Nokia E71 Officially Acknowledged
Nokia has finally officially announced what has been quite possibly the most-publicized-without-being-acknowledged-officially handset in the history of the mobile phone industry. The Nokia E71 has been acknowledged by the Mothership today, along with full specifications. The E71 is a followup to the E6x series, but has sexified the bog-standard QWERTY smartphone design in a new slender package. Measuring only 114mm x 57mm x 10mm (4.5″ x 2.2″ x 0.4″), the E71 is extremely slender, but it’s also a full 13mm skinnier than the E61, which will help to nearly eliminate the feeling that you’re holding a pop-tart to your face.
The Nokia E71 is extremely well connected, with quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz) and will be available in three different dual-band WCDMA versions: 850/1900MHz, 900/2100MHz, and 850/2100MHz. I have to praise Nokia for announcing the U.S. 3G variant at the same time as the others, but, like most, I also wonder why not just release a tri-band WCDMA handset like HTC does? WiFi and GPS are also onboard, rounding out the connections quite nicely.
The Nokia E71’s QWERTY has received quite a bit of praise in the leaked reviews, and also features a new intelligent input that offers auto-completion, auto-correction, and apparently learns as you type, to correct your common mistakes. The Calendar and Contacts applications have also apparently received some much-needed attention.
Multimedia, it seems, is not forgotten on these latest Eseries, with a 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera - similar to the E90 and recently announced E66 - in place, and QVGA video recording functionality. A microSD card slot offers up to 8GB of memory expansion, with higher capacities up to 32GB expected in the future. Sadly, the E71 features an off-beat 2.5mm audio port, but Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP means stereo sound is somewhat available.
The battery on the Nokia E71 is confirmed to be the beefy Nokia BP-4L, with 1500mAh of power, offering up to 17 days of standby (!!) and a killer 10.5 hours of continuous talk time (GSM). The E71, for some reason, is not expected to be available until Q3 2008, priced at EUR 350 (US$540). The grey and white steel color options we’ve seen across the ‘net lately have been confirmed, as well, though I have to confess I’m partial to the grey steel.
Nokia E71:
- S60v3
- Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz)
- Dual-band WCDMA (850/1900MHz, 900/2100MHz, or 850/2100MHz)
- WiFi
- GPS with A-GPS and Nokia Maps preloaded
- 2.4″ QVGA display
- 110MB of internal storage, microSD card slot
- Measures 114mm x 57mm x 10mm (4.5″ x 2.2″ x 0.4″)
- Nokia BP-4L 1500mAh battery
- Up to 17 days Standby
- Up to 10.5 hours Talk Time (GSM)
- Planned Availability: Q3 2008
- Official Spec Sheet (PDF link)
Hey don’t worry about Q3, it’s Q3 just 2 weeks away right…;-) BTW nice looking device so now I just need to convince myself if possible to change to a smaller screen (E61i)
That white version of E71 is incredibly pretty. One of the most beautiful phones ever (IMHO).
Both the E71 and E66 have VGA video recording at 22FPS according to the spec sheets.
I’ll add the PDF links to the post, but both spec sheets I’m seeing say video recording at QVGA.
I was part of the E71 usability test early January and when I got my hands I knew that this was the sexiest E series phone to ever come out. The construction is unbelievably good and the metal makes the phone really stand out.
,,,It seems gonnna be a best seller…!!! I wandering if Nokia solved the sound quality isuee on this model .. I mean considering the E51 which is a superb device but whit a mono speekers built in have seen it available on
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