I was ready for fork out almost $500 for this beauty...until I tried to type on it. The bottom row is off one letter. Doesn't seem like a big deal in pictures, but go to a Best Buy and see one in person. Try typing on it and you'll probably see right away that the letters are just not where you'd expect them to be. I just don't understand why they made such a big mistake. Otherwise, the E71 is awesome, but a QWERTY device with a mis-aligned keyboard is kinda pointless to me.
Thought you haven't tried this phone as it's not even announced yet. I haven't had problems typing with my E71 especially when one handed writing is so easy.
E63 will be budget version of E71 with no metal and not as thin as E71(10mm) + 3.5 jack. Not sure if this will sell considering that E71 have been absolute hit seller (out selling iphone easily actually) in Europe and it's already rather cheap and easily able to get free with contract.
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I was ready for fork out almost $500 for this beauty...until I tried to type on it. The bottom row is off one letter. Doesn't seem like a big deal in pictures, but go to a Best Buy and see one in person. Try typing on it and you'll probably see right away that the letters are just not where you'd expect them to be. I just don't understand why they made such a big mistake. Otherwise, the E71 is awesome, but a QWERTY device with a mis-aligned keyboard is kinda pointless to me.
Thought you haven't tried this phone as it's not even announced yet. I haven't had problems typing with my E71 especially when one handed writing is so easy.
E63 will be budget version of E71 with no metal and not as thin as E71(10mm) + 3.5 jack. Not sure if this will sell considering that E71 have been absolute hit seller (out selling iphone easily actually) in Europe and it's already rather cheap and easily able to get free with contract.