Nokia fans, S60 fans, Symbian fans of all types, your attention, please! Allow us to set your hearts a-flutter with a few pictures of Nokia's latest two all-business smartphones, the rumored
E66 and
E71. Both models are pictured here out and about, doing what they do best -- a promising indication that we might be due for an official announcement in the not-too-distant future. We're told that both have 3.2 megapixel cameras (as expected), 128MB of memory, and as we've suspected from the few photos we've seen before, they're "sleek and sexy" in the flesh. Nokia's manufacturing processes appear to be continuing to improve, too, because we're told that the E66 feels "rugged and solid" despite the slide mechanism -- a sore spot with many an N95 owner. Whenever you want to get official with these, Nokia, that would be just fine with us, thanks!
posted May 7th 2008 12:00PM
First! Gr8 news!
Yet another reason why this whole "FIRST!" business is never, ever, EVER necessary.
I had zero problems with two of my Nokia N95's sliders. They've both been solid and didn't creak in the slightest.
E65 was one of the best feeling sliders ever made and Nokia can make great sliders....N95 with the dual slider is another story.
Anyways E66 super hot and if E71 is that 10mm thin....yummy.
E71 will be my next love. Too bad with leaving fp2 out thought :(
I'd rather have a functional phone than a "sexy" one
Yeah. Don't give 'em any ideas, engadget. There are more than enough sexy/useless phones out there, already.
If the E51 (which I have) is any indication, these would be quite functional AND sexy. The only thing on my wishlist for both of these is US (AT&T) 3G. Anything less would be uncivilized.
Yawn. It doesn't even seem to have FP2...
yay i live in espoo :D
Same! About 1½km from the Nokia House(HQ).
Can i get high ranking too?
BTW, Are you trying to say that the 8800 Arte isn't good looking and feature filled? It's probably the best looking phone with good specs available on the market, can you guess which company it's from?... Yeah.
get real!
88xx has never been feature filled. totally a fashion line. and after 1 phone call your battery is dead.
give me a break!
* 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus
* Video camera
* Display: 16 million colours, 240 x 320 pixels
* Music player
* Polyphonic ringtones / MP3 ringtones
* Speakerphone
* Messaging: SMS, MMS, email
* Java games
* WAP, GPRS, EDGE, 3G
* Web browser
* Memory: 1 Gbyte
* Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB
* Triband
* Size: 109 x 46 x 15 mm
* Weight: 150g
* Talktime: 3 hours
* Battery standby: 300 hours
Better than the vast majority of phones in America.
the e66 looks like a kinda sexy, kinda sleek, hysterically technically gifted, but not cute-looking phone that i could buy.
Btw whats up with that horrible menu. Is it branded or new theam?
Give me fp2 Nokia..damnit!
I noticed that too...the icons look so janky. Hopefully those phones were just running some dev build or something.
I'd wish they'd make a phone that had the N96 functionality and the E61 keyboard
What do they mean, "in the wild" - it looks like those pictures are on a cement surface, not the wilderness
ur kidding right?
Do we have any idea which carrier is going to have those phones???
Where was this taken? When does the E71 come out?
Looks like its time to upgrade my E61i ;)
I'll be upgrading from my E61 to the E71 . I tried the e51 and it's superb but I'm intent on waiting for the E71. Notice the 4 buttons(calender, mail, contacts, home) besides the d-pad, makes it very intuitive for novice users.
Yes me too providing the E71 has better RF my E61i has terrible signal strength. My N95-3 really kicks butt in that department so here's hoping they took the same RF care in the building of the E71. As it looks to me to be the perfect mix of features. (unless of course Nokia releases a N series with all the features of the N95 and a QWERTY Gasp!)
The bronze 7373 says "what's up!"
http://exclusive-live.ru/images/shop/nokia/nokia-7373-bronze_1.jpg
I was a S60 fan...until I tried anything else.
man that E66 is one hot piece of mobile hotness! =)
T-Mobile US: Please bring the E71 with AWS and my next 2-year contract will be yours.
