It’s amazing. When I started this blog about two years ago very little attention was given to Nokia’s Eseries devices. There was little anticipation and speculation before the device launches. Even the Eseries device announcement received relatively little coverage in the blogosphere as well as other media. What a difference two years make.
Leading up to the announcement of Nokia E66 and Nokia E71 was a number of speculations, including leaked imagines. Now, a few days after Monday’s launch event the never dissapointing crew at All-About-Symbian has scored the first full featured review of the Nokia E71. This is an excellent, in-depth review well worth the read.
I can also recommend the first unboxing ritual of the Nokia E66. There is a video and a number of photos over at Symbian World. Instead of going for a boring nuetral background Symbian World chose to celebrate the Summer and take the unboxing photos out on the lawn - Very cool.
Theres a lot of debate on reception issues on BGR for E71, whats ur say guys?
Well, first of all let me say that BGR is a great site, lots of solid info. However, in this case I must completely disagree with the comment posted there that the e71 is known as the worst phone in the RF area. The posts at BGR say that by holding your phone in different ways you get better or worse reception. I think that has been true since the first handheld phones came out. I have had no issues at all in the two weeks I’ve had the e71, if anything I’d say reception is much better than the e61 or e61i. I have tried covering up the bottom of the phone and holding it by the top, no difference in signal at all, full 3G all the way. I have used the phone in Minneapolis, Detroit and Orlando and I get a full signal everywhere I go. I just put an iphone 3G, Moto Q and my e71 side by side, not touching any of them and mine was the only one with full bars. If people really are having trouble with reception I think it must be an individual phone issue not a problem with all e71s.
The recpetion for me has been equal to my E61. Battery life is about the same as well, maybe even a bit better.
Yes, and even the E61/E61i have an antenna at the bottom, I never had any issues with any of these phones…
If you hold the E71-2 at the bottom, you can definitely see the bars going down. Hold it by it’s sides, and the bars go back up.
However I’m not certain that’s a good measure of its performance. This maybe just how the radio firmware behaves. IOW, it just might be too sensitive and/or need to be tweaked.
As I said above, the reception is identical to my E61, but I never bothered to pay attention to my signal while holding it. It just works.
Weighing in. I’m a nokia fan. So much so I took my iphone 3g back and I love how rich the content and feel of the phone but it by no means is a better buy than my E71! I’m a power user, I need to blutooth with more than just a headset… I need to tether. I need video cameras installed. Audio recorders installed. I need accurate gps. I need multi email account retrieval and just a bunch of other stuff that the Mighty E 71 can do with out crashing. My iphone crashed every day. This one, maybe once every few days as it adjusts to all the apps I download and then remove if they aren’t useful. It’s just a matter of time when the iphone device takes over completely. Until then, I’m smokin all Iphones in my area… plus the form factor of the 71 is just PIMPISH!
E Seventy One IS the NOKIA Phone that I have been waiting for.
I totally agree. The E71 is the phone I was waiting for. My E61 was just my practice phone…my training wheels phone.
It’s really a brilliant device.
having had the e71 a few day, hooking it up to voip and exchange its as functional as my e61. However having problems with the gps - seems to only use network based gps? I use google maps. In noka map - no gps but when i see the positioning it has contact with 7 satelites!
Also, any tips on receiving my mailbox in standby mode? I only get new mails like i did on the e61. am i doing something wrong?
Else, love the phone! Sitting on the train now… Working great with turbo 3G in sweden. Played with the blackberry bold…. It was super clumsy.
Finally got my E71… no regrets! Great phone.
One thing (i’m sure there will be more) but does anyone happen to know if Nokia has left out the ‘access point groups’ setting (which was available on the e61i) or is it somewhere I don’t know about? Thanks
Recently got my E71 on 3. Have a couple of slight issues:-
1). Have corrupted the memory card that was supplied by 3 - could anyone give me a copy of the files which were originally on there?
2). When charging the battery, it never reaches fully charged status even if left to charge overnight - longer sometimes.
Any help appreciated
I have Nokia E66 mobile, I am facing problem in the connection with (secured) WLAN even I but the correct password (WLAN Key) i am not getting the websit open
but if there is free WLAN i got websit open .
Is there any specific setup for that?
Hello all,
the biggest problem I have with the E71 is that I haven’t found a way to move emails to folders on an IMAP server. Am I missing something or is it just not possible?
Thanks!
Has anyone figured out a way to get BBC to work on the E71? My new E71 is on it’s way now… I’m so excited.
But I really would love this phone more if it had BBC on it. I heard you could use the E90 or E51 software on the E71. Has anyone tried that?
the e71 rocks
really it’s best phone i’ve ever seen
It’s much quicker than e90 communicator..
* some1 was asking about the access points group, there’s an application u can easily install called ” Smart Connect SC” which does this group according to availability.. i got it from “Downloads” on the phone.
* In my mobile, the * key for silent profile & #key for bluetooth works…
I have upgraded to the E71 from E61. You don’t really worry about reception until you starting reading all these reports about bad reception on the E71. I have started making test with the E61 and E71. Reception I would say is about equal. I have lost some calls on the E71 which had never happened with the E61. Maybe a coinsidence. Battery life which was outstanding on the 61 is not as good on the 71. It seems to deplete faster. Anyway if there are reception issues will Nokia take forever to fix. Or can they fix it with software update. The antena issue seems more a hardware problem. Can this be fixed? If anyone has any ideas about solutions let me know.
This guy’s an asshole.. Calling an E66 as E76. BAstard cannot even read properly.. SOmeone send him to school
Not surprised there is lack of media attention. Previously (E62) ATT was selling the phone. Now you can buy on eBay or Dell.
A lot of people had buyers remorse with the E62, so they have learned their lesson. ATT didn’t support the phone with new firmware, plus they bogged the thing down with all their bloatware and restricted functionality.
For me, I am not going back to Nokia anytime soon, reasons:
3D does not work in the US;
Symbian OS needs to be updated so you can search contacts on Business Name;
Mail for Exchange is too limited in its functionality to really compete with Exchange Activesync.
etc.
Been using my E71-2 for quite sometime now. Added Roadsync 4, which is frankly brilliant.
The E71-2 is by far the best phone I’ve ever owned. It outpaced all in it’s class in ease of use, comfort and functionality.
Only thing it’s missing? iTunes support, which is where the iPhone wins.
Hi,actually E66 is a great designed phone i ever saw before.
But if it have 5mp with xenon flash & without slide then it will be the most attracting phone….
every thing is well installed in this phone……..