While the
N97 was free to fondle, the
slightly less exciting E63 was decidedly bolted to a table, so we had to take what angles we could get. The phone is basically a cheap-o version of the
E71: Nokia figured it had a good thing going on in that QWERTY candybar, and decided to spread the love at a lower price point, with a slightly thicker, plastic handset. The good news is that no matter what you do to cheapen the phone, the E63 comes from good stock, and is really a compelling form factor. The slight bump in thickness is negligible, and while the cheaper materials are easily distinguished from the luxury feel of the E71, the phone by no means feels cheap. Except for the keyboard. For some reason Nokia opted to remove the hardened, clickier E71 keys and replace them with a softer, rubberier keyboard with a considerable amount of distributed give to it -- that still leaves it as one of Nokia's best QWERTYs to date, but we greatly prefer the E71. The other compelling difference between the phone and its inspiration is the inclusion of a full 3.5mm headphone jack, instead of the mini jack found on the E71. Not bad at all, but we'd guess Nokia saved a lot more money in materials and manufacturing process than with the sorry removal of GPS and HSDPA.
posted Dec 4th 2008 8:42PM
They'd let you do whatever with the N97 but they clamp down an E63?
As for the cheaper feel and all, I think it's alright, just makes it easier and cheaper to get and use new phones more often.
It is a thing that rich people do...
They sometimes leave expensive objects in plain view around the house and put replaceable things in the safe, to give the thief satisfaction of cracking the safe and making off with the so called "valuable booty"
I believe that tidbit of info was on an episode of Columbo...
OMG someone tell me please, in the 10th picture, the E71 can clearly be seen having the classic no back light standby clock even though for some reason the E71 here in the states does NOT have that by default. Is this due to the firmware upgrade or is there a way to unlock this???
I DO NOT WANT TO TO UPDATE MY FIRMWARE AS IT DISABLES THE HACK THAT ALLOWS ME TO REMAP BUTTONS AROUND (MAGICKEY) :(
Is that, a red E71? Mention it on your post damnit :P
The red E71 could be the Nokia E71, PRODUCT (RED) edition.
You just never know...it could just be some red keypad/frame Nokia got from eBay and just decided to showcase it since they thought it looked good...
That doesn't make sense Ellis D., sorry
"Nokia E63 hands-on"
More like "Nokia E63 metal-clamp-on"
I don't get it, what's the difference between the E63 and the E71?
no GPS, no HSDPA, cheaper materials, thicker.
read the article.
Not bad. not bad at all
But I like the way they got bored with E63 half way through and just started shootin new red E71
LOL. UB3R PH41L!!!!!
It's the iPhone...Or no phone.
No Nokia is going to touch the browse on the iPhone, or the App Store. Why do they even try?
'i' agree
and Eye Second!
The 3 biggest Apple fanboys on Engadget. I'm glad you guys have finally met. You should exchange phone numbers and addresses to have little Mac parties. *rolls eyes*
you two, Ocean and iEye, fight to the death for the title of Supreme Fanboy
God, I hope that fight turns out to be a tie.
Newsflash Nokia, it is not an iPhone, no need to bolt it down...
Funny, it is bolted down now, but a month after it is released they will be trying to get rid of them for $0 1 year contracts...
This is "i" town now!
Must... not... reply! Oh, screw it: This is not an iPhone related product. Comparing this to the iPhone is, um... well, it's like comparing an iPod dock/alarm clock combo to Big Ben. Completely ridiculous. In fact, I think I'll do just that- ridicule you. Idiot.
It can be compared because of the touch screen. If Steve Jobs wants the iPhone to have the same keyboard configuartion as this 'Nokia'. All he has to do is just send out another update and voila!
iPhone a la E63...
''i'' agree, nokia add too many buttons
The expert of Nokia phones, iEye, has said there's a touchscreen on E63. Must be true then, even if the Nokia web pages say there isn't. Must be a missprint.
The stupidity of representatives of mankind never ceases to surprice me.
Boo, so the E63 gets what i wished the E71 had:
1. More keys on the kb, and more available characters etc.
2. Quick flashlight access on the KB.
3. 3.5mm headphone jack.
Wouldn't it be nice if companies offered a 'build-it-yourself' option online, where you select features (each for a different price) and they make it for and it ship it to you? If only.
witness the power of http://www.zzzphone.com/
/end sarcasm
yea that 2.5 is killin me on this e71. but outside of that.. i'm still happy, i'm used to the misplacement of keys lol.
Moto Q9c Much? looks like it to me.... lol
So how much is this decidedly "lower" priced handset gonna be?
250 us dollars
very good to use as a secondary phone imo
Buy that and put a GoPhone SIM in it or something.
So do i see this right? It has a flashlight?
Best feature to have in a phone (apart from the ability to make phone calls)!
So E71: GPS and no flashlight, but more expensive
and this: Flashlight and no GPS, but cheaper
Damm. thats a draw. I want GPS and Flashlight.
qwert
Huh? I have an E71-2 and it has a flash light as intense as a lighthouses'
Ok. but how to activate it?
I do not see a dedicted button for it, as on my previous flashlight enabled nokias.
If its more than three keystrokes away, its not of much use.
Care to enlighten me?
Looks like the E63 has a 2.0 MP camera versus the 3.2 MP on the E71...
LMAO @ keyboards
E71 is now in Red and in fully black - check out the black in flickr -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sankarimuotoilija/3084550844/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sankarimuotoilija/3085065264/