It seems a bit silly to do a full hands-on of the just announced Nokia E71x for AT&T, seeing as it’s essentially identical to the original E71 – which we’ve already given a thorough reviewing. Besides the obvious color difference (Black on black, rather than silver on white), the changes are somewhat trivial: it has Feature Pack 3 rather than Feature Pack 2 (which is just about the same thing, from the end user’s standpoint), AT&T’s standard service suite, and it lacks the FM radio of the x-less edition.
But boy, is it pretty.
It was only a few weeks back when Nokia announced that a model of the E63 with North American 3G friendly internals was on the way, and it looks like it’s already found its way to the shelves. While it doesn’t appear that Nokia has gotten around to putting it online yet, the flagship Nokia stores in Chicago and New York are reporting that they just received their first shipment and are letting them go for $279.99 a piece.
I have to say, as interesting a phone as the E71 is, I’m not sure a three year contract is something I’d be willing to agree to. I mean, who does anything for three years? Well, laying out only $50 for all the capabilities of the E71 — full HTML browsing, GPS, tons of stuff available for the S60 OS — is a pretty good deal if you’re already into that Symbian thing. Of course, it’s only available to Canucks at the moment, but if it sells I’m sure we’ll see more of it on this side of the 49th Parallel.
If you’re the type of person who lives in Europe (a “European”), you can always go with the E63, although the performance problems I encountered in the E71 would be exacerbated in that little guy.
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I’ve been putting this one off for a while, but it’s time you youngsters learned about this lovely little device. It’s the latest in Nokia’s E series of smartphones, and as you will learn by clicking above and/or below, it’s a bit of a conundrum. By the way, that part of the video review is supposed to be boring.
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One week after “some other phone” was finally revealed, Nokia today took the wraps off two phones that had been clogging the rumor mill for quite some time. Yes, the S60-based E71 and E66 are now officially real, and are officially for middle management types. Two words: Microsoft Exchange. Put those MBAs to good use!
The E71, above, is available in both black and white, like those cookies bakeries sell. The QWERTY device has a front-facing camera (for video conferencing!) and built-in 3.2-megapixel camera. Seeing as though it’s a cellphone aimed at businesses, I don’t see what value the digital camera adds, but the benefits of the video camera should be obvious. Talk time is said to be around 10.5 hours on plain ol’ GSM, and 4.5 hours when in 3G mode. That’s good, right? I can’t imagine Mr. Junior Business Executive being away from the office or an outlet for much longer than that.
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Is that really a Nokia? It looks so good. Yep, that’s the E71 smartphone in the flesh. No clue when it’s being launched, but I have a feeling it should be sometime soon. In the meantime let’s enjoy the pics.
Nokia’s E71 is a big mystery, like my love life: we know it exists, but it hasn’t surfaced yet, and we know it’s coming, we just don’t know when. That being said, rumors are now pointing towards both happening on May 8, just two days away.
This is a high-end smartphone with ultra-high-end features, like an autofocus camera, super-fast 3G data, GPS, and WiFi, all in a seriously thin form factor.
The full QWERTY keyboard is for us heavy texters. We’re not sure if there will be carrier subsidy, if so it’ll likely be via AT&T to replace the aged E62 that AT&T discontinued some months ago. We’ll keep an eye on this one this week, as many Nokia fans have been waiting for this flat handset.
