Nokia E71 Personal Review

I have been using this Nokia E71 for the past 8 months and i would like to give my Review about this Smart phone.


This is my 54th mobile since 2001. I have handled all Brands of mobile phone.

I had an impression that Nokia is just user friendly Mobile but nothing more than that as a brand. These are the Disadvantages I experienced when i used Nokia mobiles.

1. Nokia phones will not give a good battery life compared to Sony Ericsson
2. Sofware issues
3. Randam Restart
4. Hardware issues
5. Quality of the plastics used are poor.

But after I started using this Phone (E71) I started thinking that all the above factors are wrong about Nokia.

I really love this phone (E71). It overcame all the disadvantages which i meantioned above. Its stylish metalic panel gives a richer look and thin width gives a feel of using a small mobile.

Advantages of E71 in my point of view

1. Full Qwerty Keyboard
2. Battery life. (2 days solid with high usage)
3. No much software issues (If you upgrade the mobile's Firmware to Version 3.00.21.012)
4. Easy Navigation of the features
5. Sound is good.


I Feel like this mobile will not only suit the business or corporate people but will also suit a common mobile user.

My Mobile
E71 Specs



General

2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version


Size Dimensions

114 x 57 x 10 mm, 66 cc

Weight

127 g

Display Type

TFT, 16M colors

Size
320 x 240 pixels, 2.36 inches

- Full QWERTY keyboard
- Five-way scroll key

Sound Alert types

1. Vibration
2. Downloadable polyphonic
3. monophonic
4. MP3 ringtones


Speakerphone
Yes
2.5 mm audio jack


Phonebook Memory
Practically unlimited entries and fields,

Photocall
Call records Detailed, max 30 days


Storage
Internal 110 MB storage, 128 MB RAM

Card slot
microSD (TransFlash), up to 8GB, hotswap, buy memory


Data
GPRS Class 32, 100 kbps
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 32, 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP

Infrared port
Yes

USB
Yes, v2.0 microUSB

Camera
Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Video Yes, QVGA@15fps
Secondary Videocall camera


Features
OS Symbian OS 9.2, Series 60 v3.1 UI

CPU
ARM 11 369 MHz processor

Messaging
SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging


Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML

Radio
FM radio (E71 only); Visual radio

Games
Java downloadable

Colors
White Steel, Grey Steel, Black, Red


GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps

Java
Yes, MIDP 2.0

Other Features
- WMV/RV/MP4/3GP video player
- MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/AAC/M4A music player
- Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) incl. MS Office 2007 support via free update
- Push to talk
- Voice command/dial
- Organizer
- Printing

Battery
Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh (BP-4L)
Stand-by Up to 410 h (2G) / 480 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 10 h 30 min (2G) / 4 h 30 min (3G)
Music play Up to 18 h