Comments on: Lets talk about phones baby! …

By: andai

andai — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:41:41 +0000

Thanks for the great review. I wish I had read this before I went and got the the e71x. ATT had really crippled that phone in ways that makes me really unhappy with it… I am really unhappy with ATT even though I have been with them for a while. But on the bright side, I am actually switching to the e71 instead… I ordered the phone from Amazon so I’ll see how it works out

I am still thinking of getting the iPhone though. But in this case, I will be getting an unlocked iPhone which I plan to buy in New Zealand early next year. I don’t expect that I would have too many issues with that though… except maybe the ring tone part…

By: Gainsaid

Gainsaid — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:58:18 +0000

Kenyans are the African Chinese. You want to get the most out of the Phone anywhere in the world? TAKE THE LEAP AND UNLOCK THE DAMNED THING!!!! Thataway you get to install 3rd party applications that make up for the iPhone’s deficiencies. As for the nokia mania, yes you are a taaaaad bit biased. When I want a camera, I’ll buy a Canon EOS 40D or a Nikon D80. A phone’s for communicating…..and not much else. You want something that’s the next big thing? GET AN iPhone. It’s like getting an ordinary Subaru and modding it to run like it’s on steroids!

By: Tim Reynolds

Tim Reynolds — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:33:54 +0000

Nice post. Thank you for the info. Keep it up.

By: Rombo

Rombo — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:15:59 +0000

Feel free to laugh at all that is cheap skate in me. You don’t even know the half.

And, some day tutakutana, I’m certain.

By: Murithi

Murithi — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:06:07 +0000

I know nothing about AT&T, so can’t comment on portions of the rant . For me, Samsung’s I780 (AT&T Epix) (Windows Mobile 6.1) has quad-wings! No kidding. MS is bashed a lot but if one knows their way about their phones, bliss! So, are you are selling your Jesus phone?

By: jke

jke — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 04:17:19 +0000

Ok now, since Mamajunkyard already enquired on this issue via Twitter: I am glad I won’t have to decide between the iPhone and an E71!

Me thinks that both phones are great and that both devices serve their purpose. Since internet browsing is more and more important these days, the iPhone clearly (imho) has the best browser. Nokia’s S60 browser also renders pages in a similar way, but the navigation is just horrible. Reloads pages instead of fetching it from the cache. See what operamini does instead. Would be nice to have a setting on Nokia phones to choose which browser is default.

So, I’d probably recommend the following:
- browsing, playing games, usability => iPhone
- e-mailing most of the time => BB
- all-in-one device with keyboard, nice battery runtime, good connectivity (GSM, GPRS, HSDPA, Wifi, IR, BT), ok-browser, e-mail clients, similar range of software as on the iPhone – but more business oriented and less “fun”-applications, easier sync with Outlook & Zyb/Plaxo & Co. => Nokia E71

What I really like about the E71 is that it has the best build quality i’ve ever seen on a Nokia. But still, Nokia phones are very unsexy when it comes to usability issues. Mimi, me I don’t need a multi-touchscreen on a phone to shift around menu items on the front screen. That’s just marketing to me. So what Nokia still needs to work on is response time (firmware sometimes hangs up, regardless if its the E71 or the N95..) and improve on usability issues like that browser thing. Feature-wise, the E71 alreasy is top-of-the-range, see the list of connectivity options alone. Awesome.

I used to laugh about the iPhone, all these Apple deciples/fanboys and their blind love for the walled gardens in the Appleuniverse, but I then realized that what customers actually want is to have a seemingly (!) simple system that just works and doesn’t offer much choices.

And also, as AfroM already mentioned, there’s no stupid lock on the E71. Apple did this though and ppl bought it anyways.

So what Nokia has to deliver with the N97 or any other “flaship phone” in future is a business phone that has all multimedia features from the entertainment world (= merge E- & N-Series). Plus an improved S60 operating system.

And Apple should get rid of iTunes

(pole, long text)

By: AfroMusing

AfroMusing — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:04:16 +0000

@jke, yes i am very serious about ditching the Iphone. It just isn’t worth the trouble. I have not spent much time with the Google phone G1, it could use a bit of a makeover, so the G2 could be better.

@MsaniiXL the price for the E71 should come down alittle, keep an eye out for the Nokia flagship store. There is one here in Chicago, but I am sure there would be one at your neck of the woods. they might have some % off for christmas promotions.

Rombo, I have chekad!! Enyewe the E71 brings it. I like that ‘Vuka country’ tutakutana though?

By: jke

jke — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:01:59 +0000

Bw MsaniiXL, come to Ujerumani and get your E71 for 1,- EUR with a 24month contract

By: Rombo

Rombo — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:55:03 +0000

Erm… so me and phones, we have the most basic sort of relationship. I walk into the shop and ask, so what is the cheapest Nokia you have? And then I ask, what doesn’t it have that you think I will need? We take it from there. So if ever we meet, I’m promising to keep my phone out of sight. So that it doesn’t get intimidated by your phone.

But also, I come to say, Vuka Country welcomes you back.

By: msaniixl

msaniixl — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:04:23 +0000

I have forever wanted a nokia, but the price out here. Yikes, and since I see no time they are gonna be ‘ever’ subsidized.

And T-mobile service is great. I have been with them forever, just hoped on their newest phone so far so good.