Nokia's finally fessing up to its latest E series QWERTY phone, but took this one in a seriously surprising direction... for Nokia, anyway: thin. The E71 is one of the thinnest phones we've ever seen exit the doors of the Finnish giant, at 10mm thick, but there's still plenty of room for everything you'd expect out of an E series phone like WiFi, HSDPA, A-GPS and even a 3.2 megapixel camera and a front facing camera for video chat -- the main place the E71 differs on specs from its new E66 sibling is the 2.36-inch QVGA screen, just a fraction of an inch smaller. The E71 even manages to squeeze in extra battery, with 20 days of standby, 10.5 hours of GSM talk or 4.5 hours of 3G talk. There's 110MB of built-in storage and a microSD slot if you grow out of that, and the same business / personal switcher of the E66. Folks accustomed to previous Nokia QWERTY phones in the form factor like the E62 will find the screen noticeably smaller, but with the same number of pixels and an incredibly pocketable form factor there's plenty to love about this new entry. Unfortunately, the $500-ish pricetag isn't quite alluring, and like the E66, Nokia doesn't have any carrier subsidies lined up just yet. The E71 should arrive in the States -- and yes, with full 3G US bands -- sometime Q3 of this year, and will be available in grey steel and white steel.

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yaya..realli delicious...lolx

Video link: Nokia E71

nice look .. what will b the price tag

after seeing the latest release photos...seem its much more nicer?...
anyway...the phone looks nice...looking forward for its review...

around USD500..
But I think when come to here, will be around 1.5-1.6K. Cross finger
My only upgrade target from E61i...

Talk time Up to 10 h 30 min?

a joke?

E71 same spec with samsung i780 ?

oh my.. wat a high reso pic..
neway, is the thing above the e71 word the front camera?

white looks sweett..

Yup it is...

when is d actual release date?

most like end of august oni will arive in malaysia.. i think la..

this phone looks great..can rival blackberry bold...nway the blackberry not available here, thus this e71 can gain market share in business....kets how it will fare with HTC's pdaphone

Neither phone is here yet. But if past experience is anything to go by, this E71 will sell as well as the previous E61/61i did, and of course, more than Blackberries in Malaysia.

Me, I'm waiting for the Blackberry Bold, but I'll probably get this too, to replace my E61i.

Check out the video link a few posts up... The YouTube thing is kinda cool... The video wont fit the Nokia screen, but click it, and it will auto-adjust to fit the E71 screen...

owh?...cool...checked the video clip already...

question..

e series very popular in malaysia?look wat happened to e51...

well i would say depends on the functions..
it seems malaysian love e-series that has qwert keyboard.
for example.. e61 e61i e90..
and maybe the e70 oso..

but normal e-series like e50, e60 are just norm..

see?

I got to play with it today.

REad my review HEREEEEEEE

I wonder if Nokia is phasing out the flip keyboard ala Nokia E70 and continuing the Eseries with this?

The white color keypad is nice

oh my.. which is better? black or white?

i dont think so... coz they had E61, then released E90, so i dont think anything is being phased out...

Added photo n video to the review



Check it out HEREEEEEEEEEEEEE

wwhite keypad look nice.. but i go with black... can tahan those dirts

hmm black n82 n black e71.. match or not le?

dont like the back cover of the black very much... those square dots... prefer white one, with lines...

ohh yaa.. the texture.. lines are nicer than dots..

how much for this set?? And how bout E66??

i wonder how easy it is to use single handed operation for sms?

lol.. it will never be easy for single hand on qwerty keypad.

i'm asking because i've read it here:

http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Nokia-E71-...cle-a_2889.html

it says "Nokia says the keypad is specially designed and the phone is suitable for both, single and two-handed usage, but we’ll wait for a review sample to test it out"

wow.... sure very nice phone..... am really waiting for it to arrive. Want to upgrade my E61i.....

single hand on the number dialing... but never on full qwerty. unless u already master the technique of single-qwerty-typing...

Ive added comparison photos...



and also a mysterious model? lol

see it HEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Check out the comprehensive review at Mobile88.com

I just found that someone is selling the E71 from LYN. I just called him and he said it would be coming in 2-3 weeks time. He also said price could be as low as RM19++ to RM2+++. Not too sure on pricing yet. He is gonna let me know once it comes out.....

nice... but do beware abt these kinda things... may turn out to be frauds... not than i am discouraging u... go ahead go ahead...

come bring this E71 already! its just pure awesome, haha. very very practical indeed. especially to write ad hoc emails or touch up documents. now with HSDPA support, i cant ask more! hehe.

now... if only if it got TV Out for document presentation... i will never need my laptop again

(im tempted by the same guy with gaigene maybe? contact him oso oready huhu )

Dont really like the menu icons in this phone, looks ugly... but i guess that problem can be solved by downloading a new theme or something...

with that said, i think this is the phone la... waiting for soooo long to get a new phone... was using Treo 650 before, then now rosoak already, so wanted to replace with another QWERTY phone... was considering Palm Centro or Treo 500, but the features are very basic... And now Nokia comes along with this, WiFi, HSPDA, 3.15mp camera (not great, but it will do)... this is 'the one' i think...

E71 = RM1777 avaxx set... in miri. Racun..

Hi all! Just got the e71 YESTERDAY for RM1900 Avaxx set at Alam Sentral. Well actually went there just to trade in my e51 with N82 coz e51's screen is sooooooo small. problem when watching movies. But e51's function was superb and suits my business needs. But when i examined the n82's keypad. don't suits my taste coz its too tiny for my thumb. Then, after hearing me complaining this and that about n82, the phone's sales men let out something in the box. He said just came in on Monday so you'll be the first one to see it. LO AND BEHOLD! the e71. I fell in love with it instantly, with nice screen, nice keypad and most important thing is that it has the more or less the same function with e90 or even n95 (minus the camera and the ngage that is). it has a-gps too by the way.

so trade in my e51 with e71 and without a doubt this is the best phone i ever own. the d-pad is amazing! you have to test it out to believe it....



p.s : thinking of selling my pdair leather case for e51 flip type and the holux gps m1200 in the garage sales thread....see you there.....

congratz bro
hope u enjoy it..
mine to post some pics of ur new baby n pics from its camera?

bro, post pics la... what is the shop called? i want it so badly! is Avaxx official distributor?

yup avaxx is he official distributor....try to browse thru nokia malaysia website....even there also don't have preview of e71....

i see new owners of e71

come one man...
show some pics n some good reviews for us..

so the price range is within 1.5k - 2k..

haha yeah review please am hardly considering N82 after feeling the E71 set in my hand. it feels... small? haha. try typing2 oso feels something wrong. but maybe its just me not being adapted yet

i love my E61i for its screen n thoughtful finger space, but now E71 just makes me serba salah huhu.

SAR for E71 is very high, around 1.4!!