This most awaited Nokia series called Nokia E71 Grey Steelreally provides many awesome features that are needed mostly by professional people out there. From the Quadband network, HSDPA connection and also GPS support. Of course, the GPS has been equipped with the support of Nokia Maps which works similar with the Tele Atlas, the 3D display is also picked as the screen display for this phone. The great thing is, this cell phone is sold in really affordable price.
Design
QWERTY keyboard has already been ported on Nokia previous phone, Nokia E61. However, the display of this phone feels little bit bulky. Different with Nokia E61, Nokia E71 Grey Steelat a glance looks like the breeding result between Nokia E61 and E51, a slim cell phone offering many great features.
And as the result, there goes the slim cell phone that brings QWERTY keyboard with it and classy metal case wrapping. Nokia E71 Grey Steel is really suitable for young executive people that need a great looking and user friendly mobile office device that doesn’t look oversized.
- Type: Nokia E71 Grey Steel
- Release Date: 2008, July
- Price Purchased: Check Price
- Manufacturer: Nokia
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Phone Specs: 2.36 inches TFT, 16 M Colors, 320x240 pixels, 110 MB internal memory, WiFi, QWERTY keyboard, 3.2 MP camera, video call camera, GPS, See Full specs.
- Pros
- Slim design and chrome body make this phone look elegant; There is small mirror on this phone for self-portrait; The screen is wide, really spoils our eyes; Screen is equipped with the sharp resolution, so it’s comfortable to look at the GPS maps
- Cons
- The design of its QWERTY keyboard is too small and tight between one button to another, makes it hard to press; If you are a Nokia’s loyal fan, then the absence of “Pen” button really makes this phone lack of something
- Bottomline
- Bottom line, for many die hard fans of Blackberry, this one is definitely worth checking out.Although this phone came from Nokia, it doesn't make this phone suck in whole aspect.
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| Nokia E71 Grey Steel |
Quick office feature that is already provided on the Office menu supports 3 kinds of programs that we usually use in Microsoft Office in our computer. These 3 programs are Word Document, Worksheet and Presentation.
When you are in urgent situation, you don’t need to worry this phone cannot edit your documents with this phone, because the latest installment of this Office applications will allow you to edit your presentation document directly on this phone. For typing text or doing presentation directly from this phone is also not a problem at all. Excellent.
QWERTY Keyboard
You will feel a little bit awkward when you want to type numeric letter on Nokia E71 Grey Steel QWERTY keyboard. A part from that, there is nothing wrong with the design and layout of every button on the QWERTY keyboard, even though it’s little bit harder when pressing some narrow-positioned button.
Multimedia and Entertainment
Even though Nokia E71 Grey Steel is not an N series, from multimedia aspect, this phone is pretty complete. It’s not just the MP3 feature that being brought with this phone, but also by plugging in the headset to the 2.5 mm headphone jack of this phone, FM broadcast radio can be enjoyed perfectly. And just like the radio feature on any Nokia’s phone out there, you can definitely search the station automatically and save it on the playlist.
Camera
Besides the 2 MP camera that is equipped with flash and autofocus function, this phone is also embedded with VGA camera on the front side. This camera is specifically dedicated to do video call.
Connectivity
The data synchronization by using the Nokia PC Suite will be so much faster with the connection of Mini USB to the computer, than using the wireless connection with Infrared or Bluetooth. Besides for data synchronization, when connecting the Mini USB, there is a choice called Mass Storage. This function can make this phone an external memory.
Conclusion
If the predecessor could get a special place in the hearth of professional users, then it’s also not a problem for Nokia E71 Grey Steel to be in the same place. The fanciness of design and great features that being brought with this phone are simply amazing.
