Nokia E71 video walkthrough
You’ve been waiting and waiting, but finally, the wait is over. Check out our complete video walkthrough of the Nokia E71. We tried to get everything in including most of your reasonable questions that you left in the comments. As we told you, this thing is speedy and small! We even threw in the iPhone and Curve so you could really a size comparison. Now, who’s running out to buy this thing the first day it’s out?
wow, im confused now, what should i buy Blackberry Bold or Nokia E71, please just pick for me, i cant decide.
Great review, thanks! As I suspected, the E71 has once again come short of what it could be. I had decided to give Nokia three chances to make things right after the fabulous 6820 phone:
The E70 was great for its time with the resolution and Wifi but way too bulky and very slow especially when switching orientations.
Then came the E61i that finally neiled the slim factor but continued to be as slow as a turtle, especially compared to the Curve.
Now comes the E71 that seems to fix the responsiveness but then again the competition has moved again with the fabulous browser of the iPhone, the super convenient and efficient shortcuts of the Blackberry, etc. Nokia has completely given up innovation. Its focus instead is to take yesterday’s technology/trend and mass produce it for economies of scale, hoping that the name will sell.
Not anymore. I am giving up for the BB Bold. My key complaintes with the E71 based on the review are:
1) Still slow, especially the browser
2) Lack of 3.5 mmm – effectively unable to compete with the iPod because the Nokia headphones suck
3)It takes for ever to do simple tasks such as addding a contact, responding to an email – just the user interface is yesterday’s
4) It looks 95% like the Curve – can’t you do a little better, Nokia?
So, bye-bye!
Gushter
Hello BGR
Great walkthrough I’ve been so long waiting for real pictures of this phone. Unfortunately I am in the army now so I couldn’t ask my question:
Is the PDF solution of the E71 satisfying? Especially compared to the BB Bold which is more recommended to read PDFs?
Can you show us a picture of the packet contents so far? I’d be interested in knowing whether the headphones are like the ones from the n95 8gb(mic with 3.5mm headphones possibility)
Thanks a lot for your help,
Greetings from Switzerland
I’ve been using the E61 for ages. Been waiting for the e71 for a long time. I don’t use GPS and why is Nokia shoving it to me? A TV out for presentations and an acceleration sensor for games would be have been greatly appreciated. Business people play games too.
I love the looks and OS but an N96/N95 specs with keyboard would be the King Kong of mobiles.
THX
I want BLACK !!!!
Acceleration Sensor, G-Sensor or call it what you like, but please say yes or no: does it have an acceleration sensor?
Thanks a lot for saying yes or no!
“…an N96/N95 specs with keyboard would be the King Kong of mobiles.”
Umm that would be more like the Ding Dong of Mobiles, i.e. SE Paris/P5/P200/what have you…
“Ding Dong of Mobiles”
Nice Quote
I can’t argue…it does beat the sound of King Kong
Sir, can any one enlighten me about its size, weight, screen display size, and mega pixel of camera. thanks
http://www.puhelinvertailu.com/vertaa.cfm?p1=nokia_e71
what is size of the screen in inches? I read somewhere that it is 2.4. Is that correct?
AWESOME review. I’m SO getting one.
wow! what a piece of shit! 500 keystrokes to do anything! The web browser was seriously lacking.
You can have your Nokia. One of their serious marketing mistakes is having 300 models. What’s the difference and who cares?
Great Reviews. disappointed with the screen size. seems the same as motorola. also, why isnt there touch screen function, like the palm or sonyericsson G900. be great to have those functions. not much coverage on the calendar functions, isnt that what a buisness phone’s basic function – scheduling. seems diificult to key in events. really need more explanation. still deciding between the e71 or iphone.
Preordered this phone yesterday. Thanks for great reviews.
Can Mail for Exchange and Blackberry Connect be used by the same time with the E71? With my E61 i can’t
Hey Guys,
I got my E71 e few days ago, I tried to access youtube from the browser just like you guys did in the video review but it redirrects automatically to realplayer?how come? in your review you got the youtube video to play directly from the browser right?
oh yea, and i tried installing flash lite 3 but when i did the device says that it’s already been pre-installed in the device so it stopped the install process?!
Need your advice guys! thanks!
this is from my blog entry: First attempt on my nokia E71
How can I activate the menu transitions? It looks as if this option is missing in my E71, there is no option to enable/disable this feature, and obviously it’s not working as on the Video, I get the standard menu browsing like other FP1 devices. What’s the firmware version?
did you your answer for this problem? I got same problem. And unable to connect
is that really a camera above the screen, if so how do u activate it for self portraits??
Hi,
It is a wonderful phone. However, the earpiece hurts the ear and might case headache. It can easily pick up a paper clip off the table. The magnet in it is dangerously poerful.
The Video is no longer available? Why? T_T