NEC e540 Review

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Technogeek's Review of NEC e540

21st Mar 2008

Overall Rating

1.5 stars
  • Value for money
    3.5 stars
Good Points

Looks good.
Full volume is quite loud.
Screen is very clear and large.
Multi phonic sound synth is also very clear and quite musical compared to other 'midi-esque' synths.


Bad Points

Not enough memory by a long way.
Bluetooth does not connect to other phones - which is utterly useless!
On-screen messages are often very confusing and not well written.
Camera leaves a lot to be desired.


General Comments

I was tempted to buy the NEC e540 by the guy in Carphone Warehouse as a replacement for my old Nokia. I bought it because it boasted an intuitive menu system but I found later that this is not quite the case.
Bluetooth is a massive disappointment as it won't work with all my friends' phones - so sharing pictures, videos and ringtones is a non-starter unless the sender also has IR connectivity. This is very definitely an area where NEC could vastly improve the phone!
On the subject of IR connectivity, I was confused by the on-screen message "Receiving.... Cannot accept incoming call". I first read this as an IR error message - which it isn't. The same is true of many other on-screen messages.
All-in-all, it's not bad value for the price but NEC could have done a much better job with Bluetooth and their on-screen messages.

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