Nokia E63 review: E for Economy

07 January 2009
Nokia E63 is the next QWERTY messenger by Nokia, set on the glorious path of the E71. Only this time it slips off the high heels to walk it in plain straight and simple boots instead. And the matching price tag leaves little doubt of what this Working Joe here is all about...

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  • Mr.Stylish
  • kDR
  • 25 Jul 2009

Hi nokia pipz. Im new in business industry & Im planining to buy E63. would it be wise of me to do so? where am I surppose to get the software? coz apparently it doesn't kum with. please help?

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    • Vidhal
    • RK6
    • 24 Jul 2009

    The article was really useful. I plan to buy E63 and this review is good

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      • kiwi
      • uH%
      • 10 Jul 2009

      The camera has inferior quality. 2MP's definitely not good enough.

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        • Anonymous
        • kQZ
        • 04 Jul 2009

        Guest, 05 Jun 2009Got my E63-Black 2 days ago. I tell you, black looks very p... moreDoes the E63 work fine with AT&T?

        You said something about a SIM card so I thought you might be using AT&T

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          • The dark knight
          • upe
          • 08 Jun 2009

          Alin, 07 Jan 2009preety similar phone to the e71 but i prefere the E71 !!! Firste63 has class even in plastic body 4 the money its priced at trust me its an awsome phone nokia rocks man
          Nokia rocks baby
          C the black colour i got one it looks so classy.

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            • The dark knight
            • upe
            • 08 Jun 2009

            guys e 63 is a sexy handset if ur using a bussiness class phone leave all the tom foolery of camera and good speakers at home.
            My friend said that it was a cheap phone compared to e71 but let me tell u one thing buddy aftr e63 the sales of e71 went down by 40 %.
            Now i know u did not know tht but still look b4 u leap boy

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              • Guest
              • 2SP
              • 05 Jun 2009

              Got my E63-Black 2 days ago. I tell you, black looks very professional compared to the red or blue ones :)


              Pros: Battery, Wifi etc Also, got a USB cable in the box which was a surprise (as every1 mentioned, we need to buy it separately). Box had Fone, Battery, Headfones(cheapos), charger, USB cable, but no software CDs

              Cons:
              1. Cant use SIM contacts directly. Need to copy them to the phone always :|
              2. Keypad is a bit tacky. I feel it would go bad easily.
              3. speaker is not loud enough - Unable to hear it ring even at max volume :(
              4. Not extremely fast, but not slow either
              5. Day1 & the themes are reported as corrupt. Dunno why is it so. Hadn't installed anyother new software (not even copied the numbers). So, something fishy. - Should keep the upgrade suite handy
              6. Cheap headset - they couldve done a better job here by putting in some nice stereo speakers
              7. Give all required software on CDs please!!

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                • dave g
                • nnI
                • 02 Jun 2009

                3 are doing a great deal on this - think I will get one (though a little worried about getting a signal!)

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                  • Zyl
                  • uS}
                  • 08 May 2009

                  audio quality for music and video is not quite impressive, however, a must-buy for business purpose and web browsing at a very reasonable price.

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                    • Alpesh Patel (Chovat
                    • utr
                    • 01 May 2009

                    hi! friends, i just told to all that the E63 is nice and very very easy to use i resently but it within 7 days, all function work very well and no problems in any fuction. all the fuctions are great and instollated in mobile. seller told me that data cable not in box packing but i have received in in box with exellent packing and Ruby
                    Red is batter color than blue. so any body want to buy a business phone please see E63 once before buy others phone cause any one see it definatly they buy e63 instead of others. the E63 is batter batter batter then others. batter then also e71, nice to buy e63 great handsets. you can buy e63 with close your eyes casue no problem in e63 but that is great great and great only. Best of luck for e63 all buyer.

