Nokia E71-2 reception issues? Mmm
There’s word on the big bad Internets that the E71-2 is having a bit of reception problems. If you’re a Nokia fan, you know that’s pretty hard to believe. But, we can tell you that the E71 does in fact suffer from a horrible reception problem. While our Bold and iPhone 3G are constantly on 3G, our E71 has never even picked up a 3G signal. Additionally, we’re only getting 1 bar on EDGE sometimes! What’s the quick fix? Well, as dumb as this may seem (though the out of place bright red power button is pretty damn dumb), the only place to integate the cellular radio antenna was on the bottom back. It’s pretty much the only roomy place on the device where there is no metal. If you’re suffering from reception issues with the E71, try this… first, completely cover the bottom back plastic piece with your hand, and check out the number of bars you have. Then, grab the phone just at the very top by the ear piece, and hold it for a couple seconds. Did your reception just skyrocket? Yeah, ours too. There’s only one issue with this… most people, you know, hold the phone in their hand because they want to… uh… use it. Anyone out there finding the same thing? Hit us up!
VERY BAD MODEL E-71-2 NOKIA
I upgraded my phone which was an sony ericson to the nokia E71 (the last time i had a nokia was in 2001), and to be honest while the qwerty keyboard is great (though the buttons will irratate people who chew their nails), i am disappointed because of reception issues (im from australia), and lack of “fun” in the phone.
it is very frustrating to have 3/4 to full reception and then attempt to make a call and the reception goes to nothing, then for it to go back up, only to drop when you again attempt to make a call. i am mystified why this is, and how being no more than 50metres from a cell tower i had no 3G reception let alone 3.5G. maybe its a service provider issue (im with “3″)?????
in terms of lack of fun, maybe ive missed something in the set up, but emicons are not displayed in the same “fun” way, instead they are the crude things that you have to make yourself (unlike the sony ericson which has the emocons already made up) and unless you know what they mean you will be mystified when people send them to you.
the camera is also crap, but since i carry around a digi compact its not a huge issue, but seriously why have a stupidly small “3.2mp” camera that cant do the job?? put a 1mp-2mp camera in and solve that problem.
prob wouldnt go this phone again.
Yeah, I have had calls drop on me and couldn’t figure out why. Now I know. I like this phone. I guess I’ll have to learn to hold it with kid gloves!
I have the E71 made in Finland US version! I have reception issues constantly! Most of my friends with this phone have reception issues! Your story is right on target! People are just oblivious and idiots and have no idea what they are talking about! Try owning 30-40 other nokia phones and then come back to me
I have a Nokia E71-2 made in Finland. I cannot pick up a 3G signal anymore and I receive very few of my incoming calls. I drop calls – the recpetion is awful.
I agree that this is strange because Nokia is known for dynamite reception and my past Nokia’s are evidence of this.
This phone was an aggressive design by Nokia with respect to thickness, weight and capabilities. I would say that they didn’t do a good job.
I have since replaced with a Samsung BJ2 and the reception issues are all gone. Go figure.
I have the E71 on the 3 network in the UK…I thought nokia were market leaders in mobile phone design etc..WHAT a load of crap the E71 is.Reception is VERY poor,the phones keeps switching on/off by itself,keeps freezing and have to remove battery..I exchanged the phone for another E71 and same problems..avoid the Nokia E71.I’m going back to Sony.
Found this web site after complaining to ATT about the E71x because of reception problems, dropped calls, etc. Just dropped an incoming call as I type this. This review is right on target.
Aussie here. I love my E71 but it has the same problem
Another one I have is that it will drop the signal completely and won’t pick it up again until I restart