The Nokia E50 is not a phone apparently. According to Nokia's website it's a "business device". It's been designed as a kind of mobile office, but it's not a huge clunky device like the 9500 Communicator - it looks like a mobile phone! In fact, for a SmartPhone it's pretty light and slim.

E50 is the thinnest S60 phone announced thus far, and although it shaves only a few mm off its thickness this does make a difference. It is 33% thinner than the N70 and 10% thinner than the E60. In side profile, the phone tapers in the bottom half, and this further enhances the impression that the E50 is a svelte device. Despite its size the E50 feels very solid and well put together, and the combination metallic and hard plastic casing reinforces this. The E50 feels like it could take a lot of wear and tear and should enhance Nokia's already rosy reputation for build quality.

Dimensions 113 x 43.5 x 15.5 mm, 70 cc
Weight 104 g

Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 31 x 42 mm
- 5-way joystick navigation
- Downloadable themes

The E50 has a QVGA (240 x 320) screen which has a sensor and automatically adjusts its brightness as necessary (this can be user controlled too). The quality of the screen is excellent, even under bright lights, and considerably eases reading of the screen when compared to lower resolution devices. QVGA screens are becoming standard for higher end phones, but are still some what rare in the mid-tier. The QVGA screen also means the E50 is better able to take advantage of the changes (smoother fonts, resizeable UI) in S60 3rd Edition when compared to lower resolution devices

The phone comes with a 1.3 megapixel camera complete with a 4 x digital zoom. The camera feature provides the user with a fun element to this highly equipped business phone.

Standard battery, Li-Ion 970 mAh (BL-5C)
Stand-by Up to 215 h
Talk time Up to 6 h 40 min
Extended battery, Li-Ion 1150 mAh (BL-6C)
Stand-by Up to 240 h
Talk time Up to 8 h

The Nokia E50 has a built in music player which plays music in either MP3 format or AAC music format. The RealPlayer feature allows the user to play streaming sound & video footage.
The user can record video for up to one hour & store it on the phones memory & play it back on the video player.

Memory is ample, with 70 Mbytes built-in and support for hot-swappable memory cards.

The E50 is a quad band GSM (850/900/1800/1900) monoblock handset with a range of Enterprise-focused software enhancements including support for push email, integration with corporate PBX's, onboard team management/communication software, and advanced remote device management.

Packing the S60 3rd edition user interface, this quad band smartphone has a small and stylish design for those business people that do not want to lose the fun features of a handset just to get things like push email.

Speaking of push email, the Nokia E50 supports a host of different solutions, including Blackberry Connect, Microsoft Activsync, and Nokia's own Intellisync Wireless Email. The E50 also includes the QuickOffice document-editing suit pre-installed for editing of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents on the road.

The Nokia E50 is compatible with the Avaya one-X system, allowing the device to be integrated into a company's existing PBX telephone system. This allows the device to use least-cost routing to decide whether to send calls through the PBX, rather than the traditional mobile network, to save businesses money on calls. Additionally, services like short-number usage, call forwarding, and voicemail work just like existing landline phones on the PBX.