Nokia E71 spied in Sydney

Damian Koh | Feb 15, 2008

With the world's eyes on the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, it seems like we may have missed a particular enterprise handheld--the E71. Not for CNET Australia's Joseph Hanlon, though, as he was lucky enough to see a "secret" comparison picture of the E71 with the E61 at the Showcase Nokia event held in Sydney recently.

Information is usually scant at this stage although the handset is purported to come with HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, microSD expansion card slot, QWERTY keyboard, 3.2-megapixel camera and onboard GPS.

I think one of the reasons we are excited about this upcoming device is because the E61 had been one of the best smart phones of its time. Even though its successor--the E61i--didn't bring much to the plate besides the inclusion of a camera module and better build quality, it offered users who wanted a camera on their handheld an alternative to choose from. And what better than to have it on an already successful device.

There hasn't been an official announcement of the E71 yet, but I'm sure we aren't too far away from seeing it. More details to follow once we have them.

Via CNET Australia

» Mobile World Congress 2008 show report

Update from source: The picture of the E71 is a photoshop mock-up of the E71 created by a Mobile Review user, which is very similar to the actual handset we saw in a photo at the Nokia showcase event.

Picture credit: AvWijk

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norvinng says...
It will be launched towards the end of Q2 for sure... hold back your phone change..... :) From: A Owner of E-61 and E-61i.

Feb 19, 2008 09:07