorder, a currency converter, and more. If you're worried about security, you can encrypt the data both on your phone and your memory card.
Of course, applications have quickly become an important factor in the world of smartphones, and to keep up with the competition, Nokia has opened its own app store called the Ovi Store. While the store suffered some performance issues on opening day due to heavy traffic, we had no problems installing and accessing the storefront from the E75. The store's interface isn't the slickest but does offer tabbed category views and a search feature. We successfully downloaded a number of applications, including games, utilities, social networking apps, and news sources like AP News. The Nokia E75 only has about 50MB of internal memory, but the microSD expansion slot can accept up to 16GB cards and you can also save apps to the storage card.
The smartphone works with AT&T's 850/1900MHz HSDPA bands, so unfortunately, if you're using a T-Mobile SIM, you'll be restricted to EDGE, since the carrier's 3G network operates on the 1700/2100MHz bands. However, the E75 also has integrated Wi-Fi, so you don't always have to rely on a cellular connection to get online.
Moving on to the phone features, the Nokia E75 offers quad-band world roaming, a speakerphone, conference calling, speed dial, voice commands, VoIP calls, and text and multimedia messaging. The address book is limited only by the available memory, while the SIM card can hold an additional 250 contacts. Each entry has room for multiple numbers, an e-mail address, home and work addresses, a Web URL, and so forth. For caller ID purposes, you can pair a contact with a photo, group ID, or a custom ringtone. Bluetooth 2.0 is onboard with support for mono and stereo Bluetooth headsets, hands-free kits, dial-up networking, file transfer, and more.
The E75 has integrated GPS/A-GPS. The smartphone ships with the Nokia Maps 2.0 app, which offers plenty of navigation tools, including satellite and hybrid maps, and pedestrian and bicycle modes. With the purchase of the phone, you get a three-month complimentary subscription to its turn-by-turn navigation services. Afterwards, you will to pay $13.96 a month to continue the service or $125.77 for a one-year license.
While the Nokia E series is largely about business, the E75 includes a number of multimedia features as well. The built-in media player supports MP3, WMA, AAC, AAC+, and eAAC+ files. The music library categorizes tracks by artists, albums, genres, and composers; you can also create playlists right on the phone and adjust the sound with the built-in equalizer. There's also support for podcasts and the phone offers Internet radio and an FM tuner. If you'd like to watch other videos, you can use RealPlayer to check out 3GPP and MPEG-4 files.

The E75 is also equipped with a 3.2-megapixel camera with an 8x digital zoom, LED flash, and video recording capabilities. You get a plethora of tools and options on the camera, including autofocus, a self timer, and red-eye reduction as well as your standard white balance settings, color effects, and more. In video mode, there are five quality settings, but you only have access to controls for the scene mode, white balance, and color. Once you're done snapping photos or videos, you can share them via multimedia message, e-mail, or Bluetooth; set them as your phone's wallpaper or assign them to a contact; or post them to the Web, whether it's on Nokia's Ovi service or a site like Flickr.

Picture quality was a little disappointing in that there was a slight bluish tint to indoor shots. The objects in the image were clear enough. Unfortunately, video quality was pretty grainy, so the viewing experience wasn't all that great. There isn't much of a lag from the time you press the capture button to the time the photo is actually taken, but we did notice that you have to hold down the key for a while when you first want to activate the camera.
Performance
We tested the quad-band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900; HSDPA 850/1900/2100) Nokia E75 in San Francisco using AT&T service, and call quality was mediocre. On our end, there was a slight buzz that wasn't always evident when people were talking but definitely noticeable during lulls in the conversation, and friends reported a slight echo. That said, it wasn't anything bad enough that we had to end a call, and we were able to use an airline's voice-automated response system without problem. As for the speakerphone, there were some problems in terms of volume. Calls were hard to hear at midlevel but when turned up to full volume, the sound was blown out, so it wasn't great either way. We successfully paired the E75 with the Logitech Mobile Traveller Bluetooth headset and the Motorola S9 Bluetooth Active Headphones.
Overall, the E75 was quite responsive in terms of general performance. We didn't experience any dramatic lags when launching or using applications, and the system was quite stable during our testing period. Despite the Flash support, we found the E75's browser to be a little clunky compared with the competition. Also, the page load speeds weren't all that impressive over AT&T's 3G. CNET's page took over a minute to fully load, while CNN's mobile site took 30 seconds.
Thanks to the inclusion of a 3.5mm headphone jack, we were able to plug in our Bose On-Ear Headphones and enjoy our music that way. Videos took a little while to buffer and even then, the stream wasn't always smooth, with both choppy picture and audio.
The Nokia E75 includes a 1000mAh lithium ion battery with a rated battery life of 5.2 hours (GSM)/4 hours (3G) and up to 11 days of standby time. The E75 lasted 8 hours in our battery drain tests. According to FCC radiation tests, the E75 has a digital SAR rating of 0.99 watt per kilogram.
