Nokia make mobile phones. Nokia make a LOT of mobile phones. Nokia generally make a lot of really good mobile phones. The Nokia E65 for the most part is a great little phone…..but only if you shave regularly!
The people employed within Nokia’s product testing department must be a bunch of clean shaven chaps or something. How else could they pass the E65 as being fit for general usage?
What’s my problem?
Every time I answer the phone, the keypad area on the Nokia E65 rips clunks of my stubble from my cheek! The buttons on the phone double up as razors! If I wanted a shave I would have used a razorblade, not my phone!
What do Nokia have against those of us who don’t shave regularly?
Does anyone else have a Nokia E65? Are you experiencing the same problems as myself?
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20 responses so far ↓
1 matu // Jan 13, 2008 at 12:25 am
I have the N95 and I very rarely shave but I haven’t had this problem, it is nearly the same in look and style.
2 Alex Leonard // Jan 13, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Me Me! I have this issue. It’s one of the only things I didn’t like about the phone. I find my beard just catches one or two hairs in the gap between the left/right selection keys (or the call/hangup keys) and the surround.
Really very painful.
You are not alone. This is a definite problem - they obviously don’t do quality control tests with us beardies.
What’s worse is that both my business partner and I have now got the E65 after switching from Vodafone to Three (reception issues). I had the E65 a few months back, before unceremoniously dumping it in a toilet. I’m glad to get it back for the wi-fi and nice functionality, but I had kind of forgotten about the beard pain.
Damn.
3 Cormac // Jan 13, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Those bastards! Can’t believe they fucked up so badly as they did.
Alex, do you use your phone as an alarm? The previous phone I used came with a cool alarm which allowed me to choose which days for the alarm to go off on (Mon to Fri basically). The new phone doesn’t have this feature.
I have to manually set the alarm each evening. Pain in the arse so it is.
4 Poster // Jan 13, 2008 at 12:52 pm
you complete bunch of fucking wankers.. if this is the only flaw you can find, then… oh fuck it, this shit hole site isnt worth typing on no more..
5 Alex Leonard // Jan 13, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Heh. If you had a beard you’d understand the pain it causes. It’s a nice phone though. Best one I’ve ever had - love having wi-fi.
6 Alex Leonard // Jan 13, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Also, if you’re missing out on having an auto-lock feature, get this:
http://fuse.stc.cx/autolock/
7 Paul M. Watson // Jan 13, 2008 at 1:53 pm
It is a FEATURE. Version 1 feature though so they have some work to do on it. By Version 15 it should be working well and you’ll never have to shave again.
8 Alex Leonard // Jan 13, 2008 at 2:12 pm
You know, you might be on to something there. Better patent the idea before Gillette bring out their new “Gillette Sensor Supreme 18+3 blade multimedia mobile phone razor blade”…
9 Paul M. Watson // Jan 13, 2008 at 2:26 pm
hehe, I’ll bet it plays the music through your teeth.
(Can’t patent it now, I have made the idea public ;))
10 Gamma Goblin // Jan 14, 2008 at 1:42 am
Speaking as a hairy N73 user I never had this problem. I just did a little test with it there now and noticed if I repositioned the phone up against my face at a lower angle I did get some slight snagging. I vote for “it must be an angle thing”
11 matu // Jan 14, 2008 at 1:53 pm
yeah I haven’t had this problem with any Nokia phone to date but I had problems with the zip on my new jacket catching my stubble.
12 Alex Leonard // Jan 14, 2008 at 4:04 pm
It just happened to me again - first time since I got my new E65. It’s definitely a problem.
I have some photos of my beard at its longest, from about 2 years ago. It’s not so long at the moment though.
@matu: when I start catching the beard in my jacket zipper, it’s usually a good indication that it’s time to shave.
@paul: Does this mean that Gillette can’t patent the idea either? We could create the world’s first open source razor phone - unless Motorolla have plans for their razr series…
13 Paul M. Watson // Jan 14, 2008 at 4:09 pm
@alex. Yup. It is public knowledge now and so not an innovation of theirs. Unless Gilette already have a patent that we don’t know about (likely, they have patented everything but food, water, air and boobs.)
And that is one Leprechaun like beard man!
14 matu // Jan 15, 2008 at 12:42 am
has no one thought that the Nokia E65 doubles up as a shaver and it is one of the many accessories that comes with it???
just putttinh it out there
15 matu // Jan 15, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Im getting screwed by Digiweb
remember them Cormac??
http://lickmystyle.com/stuff/what-is-it-with-internet-service-providers
16 Jed O'Brien // Feb 14, 2008 at 12:45 pm
This E65 nokia is a pain in the f*****G face! Everytime it catches my stubble it really hurts!
Designed by 12 year olds?
17 Cormac Moylan // Feb 14, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Designed by alopecia sufferers!
18 Tom Mayers // Jun 7, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Me too! You can get your finger nail in the gap that runs around the whole key panel and feel how sharp it is! Now I have to put one hand on the side of my face when I answer the phone. More than one client has had to hear me shout “Ow!” for no apparent reason!
19 Alex Leonard // Jun 7, 2008 at 5:02 pm
You know, I was just thinking about this yesterday, how I might go on a rant on my own blog about this.
It’s driving me mad! Practically every call my beard catches in it at some point.
ARaGGHAGAGHHH
20 Cormac // Jun 7, 2008 at 9:03 pm
I’m thinking of ditching the phone fairly soon. I’m not happy with the design or the OS on it. Samsung Soul looks tasty!
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