AT&T to get Nokia E71 as E72?
by Chris Ziegler 
posted Sep 29th 2008 at 4:43AM
Remember how AT&T ended up picking up the original E61 as the E62 -- but somewhere along the way, the tweaked version lost two of the E61's most important features, 3G and WiFi? Yeah, that sucked. The good news, though, is that since the E62's release, AT&T's really warmed up to WiFi and manufacturers have started to smile upon HSDPA 850 / 1900 en masse. Word on the street is that AT&T will be taking another shot at the whole S60 QWERTY thing, launching its own flavor of the E71 as the E72. Of course, you can get North American 3G in the plain ol' E71 this time around, so what would a customized E72 have to offer? Feature Pack 2, allegedly, a line item sadly missing from the original's spec sheet despite its release coming well after FP2 hit the streets. We've been hearing for ages that AT&T was eyeing this thing, so we take this as a great sign that the plans haven't been abandoned -- only question is, when's it going to go down?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Sarig @ Sep 29th 2008 6:35AM
So...what about the actual E72? Is this the one Nokia has labelled as it, or will there be two different E72's?
Randy @ Sep 29th 2008 9:47AM
The Phone that's currently being touted by the Blogoshpere as the E72 only exists in Promo/Marketing Materials. Nokia hasn't actually announced a device called the "E72" have they? If not, then the name is up for grabs and an at&t E72 exclusive device would fall in line with previous phones released in this manner.
ez @ Sep 29th 2008 10:34AM
e72 is another upcoming candy bar from nokia, how can they share the same model number for two different devices at the same period of time?
i understand if the number was recycled from a few years ago.
i keep hearing at&t is releasing this and that.. bold, fuze, mirage, 6650, now this?
BOLOGNA!
Omagus @ Sep 29th 2008 10:45AM
I wouldn't hold my breath about any Nokia phone being released through AT&T. How many 11th hour cancellations have their been between the two? Although I will say that if AT&T *does* get this phone without stripping off several key features, I will have to strongly consider switching from T-Mobile.
doxxx @ Sep 29th 2008 1:47PM
Let's not forget that AT&T also stripped one CPU off the E61 in naming it the E62 and making it the slowest device ever.
I would hate to have them have another go at reducing product price by means of reducing performance and stripping essential functionality. The E71 is a great device, perhaps one of the best professional handsets so far and let's hope AT&T allows Nokia to keep it that way.