Nokia's North American E71 now available at Chicago flagship store

Call it a hunch, but you shouldn't have to wait too awfully long (like, hours / days / weeks) to secure Nokia's North American E71 today. Said handset is now available at the company's flagship store in Chicago, complete with a QWERTY keyboard and US-friendly 3G. Eager to grab one? Total cost will be $483 (plus tax) in addition to a roundtrip ticket to Chi-town, considering the store won't ship to out-of-towners (or so we hear).

[Via IntoMobile]

[SteveBirk @ Jul 21st 2008 4:41PM]

wow that looks like a good phone. i bet no one will line up for it :P

[Sarig @ Jul 21st 2008 4:56PM]

Most sensible people finds the idea of standing in line for something like a phone fairly ridiculous, so yeah.

[Dave @ Jul 21st 2008 5:35PM]

GTAIV at midnight would be the exception to the "waiting in line being ridiculous for a consumer good" rule.

[SuperSexyErik @ Jul 21st 2008 6:18PM]

very true. no one is gonna stand outside for something unappealing.

[Kaiser-Machead @ Jul 21st 2008 4:42PM]

Cage match with Blackberry Bold..

Awwriiight.

[CUBSWILLWIN @ Jul 21st 2008 6:07PM]

That would be fun to watch!

[YesHone @ Jul 21st 2008 4:45PM]

I gotta say, that's one sexy bitch...

[OneLove @ Jul 21st 2008 4:49PM]

FUGLY~!

[The Dude @ Jul 21st 2008 5:06PM]

O RLY~?~?~?

[Scran @ Jul 21st 2008 4:49PM]

Iphone killer

[Mark Anderson @ Jul 21st 2008 6:07PM]

Different market. This is a phone for grown ups.

[Marques @ Jul 22nd 2008 8:34AM]

Hahahaha @ Mark's comment

[Matt Keller @ Jul 21st 2008 4:50PM]

It looks ok. Nothing too special.

[collegekid13 @ Jul 21st 2008 4:56PM]

it looked good until i saw those keys. cheap plastic much

[Rich @ Jul 21st 2008 6:03PM]

What do expect the keyboard to be made out of? Gold? Wood? Chocolate?

I've actually seen this phone in the flesh. The darker color scheme is so much better and the phone itself is fantastic. Quick, responsive, great features, slim, battery life to match the iPhone... it's Nokia's best ever device.

[tekdroid @ Jul 21st 2008 9:20PM]

Rich @ Jul 21st 2008 6:03PM
Quick, responsive, great features, slim, battery life to match the iPhone...
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That's not saying much :p
I think you'll find the battery life is far better, at least that's what some reviews have had me think.

Not to mention removable battery. Maps onboard, not downloadable a la iPhone (although turn-by-turn is a paid-for thing as I understand it). Real tactile keys, the ability to make calls with video if you so desire (altho the video is only 15fps, it's livable). Weaknesses include pic and vid quality compared to some other Nokias in the price range, smaller display, 2.5mm headphone jack.

[Anand D @ Jul 22nd 2008 12:34AM]

I have the asian edition of the phone. The keys are one of the best I've seen and used. Much better than the E61, BlackJack II.

[Wobbly @ Jul 21st 2008 5:01PM]

add in our highest-in-the-country sales tax, and the price goes from $483 to $532.50

[jason @ Jul 21st 2008 5:17PM]

isnt it like 13% or something?

[L @ Jul 21st 2008 6:13PM]

Doesn't "total cost" imply that all taxes are included in the given price?

[stm @ Jul 21st 2008 5:04PM]

too bad you guys got the white one. we´ve had the black one in europe for a couple of weeks and it is fucking sweet! pictures dont do it justice, this is a nice looking phone.

cheap plastic? no way - you wont be saying that when you´re holding it.

[Gaurav Sharma @ Jul 21st 2008 5:06PM]

I used to love Nokia phones, but the future war here is on the software, folks. Apple, even Microsoft, have Nokia on the run here (as well as pretty much the rest of the industry).

No amount of slick hardware design is going to save you when you have a p.o.s. operating system running across all 50 of your devices, including a terrible, terrible excuse for a touchscreen phone (complete with toothpick, geez, i mean, this is after 2 ultra-successful iphone launches, and nokia still don't get it)

Heck, even if Nokia focused all their efforts on 1 design they'd have a battle on their hands against Apple. They're just in an awful situation right now. And it's a shame, because just like what happened with the Walkman, we're going to see a great name vanish into nothingness 5 years from now when everyone's buying their £100 iphone nanos and no one wants a damn open source symbian shitty toothpick tube.

/rant.

[Engadgetluvsappl @ Jul 21st 2008 5:21PM]

Ummm, yar.

40% Global marketshare sounds like they're in a bad position to me.

Wait, what's Apple's global marketshare again? What!!? Did you say less than 1%? No way!

[oZ @ Jul 21st 2008 5:22PM]

Nokia has two primary phone operating systems, S40 and S60. S60 is the "smart" OS and S40 is the "functional" OS. They do not currently have a touchscreen phone on the network, but that's coming soon with a new iteration of S60. Unless, of course, you're talking about the N810, which is based on Linux and isn't a phone, but an internet tablet. Kinda like an iPod Touch, but useful.

They still command a major part of the market, and it's not like they're sitting around waiting for Apple to steal their market. They've actually started partnering with US carriers again. Baby steps to get us to give a shit, but they still have Europe handled.

[OziD @ Jul 21st 2008 5:30PM]

Nokia will be availible to comment on your post when Microsoft, Apple, RIM, and Palm have anywhere near the 65% world wide market share that Symbian currently is enjoying.