Give me an E71 with:
0) T-Mo-USA compatible 3G (and AT&T 3G) .. bonus for global GSM/WCDMA compatibility
1) Maemo and/or Android ("and" meaning "Maemo with Android extensions")
2) Wifi for web browsing; bonus for UMA ("hotspot at home")
3) Bluetooth dun, OR the ability to securely tether clients via Wifi, OR compatibility with Cradlepoint devices (pref dun _AND_ either of the other two).
and I am SO there.
I suppose they could skimp on Maemo/Android and give me Symbian instead ... I'd have to think about it. But if it was Symbian but had all of the other non-optional stuff, I'd probably buy it. If it was Symbian and had the optional stuff, I'd definitely buy it. Maemo/Android and optional stuff, I'll buy it the day it comes out in the US.
Maemo or Android wont of course happen it even seem to be missing the newest S60(S60 3th 2fp)that comes with N78, N96 and 6220 with the transition effect + other stuff.
Wifi is 100% it being E series phone.
AT&T 3G is rumoured to be there same like N78 and N95 where there's 2 vers for both market US and Euro/Asia. So the US version will get released in a same time as the Asian/European one....same with N78.
I assumed it would have AT&T 3G. The actual requirement for #1 is T-Mobile USA 3G. No T-Mobile 3G, no deal.
I can't believe I've waited this long for a phone. Thank God for my E61 and E61i! That E71 can't make it here quick enough!
The carrier question is a very good one. Damian Trevor
Looks like crap.
Crap generally is brownish in color, and cylindrically-shaped - kind of like a fat cigar with an irregular surface. So, not sure how these phones look "like crap". Maybe you need a new monitor? or new contact lenses?
Has anyone what the screen size is on the E71?
It's only 2.36", which is way smaller than the E61/E61i (2.8").
I have an E65 and love it, but the only problem is that I get dust under the screen. I had it cleaned twice in one year, and now it's dusty again. Looks like a good reason to upgrade to the E66.
I havent been soo excited about a phone for a long time, but I am for the E71.
I love my E61i but it is too slow and a little wide. Im assuming that the E71 will have a faster processor (like the E51 which is fastt) and that alone should make it a fabulous phone! The addition of GPS and FM will be welcome bonuses!
Have been waiting for some release info since Jan... but now it looks like its finally happening!
That black and white logo on the far right of the shortcut bar represents a new profile feature in Nokia phones (maybe just within the e series, not sure). This will allow users to change from 'personal' to 'business' mode and vice versa. As far as I know, this will enable users to change their mailbox, phonebook list, general appearance etc. at the press of a button. Designed to allow users to easily separate their personal and business lives. Kinda cool...
More pictures of Nokia E71: http://dailymobile.se/2008/05/08/yet-more-nokia-e71-pictures/
Thanks. Great pics!
My e61 is a buggy piece of crap. The only reason why I still have it is because I can't deal with Windows, and Palm's offerings haven't been compelling for a long time.
I'd only consider the e71 if I had a 2-4 week no-questions-asked guarantee, and then everything would have to work perfectly out of the box. No more of this waiting for updates to fix major bugs, and never have the updates arrive.
Yeah, consider me to be a very disaffected Nokia customer :)
I love my E65. Perfect phone, perfect size. But I realize now that I need "more" than Symbian. Android could be the answer, so I'm waiting for the HTC Dream.
Also, I don't know why Nokia isn't jumping on the hi-res screen bandwagon... It makes a world of difference with the overall interface and video files.... And it's not like the Nokia phones are cheap or anything.
Great smartphones!!!Amazing!!!Is it already
available in the Philippines???
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
So rumors of the the BlackBerry 9000 started coming out after rumors of the E71. Spy pics came after the E71 spy pics too. But it seems AT&T will be releasing the Bold way before. What gives? We've been waiting for this phone for a veeeeery long time. Bring it on!
http://www.petitiononline.com/NokiaE71/petition.html
these phones are a bit ugly but i love their features
I used the like the E series because it had a mute key. The N series never did & that's so annoying for me since I spend much of my day on conference calls. However, I don't see it on these. Maybe I'm missing something? Oh well, I guess it's "Options > Mute" 4ever.
I am sold! just got mine pre-ordered on http://shop.nokia.co.uk
I am sold! just got mine pre-ordered on http://shop.nokia.co.uk