Nokia secretly shows E71 at Mobile Wor... er, in Sydney
by Chris Ziegler 
posted Feb 16th 2008 at 10:52PM
We think it came as a surprise to pretty much everyone that Nokia's long-rumored E71 was a no-show at Mobile World Congress this year; it looked real enough and totally ready to go the last time we spied it, and really, our only guess is that Espoo didn't want to steal any thunder from its lovely new Nseries goodies. Turns out that the company covertly showed off a shot of the businessman's dream at its Nokia Showcase event in Sydney, though, and CNET reports that it's "considerably smaller" -- 10mm thick and 57mm wide, as the rumor goes. Making the phone too narrow could ultimately be detrimental to the usability of the all-important keypad, so we'll need to keep a close eye on the "feel" part of "look and feel" when this one finally debuts. CTIA in April, perhaps?[Via Boy Genius Report]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Addz @ Feb 17th 2008 12:59AM
Ugly as hell.
God knows who would buy it!
Maybe that's y it was such a secret.
Al @ Feb 17th 2008 12:39AM
Kudos for using a spy shot instead of that horrible photoshop the other blogs are using
E71 @ Feb 17th 2008 1:14PM
@Nokia
Quite stealin' my nick beeech!
E71 @ Feb 17th 2008 1:14PM
Ahem, *Quit*
shaliron @ Feb 17th 2008 2:18AM
Looks a lot uglier as well IMO; sorta like the front of the E90. :\
Though I don't think that'll matter too much in terms of this phone's target market.
rpa @ Feb 17th 2008 11:22AM
If you click to the BGR source and scroll down, there is a link in one of the comments to the correct image of this phone. Looks very similar in detail to the E51 except with a qwerty. Much nicer than the E61.
mtorabi @ Feb 17th 2008 12:12PM
kinda looks like palm centro to me.
pdexter @ Feb 17th 2008 12:46PM
Probally my next phone when it comes out.
Pics and specs in that leaked Vodafone's raodmap.
http://forum2.mobile-review.com/showpost.php?p=673729&postcount=3260
PEZ @ Feb 17th 2008 3:36PM
How about an update to the E70? HUH? HOW ABOUT THAT MAN?!