Comments on: Nokia E71 Unlocked Phone with 3.2 MP Camera, 3G, Media Player, GPS, Wi-Fi, and MicroSD Slot–U.S. Version with Warranty

By: Gerard Huaracha

Gerard Huaracha — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:02:11 +0000

The worst Phone ever i bought 5 of them and all Freeze what a Great way to spend money, no wonder in some places it costs around $200 original.

By: Neil Smith

Neil Smith — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:49:23 +0000

If you’re used to Palm or Blackberry business devices, you will likely not enjoy this phone. It certainly looks the part - its hardware and aesthetics are very pleasing; it’s slim and compact; the QWERTY keyboard feels good and works with even the chunkiest of fingers, my sausages not withstanding. The battery life is also very good.

Unfortunately the good news ends there. The software is dreadful. Firstly you can’t load your contacts from other systems because the PC software provided has no import capabilities at all - except you can import `Thumbnails’. Way too many menu navigations are required to do the common tasks such as looking up a number and dialing it. Depending on where you start from, it can take six menu choices to get the phone dialing, the last one being an annoying extra option to make a voice or video call. Setup items are difficult to find. You can’t easily switch to Vibrate for example; you have to go through a pile of menus to find the setting. I’m in and out of meetings all day; I need a button on the phone to allow me to turn to vibrate on the fly. Messaging does not thread - so every message is treated as a separate event, therefore you can’t see the response from the other person when composing your answers. Some of the shortcut menu choices on the screen are the same as the buttons - rather a wasted opportunity to bring other common features into easy play. The rest are wasted on one time deals that should be buried in a menu somewhere; for example, Setup Email, Setup Internet Tel. Calendar Entries (Calendar Entries from where exactly - not outlook - you can’t sync). I’ve had this phone less than two weeks and am already looking for something to replace it. I will likely go back to Palm. Sorry Nokia, but whoever designed this software doesn’t understand the needs of the business smart phone user.

By: Pon Bakyaraj

Pon Bakyaraj — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:14:08 +0000

The camera is awful and the quality of the image is THE WORST. Even the $10 camera available in wal-mart is much better than this. Even the web browser and the other features are not good.

Overall not up to the expectations.

By: Hernan Vega

Hernan Vega — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:11:42 +0000

I bought this phone because “is a nokia, is a good Cellphone” when I received this phone, on the top of the front mask have a little open. then I insert a micro SD and the phone no work properly, when I press on the top of front mask phone display “REMOVE MEMORY CARD AND PRESS OK”

I lost maybe ten o more pictures take with the camera, the phone erase it.

I NOT RECOMMEND THIS PHONE.

By: Christopher W. Rueber

Christopher W. Rueber — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:54:15 +0000

I was extremely excited about this product. To my disappointment, I received a defective unit that randomly powercycles while using almost any application on the device for extended periods of time.

I contacted Nokia tech support. I am a technically savvy person (professional IT and web design), and I was asked the same set of questions three times before being told to mail it to them for repair, at my expense. While it was completely under warranty.

Amazingly disappointed, considering the great things I've heard about Nokia, and the great device reviews. Will not purchase a Nokia product again. Would advise others not to as well. If I could give this product zero stars, I would.