Nokia’s rock-solid E71 smartphone

Nokia’s new E71 is the company’s 3rd try at the popular “BlackBerry” form factor of business smartphones. The original Nokia E61/E62 handsets had the right basic shape, but were thicker and overall bulkier than those from the competition at the time. The E61i improved on that, but still wasn’t quite capable of going toe to toe with the best on offer from the likes of HTC and RIM. But with the E71, Nokia has shown that it can be a leader in this space. The E71 has a great spec sheet, a slim and solid body, and the powerful S60/Symbian system lurking inside. We give it a thorough thrashing to see how it holds up. Read more

Nokia E71

Review by Michal Jerz

Announced today and scheduled to start shipping in July, the Nokia E71 is a new, long awaited phone belonging to the business-oriented Eseries line. Even though its name suggests that it is a successor to the E70 (equipped with large, unfolding, two-part QWERTY keyboard), the E71 follows the E61 and E61i design, offering large, 320×240 pixel, 2.36″ screen and monoblock QWERTY keyboard of the “Blackberry” type.

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