User reviews
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pretty but dumb
by msn2002 on June 17, 2009
Pros: great looks, great web and calls
Cons: big con: dumb email. have gmail on it that does not show latest mail. connects then disconnects in 2 seconds, always two-three days late, even skipped all mails till 2007! for a biz phone, this smartphone is dumb. worse, nokia does not respond.
Summary: i loved this for the size and the looks. as well as for the smooth web interface. but no one these days can let an hour pass without access to ...
Summary: i loved this for the size and the looks. as well as for the smooth web interface. but no one these days can let an hour pass without access to email. esp for business. touted as a smart business phone, Nokia E75 is an absolute hell, the advertising completely false. i could not get my latest mail, i always seem to be at least a day behind. and today was the last straw. it skipped all mail from last night to 2007! this is my third Nokia phone and i always had problems. this is definitely the last time i am buying Nokia. a pity becuase the style is simply great. and i like the fact that its price makes the phone not so common. my husband is on his third Blackberry and he is tickled silly about how dumb Nokia is, and how dumb i am for sticking to Nokia still. well, this is the end of the road for me with Nokia. if its email feature cannot deliver email, then what good is it as a supposed smartphone? CNET, do not be cursory about your review. do some research, check Nokia and other forums about products you review. you will see how horrendous this email feature is especially for so many. vanity sure got me again, by going for looks over substance.
just an update on this phone and its dumb email feature: an acknowleddgment that it is indeed dumb and that nokia knew about this and still touted this as a smart phone:
Updated on Jun 19, 2009
Subscription to thread: E75 messaging FAIL (1 Message)
Subject: Re: E75 messaging FAIL
Author:jeremiahn (Administrator)
Date:19-Jun-2009 09:48 PM
Hello all,
Thanks for providing so much feedback about this Google Sync situation, we appreciate it! Unfortunately, Google Sync is not supported on the Mail for Exchange client. We are able to get Google Sync working on some Nokia devices via Mail for Exchange, but we are certainly aware that it doesn't work on the E75. We struggled long and hard to come up with a way to get Google Sync working on the E75, but we couldn't come up with a workaround for the problem. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.
Thanks,
Jeremiah1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Think it's great but having helluva time configuring
by copperbo on November 22, 2009
Pros: I bought this phone unlocked but can't get it onto the data side of AT&T. Anyone have any tips?
Cons: Battery life could use a boost.
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newly updated software and wow factor has kicked in
by dazzerlee1 on November 15, 2009
Pros: now new software update done reliable and good battery life does exactly what i need and travels every where with me i love nokia and this model is the best for me so far
Cons: needed to update the software hard to find update but when found done fairly quickly
Summary: good reliable and my kinda phone does my emails and no issues with any of these functions set up was easy even for me.
Summary: good reliable and my kinda phone does my emails and no issues with any of these functions set up was easy even for me.
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Switching off 7 times a day... may be good when works
by vermillion2010 on August 12, 2009
Pros: Nice design, small, easy to use menu
Cons: Battery last only half a day and the phone got frozen 6-7 times a day. I have to take out the battery to switch it on again. I use it only for 3 weeks, but the back cover is already loose from the continous need to remove it.
Summary: Very disappointing.
Summary: Very disappointing.
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Well equipped, great keyboard slider phone
by Dr__Nick on July 3, 2009
Pros: Keyboard is excellent- good for email and messaging
Call quality is good.
Easy setup on AT&T (sets itself up)
Music sound quality is good
Web browser seems robust and full featured
Cheap data and laptop tethering-3.5g!
MicroSd to 16GBCons: Software is not slickly integrated at all-could use an itunes like interface for multimedia loading, for instance
Nokia app store not as fully featured as Apple's
Battery life is poor with heavy multimedia/3G use
Screen could be biggerSummary: Excellent value for money if you can find it at the right price (this is not a $400-$500 phone if you look at the right time in the right ...
Summary: Excellent value for money if you can find it at the right price (this is not a $400-$500 phone if you look at the right time in the right place). Much cheaper than iPhone if you compare with data plan. Probably not as much ongoing app development for Symbian, but there are a large number of applications.
This phone shines as an email, messaging and web device given its great keyboard, WiFi integration and flexible OS and storage capabilities. It also has a quality tactile feel. I would recommend it for power users (and this phone does have advantages over the iphone- like multitasking, tethering, data price, unlocked and others I probably don't know about....) -
Easy to use great features and call quality.
by thafin on June 28, 2009
Pros: big keyboard, great for typing, great design, not heavy or bulky, has everything you need and expect from a nokia phone
Cons: front keyboard a bit small
Summary: This is my fourth nokia phone and it is by far my favorite so far. I had an N95 for about two and a half years but putting it in ...
Summary: This is my fourth nokia phone and it is by far my favorite so far. I had an N95 for about two and a half years but putting it in your pocket is impossible because of the dual slider. The e75 will not slide unless you make it. I am not big on touch screens so this is the perfect phone for someone who wants a great phone with all the features, and no touch screen. Wi-Fi is fast and camera has 3.2 mp which about all you need from a phone.
