*OFFICIAL THREAD: Nokia E71

I think Nokia has a brand problem in the US. Too many of the free phones you get or used to get when you sign up for cell service are throw away Nokias. Most people dont know S40 from S60. Perhaps Nokia should market low end phones or non smartphones under a different brand name.

I dont want anyone to think I am trashing Nokia, I like my S60 phones, but I just dont think the brand is seen in the same light as the iPhone or the BB. Overall S60 phones do most things really well, but they are not KNOWN for something. BB are known for email and the Iphone is known as a music/video player, etc. While sometimes these defining characteristics work against a brand and sometimes pigeonhole a brand into a certain niche, at least there is some sort of brand value.
 
for u guys who have the e71 already; how's the music playback quality? Im not expectin an ipod, but my e51 always had this annoying distortion/ringing sound that annoyed the bejesus outta me..
 
Im really excited about this device. I looks amazing and specs wise darn good as well. One thing though! i see a lot of people who are saying that they would go for the BB Bold instead of the e71, and what i dont understand is "what does bb have that e71 doesnt?". I know the Bold has a nice screen, but other than that i dont see anything special!
 
The specs below were copied from the E71 spec page at buy.com. I am guessing that while the E71 does support wma playback, it looks like it still will not stream WMA? Being able to stream radio streams via www.thestreamcenter.com would be really nice.

Streaming formats:
Music playback file formats: .mp3, .wma, .aac, AAC+, eAAC+
Audio streaming formats: .rm, .eAAC+
 
Wow....now if we can just have a release date for this thing. I'm getting excited that a t-mobile compatible version for 3G might be available. Here's hoping they will release Euro and NA version simultaneously. :2thumbs:
 
Problem is I've owned all three.....E90 too big, E61i too slow, and E51 no Qwerty...now E71 will be perfect. That's why we are all anticipating it. The time is now for it to come out. You must know something gwapz why they are not releasing this phone yet....are they working with network carriers to get them onboard?
 
yea I can get back to the home screen but then when I try and hold it again for the task manager to end it, it freezes the phone. I may have solved it now though. I restarted in offline mode and changed the program to go online on demand instead of on start up and so far it hasnt frozen.
 
Just ordered the white from buy.com. i am hoping it comes in faster than the grey and since it is going to be in a case it didnt matter what color i got. also was looking into shopblt but it just didnt look safe enough for me. plus i got $20 off using google and being a first time buyer
 
E71x - SD Card Maximum

The official literature says the biggest card it can handle is 8 Gig. Is that true from a technical standpoint, or can it actually handle a bigger card?

Anybody know for sure?
 
I dont think I can wait that long. I knew I wanted that phone when I had my E90!

Well, atleast now I'll be able to try out more phones before I stick to the E71 (IF it ever comes out) :lol:
 
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