Nov 26, 2008 02:38 PM
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I am going to post my fourth review .this review is on the newly launched and much successful nokia e series offering-the e71 earlier, while shopping, we were interested in the nokia n82, but at the first sight of e71, all that shimmering steel body and the compact size with full qwerty keyboard made sense for a good buy.
Actually, when we were purchasing it, the shopkeeper told us that the day it was launched in india, 25000 pieces were alone sold in delhi the very first day.
Though this phone is a high end business phone, its makes up for a complete package at 21000inr.
Now the features of the e71-
Quad-band GSM support 3G with HSDPA 3.6Mbps , Landscape 2.36" 16M color display resolution , Comfortable full QWERTY keypad Convenient business-minded shortcut keys, Symbian 9.2 OS, S60 UI with FP1 (topped with some FP2 goodies) 369 mhz ARM 11 CPU and 128 MB of SDRAM Wi-Fi Built-in GPS receiver, A-GPS 3.15 megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash, 110 MB of internal memory, microsd expansion, ships with a 2GB card Slimmest smartphone to-date, slimmest Wi-Fi and/or GPS handset to-date Stainless steel casing Standard 2.5mm audio jack Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP support microusb v2.0 FM radio Remote Wipe Provider-independent voip support , Infrared port, Great battery life, Office document editor, Rich retail package
Nokia e71 offers a tough competition to the blackberry.The blackberry appears inferior with its plasticky body and sub par display resolution.
Its a series 80 device with loads of functionality. The retail package of Nokia E71 is quite worth the cheer. The phone comes with Nokia's fastest and smallest charger, which is really much more comfortable to carry around. Potentially, you wouldn't need to have it on you that often, given the battery capacity. A 2GB microsd card also comes with the E71 and so does a leather carrying case
When u look at the phone, its shimmering steel , the heavy build and impeccable quality mesmerizes u.though the keypad is a bit cramped as compared to the e61i, but still great typing speed is supported, thanks to the protruding keyboard.
Nokia E71 features a 2.36" 16M-color QVGA display. This is smaller than the Nokia E61 screen but we can hardly frown at it. The size of the landscape display has obviously been sacrificed to make the phone more compact and pocket-friendly. The phone has got a great display resolution of 16 mollion colors and not even a pixel is visible from the naked eye.However, the E71 pulls of quite some style. It's much slicker than most messengers with its stylish steel casing and classy looks.
The back panel of Nokia E71 is a real treat. The dot-patterned stainless steel battery cover looks tremendous.but this phone is a finger print magnet, and u cant help it except for cleaning it all the time with ur shirt.
The gps of this phone is a leage ahead of my present n95, which I purchased month and a half back.this phone has got a to b tagging in the gps as well.earlier I thought that gps is just a glorified feature, but it really helps at the time of need.positioning urself using the gps just takes a few seconds on this phone.
Sound during calls is very clear and free of any interferences. The vibration is also strong enough to make sure you never miss an incoming call or message.
Nokia E71 features the really nice smart dialing feature, which helps you quickly find a contact straight from the standby screen. All you need to do is type a few letters and all contacts with names (first or last) containing them get displayed.
Nokia E71 is powered by a single 369 mhz CPU and has 128MB of RAM.the phone is very fast indeed, and that can be seen while navigating through the phone.
What I liked the best about hte phone is the SWITCH MODE.here the phone switches between the two modes i.e. The office and the home mode .even the screen icons, themes.and user standby applications get changed as per ur settings on the two modes.
The built-in memory is 120MB, which is a decent figure by all means. The included 2GB microsd memory card comes in very handy for extending it but even higher capacity cards are supported. As we managed to confirm, Nokia E71 has no problem handling an 8GB microsd card, which is the largest currently available on the market.
There's a new feature, you might know as Remote Wipe. It's not a new feature per se, but up until now it was usually reserved for corporate scenarios. Now it's available to everyone. In case your Nokia E71 gets stolen or lost, you should simply send a coded SMS message. It gets locked down and after three unsuccessful attempts of unlocking it, it wipes itself clean of all personal or sensitive info. You might not get your Nokia E71 back, but at least nobody will get your personal data either.
Email is the highlight in the Nokia E71, as it supports a wide range of personal and corporate email standards such as Microsoft Exchange, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail, Nokia Intellisync Wireless
The client can download headers only or entire messages, and can be set to automatically check mail at a given interval. There is also support for attachments, signatures and basically everything you can think of. Push email support is also on board, so we can hardly think of anything the E71 lacks in this department - except for the blackberry connectivity.
I have stored my gmail settings on it, and retreiving emails is a work of fun for this phone.
Now for the people who believe in media as the source of entertainment-
See, the e71 is not a music oriented phone, but its quite surprising for an e series offering to provide radio in its device.the music player is definitely at par with the nseries or xpressmusic phones.u can listen to ur podcasts, can watch videos without compromising.just the supplied headphones are a shame.If internet connection is available, the Visual radio application can download all the local stations and save them to the handset with their names. We would have preferred RDS, though not having it isn't really that much of a disappointment.
Now speaking abot the camera, its a 3.2 megapixel snapper , the same which comes with the e 90 communicator.though the 3.2 mp tag might sound wonderful but.its a bit of disappointment at night , inspit of the led flash.during day the pictures are uncompromising, with great exposure and color balance.
Web browser is gr8 , as full fledged web pages can be seen.The virtual mouse cursor takes browsing another level up. It is easy to control and generally works great. A mini-map can be activated to help navigating your way around large sites where lots of scrolling is required. The zoom level is also easily adjustable at the expense of only a few key presses. The web browser also offers fullscreen view mode
This phone also supports office document editing, which was badly required for business phones, thanks to nokia. Playing games is also a fun, but dont u think it would be odd for a corporate/executive to be seen playing games on his phone during this time of economic recession?Still its a break from the busy schedule for corporates.
Conclusion-
Nokia E71 is a powerful business tool - in fact it is one of the most capable we've ever seen. Plus, it has completed the demanding task of adding style and slick looks to the QWERTY messenger breed. The performance of Nokia E71 is praiseworthy.