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Nice design, easy to use but VERY poor battery life!!
by Double-UA on May 14, 2009
Pros: Design, full keyboard slider, ease of use, fast software
Cons: Battery life is VERY poor! 1000 mA is NOT enough to last a day! Keypad (accessibility to the lower keys) Also the quality of the used antenna leaves me with question marks but maybe that is related to my phone only
Summary: After using this phone for a couple of days I have to say that I like it in general but once you are out there talking the battery just drains ...
Summary: After using this phone for a couple of days I have to say that I like it in general but once you are out there talking the battery just drains out so fast... This is a real killer and that I why I will return the phone tomorrow. . I also was surprised by the bad signal reception when using the phone on the road yesterday (but this could be just an issue related to my phone only). It is a shame because I really like this piece of technology. It is easy to use apart from the lower keys that are almost out of reach when using the phone single handed. If you are a heavy mobile phone user, I recommend looking for another device.
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A Great Smartphone which isn't bulky
by hanserian on June 15, 2009
Pros: Fast Software, Classy Design, Full Qwerty Keyboard, Features
Cons: Battery Life need to re-charge every 2 Days, Can't use the Qwerty keyboard one handed.
Summary: Overall am happy with the phone and email features would have loved to have a better battery life .......
Summary: Overall am happy with the phone and email features would have loved to have a better battery life .......
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Specifications
- Manufacturer: Nokia Corp.
- Part number: 002K1C1
- Description: Manage your business and personal life with the Nokia E75. Type quickly with the side slide design, check email on the fly and browse the Internet in your free time.
General
- Product Type Smartphone
- Service Provider Not specified
- Width 2 in
- Depth 0.6 in
- Height 4.3 in
- Weight 4.9 oz
- Body Color Ruby red
Cellular
- Technology WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
- Band WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900
- Phone Design Slider
- Antenna Internal
- Vibrating Alert Yes
- Polyphonic Ringer Yes
- Voice Dialing Yes
- Call Timer Yes
- Conference Call Capability Yes
- Voice Recorder Yes
- Speakerphone Yes
- Wireless Interface IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR
- Speech Codec FR, AMR, EFR
- Additional Features aGPS, Push-to-talk mode, PictBridge direct printing, Text-to-Speech (text recognition)
Communicator Features
- Operating System Symbian OS 9.3 / Series 60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2
- Synchronization With PC Yes
- User Memory 50 MB
Messaging & Data Services
- Supported SMS Functions SMS CB (Cell Broadcast)
- Mobile Email Yes
- Supported Email Protocols POP3, SMTP, IMAP4
- GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Yes - Class 32
- EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates For Global Evolution) Yes - Class 32
- High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) Yes
- Internet Browser Yes
- WAP Protocol Supported WAP 2.0
- Platforms Supported Java MIDP 2.1
- JAVA applications Yes
- HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) Yes - Category 6
- Messaging / Data Features PDF support, VoIP client, XHTML Browser, Zip Manager support, Microsoft Word support, Microsoft Excel support, Macromedia Flash support, Microsoft PowerPoint support
Multimedia Features
- Playback Digital Video Formats 3gp, MPEG-4, H.263 video and AMR audio, RealVideo and RealAudio (RealMedia)
- Downloadable Content Games, Themes, Ring tones, Wallpapers, Audio files
Digital Camera
- Camera highlights With a resolution of 3.2 megapixels, this model will give you better pictures than other phones.
- Sensor Resolution 3.2 megapixels
- Optical Sensor Type CMOS
- Still Image Resolutions 2048 x 1536
- Still Image Formats EXIF, JPEG
- Min Focal Length 3.7 cm
- Focus Adjustment Automatic
- Digital Zoom 8
- Self Timer Delay Yes
- Camera Light Source LED light
- Video Recorder Resolutions 640 x 480 (VGA), 176 x 144 (QCIF), 320 x 240 (QVGA)
- Digital Video Formats 3gp, MPEG-4, H.263 video and AMR audio
Organizer
- Alarm Clock Yes
- Calendar Yes
- Reminder Yes
- Calculator Basic
- Conversion Metric, Currency
Display
- Type LCD display
- Technology TFT
- Display Resolution 320 x 240 pixels
- Diagonal Size 2.4 in
- Color Support Color
- Color Depth 24-bit (16.7 million colors)
- Features Wallpaper, Screensaver
Digital Player (Recorder)
- Supported Digital Audio Standards AAC, MP3, WAV
Memory
- Internal Shared Memory Yes
- Flash Memory 4 GB - microSD
Connections
- Connector Type Micro-USB, Headset jack - Mini-phone 3.5 mm
Miscellaneous
- Included Accessories Headset
- Cables Included USB cable
Power
- Type Power adapter
Battery
- Technology - Lithium ion
- Capacity 1000 mAh
- Talk Time 320 min
- Standby Time Up to 280 h
Manufacturer info
- Nokia Corp.
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