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                      • hellokitten
                      • RNL
                      • 24 Apr 2009

                      The E63 from Virgin Mobile came with a 1GB card and headset. It was a breeze to set up emails and wifi, even without reading the manual. The Nokia Maps is sufficient as I dont like using my data plan gor GPS. The Virgin plan came with 20MB data for checking emails which I think is good value, on a $30 plan. I wouldnt even use this to surf the web on to go but if I have to, I can just use wifi or just my ipod Touch due to its bigger screen. The music player on E63 is ok for me. I prefer to have separate devices that does it job well. I like N810 for its GPS, Ipod for music and E63 as a messenger phone. Thats just me.

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                        • usef
                        • fvJ
                        • 30 Mar 2009

                        Hi, i have this phone for month till now ,Really i hate nokia products because of this phone . i know it has a lot of features but it has bugs in the software especially in the alarm setting and it hang-up a lot and when connected to the pc most of the time it hang-up and the memory is still in use although the phone is removed from the usb and u must restart the phone to use any application on the memory.
                        really nokia has a big problem with that phone and must find a solution for its problems.
                        My phone changed twice from the service provider for the alarm bug and they have nothing to do with this problem except changing the phone with another new one and the same problems are still there.
                        I think that E71 is a good phone and if any one need to buy a phone with E63 features buy E71 not E63 because E71 is the master of E63.

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                          • Vondran
                          • Pdg
                          • 28 Mar 2009

                          Well, I`m no quite sure that we can call E63 a Nokia Business product. I believe that 34 is no to say I`m old but sertenly I dont want to be seen with a Red phone at an Interview... simple grey would it be a better choice in my humble opinion, and the lack of in build GPS is totally NO-GO. Please review your sales strategies Nokia.

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                            • Gee-Man
                            • mxF
                            • 22 Mar 2009

                            Anonymous, 10 Mar 2009guys i am thinking about buying the nokia e63 but in the ... moreI had a Sony Ericsson P1i, very slow phone to use. I got rid of it quite fast and went back to a Palm device (Centro). Before I had a Trea 680.

                            P1i has nice specs and size, but the qwerty entry is very poor to use, and the OS was not fast to use, texting/messaging was a slow process on it. Go for the E63 or E71 if you want a great qwerty phone!

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                              • Gee-Man
                              • mxF
                              • 22 Mar 2009

                              Got this phone couple days ago. Love the ergonomics and design, easy to use and hold. Excellent screen and battery life, and has a ton of software built-in that I would of needed to install on my Palm Centro.

                              The only down-point is it's not as loud as my Centro. E63's loudspeaker is very average if that, which is fine in a quiet room/office. But outside in the traffic or in the car it isn't that practical unless the recipient talks up (or you have super-hearing). That's the only point I was disappointed in, however, it's got much better connectivity and speed. I guess you can't have everything...yet! :-)

                              If you are really looking for louder speakerphone features, I believe the E71 is quite a bit louder judging by the GSM review comparisons, if you want to pay the extra.

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                                • Isotonik
                                • ji{
                                • 19 Mar 2009

                                guys this phone (e63) is a great phone. love it, battery is absolute great.miss gps???no probleme for me.

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                                  • Alvin
                                  • Ui$
                                  • 11 Mar 2009

                                  Hi all..i am planning to get either nokia E63 or Samsung i780?? Which one is better and user friendly. pls advise. thanks

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • fvB
                                    • 10 Mar 2009

                                    guys
                                    i am thinking about buying the nokia e63 but in the same time i am thinking about the sonyericsson p1i
                                    could anyone help?

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                                      • (+[___]::)PSP ADIK
                                      • P@1
                                      • 05 Mar 2009

                                      ...hehehe e63 is better than e71 when it comes to simplicity,, easy navigation.... and for budget concious professionals.... now i finally have one .... i prefer to bring my psp and my e63 instead of my laptop wherever i go...

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • mse
                                        • 04 Mar 2009

                                        hahnvin, 14 Jan 2009e63 is a great buy. who needs a camera on this if you have ... morethe whole point is you don't need to carry around your satnav, phone and dslr with you everywhere you go. Who would want to do that?

                                        Anyway, this phone is just a bit too cheap looking and ugly for my taste. E71 is MUCH nicer looking.