Nokia E63 seen in spy shot, minor details emerge

We'd never discount the possibility of someone being awfully talented in Photoshop here, but we've got to say, the image shown above looks pretty convincing. As you can glean from the logo in the upper right, this here is a purported E63, and according to some technical tidbits scrounged out of a lengthy Nokia XML file, it just might be a legitimate piece of hardware. Early reports show it as having a 320 x 240 resolution display, WiFi, Bluetooth, Symbian S60, a microSD card slot, 3.5-millimeter headphone jack and UMTS / HSDPA. Furthermore, it's bruited that we could eventually see three versions of the phone for varying markets: the E63-1 for Europe, the E63-2 for suits who can't have cameras on their handsets and the E63-3 for the Americas. We'll be keeping an ear to the ground for more, but till then, you can go ahead and start working up justifications as to why this will be totally necessary in your mobile arsenal in a few months.

[Via Boy Genius Report]

[j0nd4m4n @ Oct 22nd 2008 12:35PM]

I am hoping their marketing department releasing an artwork "INSPIRED" with blackberry Bold images.
That would be cool!

[John @ Nov 27th 2008 3:46AM]

How Much Is It?

[mitch @ Oct 22nd 2008 12:35PM]

Whats the difference between this and E71? The only thing listed is 3.5mm jack opposed to 2.5mm on E71.

[muddyh2o @ Oct 22nd 2008 12:43PM]

yeah. what he said.

i love my e71, but if this one's better (tell me why it's better) then i think i need an e63.

[Fernando @ Oct 22nd 2008 12:44PM]

Plastic instead of metal, worse camera, generally cheaper

[Ryan Rife @ Oct 22nd 2008 12:53PM]

This is a typical Nokia release....they make some minor changes, fix the software, maybe add, or remove, a few applications and they call it a new phone and force people to buy it by stopping support for the "older" devices. I wish they'd make a handful of different phones that offer different features, size, functionality, etc. and would use the hardware as a platform for their software and continue to update and support the software platform instead of locking specific versions/features of the software to specific phones and force people to get the newer, which is typically less than 6 months old, software by buying new hardware.

[Poom @ Oct 22nd 2008 2:00PM]

Ryan Rife,

If you remove the "drop support" then I think that's just describing Apple...

Also, Nokia does not drop support of phones that quickly and what you say about making minor changes can be applied to every frigging manufacturer in the market. These minor changes don't really force anyone to buy a new phone too...

Yeah, I was gonna say what's the difference of this and the E71 as well. Maybe this is like a lower end version?

[tpadekar @ Oct 22nd 2008 2:03PM]

@ Ryan:

Does that sound a lot like Apple with its iPod line?

[sr @ Oct 23rd 2008 6:31PM]

Ryan, as a long time exclusively Nokia user I actually agree. The only people who would rate you down are rabid fanboys. I see people posting the same thing in HowardForums that wish that Nokia would allow FW updates that truly update the Symbian OS version or Nokia S60 feature pack version. What you say is true in that they stop supporting a device and expect you to buy a new one. It's been their business strategy for years.

[martin @ Oct 22nd 2008 12:52PM]

Looks the same as my E71 to me, apart from the colour. Could this be an old pre-production pic of the E71 before they changed the model from 60's to 70's ?

[Arsenic @ Oct 22nd 2008 12:57PM]

Actually i can't see any visual differences from e71. Perhaps only marking was photoshoped, but overall it's just a new coloring for usual e71.

[De @ Oct 22nd 2008 1:02PM]

look at the keypad the space is smaller. This is just an e71 with a 3.5 jack made of plastic so that the price could be lower

[Martin @ Oct 22nd 2008 2:49PM]

Oh yes, 4 keys either side of the space bar instead of the 3 on my E71. Well spotted Mr Eagle Eye.

[KilgoreTrout @ Oct 22nd 2008 1:18PM]

Keep this crap in Finland and concentrate on giving us the the Tube.
Here we are getting bored of waiting, not to mention pissed off.

[Atanas Boev @ Oct 22nd 2008 1:24PM]

I agree. Keep the E63 in Finland, and send the crap Tube out :)

[Lex @ Oct 22nd 2008 1:22PM]

Well, I had a chance to play a bit with this one and I liked it actually. It is bit thicker than the e71, camera is worse and it is plastic but the price is almost 50% lower which is great!

[Bad Beaver @ Oct 22nd 2008 1:23PM]

Jay for 3,5mm, boo for plastic.

[FIF2110 @ Oct 22nd 2008 1:23PM]

what??? that thing is ugly!!

[zephxiii @ Oct 22nd 2008 1:28PM]

I fear slower CPU, slightly less RAM!!! Prove me wrong..PLEASE (serious please).

[sonick @ Dec 5th 2008 4:00PM]

Ugh, I had used an E61 for a short time for work, the thing was SLOW AS HELL. I can't imagine how it'll be usable if it's even slower than the E61.

[zephxiii @ Oct 22nd 2008 3:16PM]

lol, guess you haven't used an E62! :)

[asg84 @ Oct 22nd 2008 1:32PM]

hope camera will be 5mpx, and more quality plastic like in N85

when is the 5800 coming??????????????? 2009 is way too long to wait

[Fernando @ Oct 22nd 2008 2:01PM]

Dudes, chill. It's SUPPOSED to be a cheaper, more mass market version of the E71!

[sr @ Oct 23rd 2008 6:32PM]

E71 is already $369 how much cheaper do you want it?

[uwaga dude @ Oct 22nd 2008 3:03PM]

320x240? come on nokia

[Kei @ Oct 22nd 2008 3:58PM]

Engadget may wish to note that the MODEL-1 is also for the Middle East (with different language support).

[Leo Qin @ Oct 22nd 2008 5:14PM]

this is kinda pretty.
i may just have to take the plunge from windows mobile.

[tekdroid @ Oct 22nd 2008 7:44PM]

3.5mm headphone jack and loss of reflective sun-blinding metallic bling on the E71 sure looks good to me (if the photo is anything to go by).

[tcw @ Oct 22nd 2008 11:00PM]

Oh, NOKIA. I could definitely go for this! But I've bought phones that aren't backed by a USA carrier and the best, cool features are not accessible. And if a version comes stateside, cool features are taken out. =( I will hope for the best...

[Paul @ Oct 22nd 2008 11:11PM]

This is a cheap version of th E61. It is made with lower quality materials and does not have WiFi.

[Zane @ Oct 23rd 2008 1:44AM]

E61? Rather the E71..

[Berges @ Oct 23rd 2008 5:01AM]

Are people who comment? Do you not read the post properly? Obviously you douche bag its got WiFi ! for Christ's sake even my Refrigerator has WiFi ! !

But I dont see how this is quite different from the E71, it looks the same, appears to run the same Symbian Version.

I'll get it if it supports a Touch Screen alongwith the keyboard.

Else its not for me.

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