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Flickr is starting to make me feel bad about my E61

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By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, December 28th, 2006 at 11:59 AM

E70

I really wish there was a Nokia store around here so I could try before I buy. I’ve been bored lately and of course what can you do to pass the time? Browse Flickr! Well doing that I’ve apparently fallen in love with the Nokia E70. The keyboard looks nice, it has a camera (2MP), it has built in wifi, and best of all the screen resolution (352 x 416) is higher than that on my E61 (320×240)! I’m really kicking myself in the back for not considering this gullwing beauty in the first place.

Don’t get me wrong, I love my E61. It’s a beast of a phone, but there is just something I can’t quite put my finger on about the E70 that makes me feel regret. I won’t name any names, but you sent me a picture of your Christmas tree, and when I went to check the EXIF data to see what camera you used I saw it was an E70. After I made that discovery I popped that search term into Flickr, YouTube, and Google and have been feeling like poop since. Jealousy is sweet isn’t it!

Dear Nokia: Open up a flagship store in DFW, TX! Pretty please, with sugar on top.

About The Author

Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • Geek

    Yes the screen is nice. I believe that it is the same as is on the e60. Anyway i have recently come to believe that qwerty is a bit overrated. try typing using t9 for one week – without looking at the keypad. You can become quite fast at it. When you get really good at it you dont even need to look at the phone to type.

  • Stefan Constantinescu

    I’ve had T9 for years, I can type on it with my eyes closed

    I can type a hell of a lot faster on my E61

  • sam gonzales

    sorry t9 is so 1999.. QWERTY is the only way to go.. i could not go back..
    the e70 is a really nice phone and I considered it..but it was a bit more $ but what sold me on the e61 was Quadband.. the e70 is triband only..

  • Ricky Cadden

    FYI, Stefan, there’s a Nokia Experience Center in both the Dallas Galleria and the Stonebriar malls here in Dallas. You can head up there and play before buying. Not a Flagship store but the next best thing.

  • Stefan Constantinescu

    Those little kiosks rarely have anything worth showing off. display models galore but no working models.

    am i wrong on that one? please tell me i am :)

    the E70 is europe only last time i checked …