Nokia E71 wins Phone of the Year

Simon Sage

Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.

• Eltawil

  I would have certainly been upset if the iPhone 3G or a BlackBerry phone was chosen instead.

  I am indeed a happy man with this verdict

• jay

  may i ask whose photo was used in there ‘cos if it is Bernie Mack then that is totally disrespectful.

• AC

  Ok, I’ll buy one

• Freddy

  Well I have the E71 and is no suprise it win .
  For the low price and what you get.
  The E71 is one obvious winner

• Simon Sage

  @jay Don’t worry, it was Samuel L. Jackson.

• derek

  Yup. I agree. E71 is by far the most advanced piece of gadget on the planet right now! I have it and it blows me away with Navigation, quick as hell, wifi is awesome, camera is cool but i never us it, great music phone, radio is cool to have on the go, the design is to die for, and best of all.. the battery!!!

  Good choice!

  iphone 3G is cool but 5years behind this!

• Jeff

  #AC Then you make the right choice !
  The E71 are awsome good and with real sexy look !

• Journo_UA

  I`m with you, people! I`m also going to buy E71.

• Paul

  Freddy says “For the low price and what you get.” I’ve been looking into the E71 for all the great features and design, but low price????? It looked pretty pricey. Has the price come down?

• Freddy

  Yes the price are awsome approximately
  400$ Unlocked , Simfree!
  Almost half of the price for resemble devices .

  Yes you read right approximately 400 US dollar not GBP..:) you get the best smartphone
  and phone of the year.

• Patrick

  Thats awsome ! I anderstand why the E71 win .
  Is so sexy and greate device..:)

• Jon

  How’s the speaker phone like? Loud enough? Cos the one on my e51 sucks. Am thinking of upgrading to either the e71 or e90 cos I need the QWERTY keyboard as I do more texting than talking now and I prefer speaker phone over placing it at my ear…

• Michael

  That’s a surprise.. A two year old OS won.

• Derrick

  Too bad they left out BBConnect in the E71 version, it would have been a no-brainer as a “blackberry killer”. Still, probably one of the best QWERTY devices around IMO.

• Patrick

  We hope BBC come later ,
  Yes thats why E71 wins the Best Smartphone
  and Phone of the Year.

• John

  Congrats E71 ! Are there more coulors then grey and white for the E71 ?

• Vuurve

  Email/Messaging Power User – 100+ Emails per day

  During the last twelve months I’ve purchased the iPhone, HTC Touch Pro and now the Nokia E71 (10/10. Arrived 10/11), and I have to say that this phone is awesome. While the HTC Touch Pro TouchFlo 3D is a nice application, the device is still a WinMo behind the curtain. Further the hinge design, while responsive, is still unbalanced.

  The E71 has performed, during the last 24 hours, well beyond my expectations. The highlights:

  * Dual Modes (Fully Customizable)
  * Form Factor & Quality
  * Speaker Volume
  * Video Ringer (Seriously. Video ID)
  * POP3 Email Setup

  On the Cons side:

  * No Email Embedded HTML Support
  * MS Exchange Email Sync Not Intuitive, but it is Reliable
  * Not Buying This Thing 12 Months Ago

• Tom

  Just amazing that the E71 Best smartphone 2008 and phone of the year
  I see in symbianfreak that E71 and E66 already get new firmwire !With even more improvments.

  Thank you Nokia

  I love my E71.

• 2dayhelp

  That’s it. I am buying one too.

• Annie

  Yes me to , my friend use the E71 and I’m soooo envious,
  I want the white one .

• 2dayhelp

  I think I’ll go with grey one

• Thomas

  lol , Not only the best smartphone out there, but also the sexiest !

• jaykhn

  Blackberry Bold is so much better than the Nokia E71, i’ve had them both and the Bold is superior!

• Thomas

  Nah The E71 are much better then bold , Thats why the jury choice
  the E71 and Nokia E71 went home as the big winner.

  Make note that E71 are not only the best smartphone but also phone of the year.

• Nicholas

  wish .wmv files would play on my E71 – any ideas, otherwise a great phone

• Ombretta

  I am really happy about the outcome. I have had my E71 for a little over 4 months now and I am TOTALLY in love with it. I wouldn’t exchange it for anything! It’s light, it’s trendy, it’s comfortable to hold up to your ear, excellent reception, awesome features … just an awesome smartphone all-round!

• brendan

  With the nokia E71 will i resive my emails , facebook etc direct to it\ my friend has the blackberry bold and gets his emails with ease to his inbox on his mobile, just wondering if that will be the case on this as I want to get it from 3network with unlimited tex and internet and emails

• rahaf

  umm i personly think its either the blackberry(bold-curve-javelin-storm) or the iphone;)
  i meen the iphone is pure incredible! it used new ideas that no one did before! completly touch AND realy simple to use…
  i’m not a fan of nokia..

• Piet Joubert

  I am now the proud owner of the E71. Still the best phone I’ve laid my hand on. Awesome!!!

• Jittu papa

  rubbish phone

• Jittu papa

  tere dimag ma kida pad ra hai ya koi phone hai

   buy iphone