Nokia E75 review

The keyboard works well, and people with large fingers will find it a lot easier to use than phones with front mounted thumb-boards.

Spacing is good and frequent use keys such as @ are available with a single key press. The only minor issue we had was the awkward placing of the shift key, but we soon got used to it.

And, despite the fact that the phone has a relatively small 1,000mAh battery, battery life is very impressive indeed.

Our real-world test consists of a half hour phone call, a 50MB download and then running the phone accessing a POP3 mail account every 30 minutes over an HSDPA connection until the battery dies, and the E75 performed better than any other phone we've seen. It ran for an astonishing 179 hours, or more than seven days before giving up the ghost.

With the E75 Nokia has thrown most of its business and consumer toys into one neatly styled package and it has done so to great effect.

The form factor means that it doesn't have a big touch screen like the HTC Touch HD or iPhone, but despite that it's a very usable phone, and one that neatly bridges the worlds of business and personal use. And that incredible battery life seals its position atop our A List, elbowing just in front of the Touch HD.

Author: Paul Ockenden