[tekdroid @ Jul 21st 2008 10:11PM]

Gaurav Sharma @ Jul 21st 2008 5:06PM
I used to love Nokia phones, but the future war here is on the software, folks. Apple, even Microsoft, have Nokia on the run here (as well as pretty much the rest of the industry).
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Apple have done well to push the industry forward. No doubt some are pulling their socks up given the fresh competition.

Apple have made it easier to find apps for your phone. But Nokia also has lots of ready-to-use apps and freeware. It's just some are harder to find.

Your touchscreen comments were out of place 'cause this is a non-touchscreen device.

What I find unlivable with Apple's current iPhone products is:
*poor bluetooth profile support
*dowloading maps instead of having them onboard (lining the pockets of your phone company)
*single embedded non-replaceable limited-lifetime battery
*no copy & paste
*no tactile kayboard/ numpad
(among others)

So I generally disagree it's all about software. For my needs it's really not suitable. No doubt it's a great media device, tho. As long as you can live with that embedded, 300-500-charge liftetime, non user-replaceable battery.

[bachviet @ Jul 21st 2008 5:11PM]

Would buy one if it comes with T-Mobile 3G (AWS).

[Shahryar @ Jul 24th 2008 2:28PM]

I hear you bachviet. My cousin wants to replace his Dash and if this was available with the T-mobile USA 3G bands, this would be definite. I myself am holding out for something from Nokia with a regular keypad and T-mobile USA 3G to replace my current N76.

[CUBSWILLWIN @ Jul 21st 2008 5:11PM]

Same here. I'm gonna pick one up to test out.

[AlphaTeam @ Jul 21st 2008 5:15PM]

I need something like this to replacing my aging E-series device. I also miss 3G =(

[SuperSexyErik @ Jul 21st 2008 5:16PM]

has nokia learned nothing from the iphones success... goodbye nokia, ill continue to watch your stock fall and fall.

[superted @ Jul 21st 2008 5:23PM]

good lord you have no idea how big nokia are, do you?

look up their annual sales figures and have another go.

[haX0r @ Jul 21st 2008 5:25PM]

The only thing Sexy about SuperSexyErik is probably his new 3G iPhone and that's about it.

[ben_j @ Jul 21st 2008 5:27PM]

seriously dude... enough already.

[SuperSexyErik @ Jul 21st 2008 5:30PM]

i know exacly what im talking about. i know nokia sells more phones per minute than iphone selld per year or whatever. but cmon, they keep releasingfugly phones and theyr dominance will fall.

[Jeremy @ Jul 21st 2008 5:44PM]

way to prove that the people who buy iphones are buying into a fashion trend, and the people buying s60 devices actually want some functionality out of their phones.

[icepop4who @ Jul 21st 2008 5:57PM]

why do you get low ranked everytime? you should probably reflect on that. it'd be good for you.

[AJC @ Jul 21st 2008 6:00PM]

@Jeremy


I work in the corporate field. And NEVER see any one with a Nokia s60 device. That doesn't mean their not solid, it means people here don't buy them. Most people in America with Nokia's have low end handsets. Apple/Blackberry don't make a low end handset. All their phones are feature packed. Many people in the States aren't looking to buy feature packed PDAs and media phone's, and the ones that are ...are buying Blackberry's and iPhones.

[SuperSexyErik @ Jul 21st 2008 6:03PM]

lol !!

nokia sells because half of their phone sare offered for free because:

[Rich @ Jul 21st 2008 6:06PM]

"ill continue to watch your stock fall and fall."

How is Apple's stock doing these days? Pushing towards that magical 200 barrier or diving below 170?

[SuperSexyErik @ Jul 21st 2008 6:09PM]

rich rich rich, you just messed with the wrong company. lets pull some numbers together shall we? :)

This is the last 2 yearsof stock.

nokia start: 19
nokia end: 27

Apple start: 54
Apple end: 166

thats the last 2 years.. hmmm. nokia has risen so much over the last two years huh?

[Mark Anderson @ Jul 21st 2008 6:12PM]

AJC, Nokia has poor market presence in the US. S60 phones are used a lot of business in EMEA and Asia

As for stock price, last time I looked Apple's was south of 150.

[superted @ Jul 21st 2008 6:15PM]

troll alert

[L @ Jul 21st 2008 6:19PM]

Somehow Apple fanbois feel threatened by that phone it seems. SuperDumbnutErik laid out two flamebaits, and the other usual suspect Jubei also already joined in...

Interesting.

[SuperSexyErik @ Jul 21st 2008 6:22PM]

ohhhh and Mr "L" comes to save anti-apple fanboys from their misserable loss in this argument :)

[Rich @ Jul 21st 2008 6:23PM]

"nokia start: 19
nokia end: 27

thats the last 2 years.. hmmm. nokia has risen so much over the last two years huh?"

How are you watching it fall? Do you live in Australia?

[Mark Anderson @ Jul 21st 2008 6:34PM]

You're right Eric, it was south of 148 in after hours trading:

After Hours: 147.80 -18.49 (-11.12%) - Jul 21, 6:16PM EDT

Dropping faster than a crack whore's underwear by the looks of it.

[SuperSexyErik @ Jul 21st 2008 6:39PM]

it is falling rich

(Erik hits himself on the head)

[YpoCaramel @ Jul 21st 2008 6:49PM]

Stock performance is only one measure of a company's success, and if you think my N95 was free .... hahahahahaha I can't stop laughing. I have the funnies! Help!

[stm @ Jul 21st 2008 8:08PM]

what would you expect from a guy with that kinda name and that kinda avatar.