Nokia E71 Review

Though announced a while back, the new Nokia E71 is the first mobile phone that got a 10 out of 10 rating on TestFreaks. No it’s not perfect, but the features, the price and the design are some key elements to consider buying one. It’s a great cell from Nokia so we decided a review of one of their best mobile phones ever and the first with a QWERTY keyboard, was indeed needed.

First of all some specs about it. It’s a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE mobile phone, that features 3G/3.6 HSDPA, has a 2.36-inch QVGA display (320 x 320), a 3.2 megapixel camera, up to 8GB Micro SD cards, BT, GPS, WiFi and of course a QWERTY keyboard.

PROs

• the design : is one of the most attractive smart phones or email phones to date, with a certain finesse the metal casing really attracts
• email : it’s a business oriented mobile phone that allows you to access your personal email on Gmail or Yahoo, and connects to the internet almost everywhere you go via HSDPA (3.5G) or Wi-Fi
• Wi-Fi scanner : very useful when trying to find a hotspot to log on
• browser : all pages are displayed in full, supports Flash and YouTube videos and streams audio
• it runs on the S60 operating system that allows you to download and install all sorts of applications including Google Maps
• GPS : used with the sat-nav feature from G Maps you can accurately track your location and get directions
• battery : it last long enough with only one charge, an ideal candidate for those who stress test their mobile phones. also if you don’t use Wi-Fi or HSDPA you can turn these off, and that will also increase battery life

CONs

• a very disappointing camera

Though the camera is bad, I really think it deserves a 10, because it does what a mobile phone should do these days. Kudos for the Nokia E71. It’s a great phone.