Comments on: Nokia E71 vs. BlackBerry Bold: the QWERTYs rip each other to shreds

By: gem

gem — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:08:16 +0000

really? something might be wrong with you camera since mine shoots perfectly. just got mytouch last night and returned it las night too after seeing its video capture and camera didn’t even came close to E71’s.

I’ll get the BB9700 soon and compare it w/ E71. thing is, E72’s coming out…

By: amir

amir — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:35:23 +0000

thank you very much for the information
it is what i exactly looking for.
i’m leavin in malaysia and Blackberry is much more expensive than E71.
as i read all the above i’ve decided to buy E71

By: Nash

Nash — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:06:52 +0000

i think e71 is good.i had not probs connecting to the net and also i check my office mails thru the intranet.i usually use the free wifi as i have it at home as well as in my project area.nokia gives peace of mind and more psychological as they have been there for a longtime.qwerty of e71 is terrible and love the blackberry qwerty pad.but again nokia did it for the sleek looks.nokia e71 beats in terms of looks and solid feel.nokia is cheaper priced but its the charger thats the best as u can charge it anywhere on the go esp in airports and clients office.so i still prefer the E71 though it may have its minor short comings

By: vinay

vinay — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:06:13 +0000

Can u help me to activate on my e71 nokia handset (Blackberry service)

By: aaron

aaron — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:55:51 +0000

I’ve had the E71 for 4 months now and love it. I had a Blackberry issued to me but found the OS unwieldy and the construction flimsy. Wouldn’t take a Bold for this one in a million years (I’ve looked at them). Personally, I love Nokia phones, this is number 4 and I usually keep them for 3+ years or so.

Only beef is BlackberryConnect. I had my work email forwarded to my personal email then to the phone for a while until IT caught on. Is there anything else I can do?

What’s the deal vänner.

By: AKHIL AGARWAL

AKHIL AGARWAL — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:46:13 +0000

I Think E 71 and blackberry are best in the respective segments but truly speaking NOKIA gives you brand reliability and strength product.

one more feature i want to share, there are scales on steel body of e71 which makes it frictional to get down from your hand while blackberry donot have that so Nokia is safe as well.

By: mumtaz

mumtaz — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:51:44 +0000

can you tell me jus one application for blackberry which could do half a decent job for voip calls as the nokia does ?? I think choosing a handset is a very personal choice, I am yet to find one perfect handset which would give me everything I desire, starting from , emails, SIP client as gud as nokia and GPS navigation. the closest I have got is definitely E71.

Bottom line there aint anything perfect out there, you have to prioritize and compromise

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:29:16 +0000

Currently using E71 and I love it!!! (btw everybody in my family using nokias, unlocked ones, and nokia never let us down) E71 does email briliant.. but the problem is I like Bold’s design, and probably will have it as well…

By: GIVI

GIVI — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:24:14 +0000

E71 rulezzz

By: Srikanth

Srikanth — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:31:03 +0000

I cant beleive this bad boys……..release those hot girls we will hold it forever

By: Ashish

Ashish — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:30:59 +0000

you put me down, i have great faith on nokia phone & all my family using nokia phones only.I am going for nokia e71 to purchase but now i have to think

By: becca

becca — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:34:12 +0000

i’ve got the E71 and i love it i wouldnt trade it for a blackberry

By: Brent

Brent — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:10:47 +0000

After spending endless hours achieving nothing but frustration I have given up on trying to access my email on our Microsoft Exchange Server using Mail for Exchange I have deleted the application from my Nokia E71 phone and given up completely trying to make this work. I have used the wizard spending endless totally unproductive hours entering in the settings required over and over again, I’ve installed the security certificate, I’ve had my tech guy make the correct settings on our server, I’ve deleted and reinstalled Mail for Exchange and deleted and reentered my profile information: email address, domain name, user name, password, exchange server… some times in the same session I’ve entered this information countless times. I have asked it to permenently accept the certificate more times than I can count. I would also like to add that my tech guy said he couldn’t figure it out and he’s a Microsoft Certified Professional. I would love to find another E71 owner in Calgary who has had success connecting to his company’s Exchange Server and get his or her help. Everyone I know who has a Blackberry or an iPhone said they connected in minutes. I’m taking this phone back to Rogers, I’ll pay out the contract and switch the the phone everyone said I should have purchased in the first place… the iPhone. I’m more than disappointed!

By: miked

miked — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:11:21 +0000

After 6 months with the E71, I am going back to my old Motorola Q9. Nokia messaging is just terrible, frequently down, contacts with multiple addresses frequently do not format correctly, recurring all day appointments frequently do not format correctly, phone locks up frequently, camera is terrible is anything other than huge amounts of light, and the RF can’t begin to touch Motorola. By the build quality looks great, battery life is fantastic, size is perfect. Too bad the software is terrible.

By: Brois the Badger

Brois the Badger — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:24:17 +0000

Banged the nail on it’s head!!!

