The Nokia E63 has surfaced on Amazon.com for a pre-order price of $499, unlocked. You’ll remember the E63 as the tie-loosened, top-button-unbuttoned little brother to the more polished, business-oriented Nokia E71.
The E63 on Amazon is listed as the “International Version with No U.S. Warranty" while there’s an E71 being sold unlocked for $375.99 that’s listed as the “U.S. Version with Warranty.” There’s an international version of the E71 going for $454.99, which leads me to believe that if there were to be a US-specific version of the E63 offered, it’d likely cost less than the international version AND it’d have a warranty.
No word on an actual release date, but you can pre-order it if you’re interested.
Nokia E63 Unlocked Smartphone [Amazon.com]
Thanks for the tip, Ron.
who exactly wants this phone? Nokia is way behind and at a critical position to get left behind. They do sell a lot of phones worldwide but seem to me that the Koreans and Chinese are very competitive and with the iPhone and Android Nokia is clueless. They missed several key trends, like the flip phone to compete with the Razor and Blackberry and Treo evolution and now with the iPhone. In NYC they have a nice show room near the Apple Store while the apple is 24 hour full of people and buzz the Nokia store is full of zzzz….