By: Brois the Badger

Brois the Badger — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:20:37 +0000

I personally disagree, as you said it’s all about personal preference. In my house we have both phones as well as an iPhone. I preferred the E71 over the Blackberry. I agree the Blackberry works amazingly well in doing emails and texting.

But this is where the E71 shows of its real strength. There are thousands of third party emailing apps and texting apps which can be easily substituted for the standard E71 emailing program. I found with third party emailing apps the E71 was so much better at emailing. It’s all about the apps you use and the E71 has thousands and thousands as for the Blackberry which is more limited. Again guys this is all personal preference.

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By: Shaffic

Shaffic — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:40:26 +0000

E71 is awesome, I had used HP IPAQ before using this E71(almost a year) and I find most of my usage I used to with HP IPAQ with out any issues. The GPS option is cool and much better. I drove to unknown playground locations in bangalore using only E71 guidance. HP is $1200 compare to $500 Nokia E71.
I bought E71 just to avoid Ipaq touch screen and hanging problems trusting NOKIA. NOKIA is the BEST.

By: fozzileyez

fozzileyez — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:40:02 +0000

When will you be doing Blackberry Bold vs Nokia 2610? (holding breath)

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:23:23 +0000

Yeah I agree, the Bold sounds alot better

By: Roa3

Roa3 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:22:29 +0000

Thanks a bunch, my minds made up now, gonna get a bold right now.:)

By: nyc

nyc — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:23:27 +0000

E71 is the ugliest pos i’ve seen in a hot minute.

By: Andres

Andres — Thu, 21 May 2009 04:29:18 +0000

We have all forgeted about the Browsing, on some blackberryes you can’t access some java or other applications websites, ¿can you do it on nokia’s?

By: bigwylie

bigwylie — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:52:47 +0000

I also see a large amount of complaints about the Email on an E71?
I have easily set up pull email and it works beautifully. simple and easy.
I don’t need instantaneous annoyances of unimportant/SPAM emails. Bleeping at me throughout the day. Even with a good Spam scrubber 10 out of 40 messages a day are actually messages fom direct contacts. Nobody apart from mission critical employees/execs really need the instantaneous connectivity of a Push mail services. for $20-50(BES Unlim) per month of savings, I am quite happy with my E71 pulling my messages every hour. People who want me sooner, call- with a phone? Novel thought.

By: bigwylie

bigwylie — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:05:45 +0000

I left a response when they both first came out.
I have N958GB, a Bold, and an E71. after 6 months, I can now give a fair response.
if you need a Qwerty keyboard but enjoy Media, then the E71 is without a doubt a better cchoice. Battery is WAY better. Voice quality is FAR superior to the Qualcomm Bold chip. Camera is actually a high quality printable pic.Bold still suffers from the media quality of the camera. GPS is perfect(GARMIN XT).Better Thin Sexy design of E71. … Blackberry IS still king for POWER email and corporate BES users. And yes, the international BB DATA package is a nice blackberry feature. Blackberry packages for most carriers still only start at $25 and up. However, with E71 you can buy smaller and more affordable unlimited On Device(no MODEM Tethering) data for 5-15 bucks a month… Blackberry Will never sell you that. VoIP on the E71 is great and easy, Push To Talk also an amazing feature on the E71 not on a BOLD…
Basically if you are a power mobile user and only need basic email ability E71 is a MEDIA KING!!! BB EMAIL/Corporate King.
I will stick with my E71 for now and the BOLD is sitting back in a box.

By: Uzair

Uzair — Thu, 14 May 2009 04:17:08 +0000

I have E71, never used a BB. According to the comparison above, E71 is better from two aspects only:

1- Available Applications for S60
2- Design

Rest everything else is better in BlackBerry.
So I rather say that BB wins.

By: AD

AD — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:27:05 +0000

The Bold battery is on par with the e71?? You’ve got to be kidding me! The Bold battery SUCKS and that’s why I switched to the e71…it has an awesome battery (double that of the Bold) and RF signal has been no problem for me at all.

By: Ken Clements

Ken Clements — Tue, 12 May 2009 11:23:23 +0000

I’ve given up on the pocketPC platform. Never worked, doesn’t and will probably never work as it should. I just made the decision between the Nokia E71, Blackberry Bold and iPhone. The iPhone doesn’t even come into the same class, that said it was no longer a consideration. Feature for feature, size, performance. The Nokia did it for me. Has the best form-factor, feel, interface and functionality. I disagree with the RF performance.. works like a charm.. handset, bluetooth and speakerphone.

By: Luisa

Luisa — Thu, 07 May 2009 05:00:23 +0000

I have that phone and it is so easy to use

By: Chad

Chad — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:07:46 +0000

the Bold is for business people who need to access email on the go. The e71 is for everything else including email but not the best. The iphone is for entertainment on the go it is not a business class phone. So i want put it against blackberry or e71. They can do similar things but they have separate target users.

By: husna

husna — Sun, 03 May 2009 00:02:26 +0000

if according to my nokia E71 is superior than the Blackberry bold