Nokia's E63 NAM now on sale at Chicago flagship store
By Darren Murph 
posted Feb 6th 2009 2:21PM
posted Feb 6th 2009 2:21PM
posted Feb 6th 2009 2:21PM
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What a waste of time. Nokia might as well break up these pieces of junk for their metals and plastics so they can be recycled and used in a note-worthy device, like the
...like the piece of junk ayfone?
That's an excellent phone!
That calendar, its beautiful.
(not kidding)
so wait... you can get a subsidized e71 wit tmo for cheaper... or you could hold out for the e71x (if that ever happens)...
sheesh. i jus feel some kinda way about this e63.
If Best Buy carried this phone, it would sell cheaper than the E71 with a subsidy.
Nobody in the US offers the E71 on contract. So you're not getting it subsidized anywhere.
Maybe you need to be fast to get yours. According to Crain's Chicago Business newspaper Nokia is closing down their Chicago Flagship Store....
Oh how I miss a keyboard on my phone.
Wait a minute, Wait a minute. Hold it just one second!!!! Are you telling me that this phone (btw I read the linked article just to verify) does not work this HSDPA, meaning that the unlikely purchaser of this device is forced to surf on Edge (yes I know it has Wifi) if we were actually to purchase this. C'mon it was bad enough using my 1g iPhone with Edge for a year, but that was almost two years ago. How could Nokia release a 3g phone in the USA and decide not to conform to our GSM 3g, seriously how many handsets priced above $50 to they expect to sell, 5 maybe 6? Even the biggest Nokia fanboys would never spend more then, $50 on a 2009 cell phone that doesn't have 3g yet is a Multi-Media device. This really is mind-boggling, honestly if this phone had 3g I could see a lot of prospective BlackBerry Bold buyers choose this phone instead especially if they wanted a solid keyboard and did not to access e-mail from a secured e-mail server. Nokia simply does not get it.
It's you who's not getting it.
No HSDPA just means that it doesn't have HSDPA. It is still 3G/WCDMA/UMTS/whateveryouwantotcallit...
HSDPA is actually one step above 3G (so, some companies call it 3.5G)
Where 3G supports download speeds up to 2 mbps, HSDPA supports up to 7.2 mbps (with current configs in USA).
so...the E63 will still support 3G and not HSDPA
So is this version different than the one that has been on sale at online store? Like a NAM version?
Alright lets stop here a for a minute...Now the E63 it might not be all that. But I just bought the Nokia E71 just yesterday. I was using the Apple iPhone 3G. And I tell the Nokia E71 kills the iPhone. I pay 15.00 for Unlimited Data no more iPhone plan...an extra 15.00 for what? My push email comes in alot quicker than the iPhone. Lets see finally I can get all my forwards. Plus the phones sleek, thin and sexy. iPhone Shmyiphone.. and I used have it too.
iPhone 3G's current data plan ($30.00) is for 3G services. The $15.00 plan you are using now is just for medianet (gprs/edge). You might want to note the time it takes to open web pages and download your emails. So, that extra $15 is for speed.
@ John Doe: Wrong. The $15 data plan is simply data, from GPRS all the way to 3.5G. I've had this plan forever, and gotten 3(.5)G forever, too.
In fact, artem007 is MORE right... A couple weeks ago, ATT lowered the top package rate: now, for $30, I can get unlimited data AND unlimited text. iPhone $30 data plan does 3G, but no text msgs. That's up to another $15.
Ultimately, the $15 "iPhone tax" is the way ATT makes up for the absurd agreement they made with Apple, where ATT subsidizes the phone, and APPLE gets a percentage of EVERY monthly bill for an ATT/iPhone contract. I'm sure the $15 just about covers that.
Those cellphone are for different market, for this case this cellphone is fighting against Blackberry (business market), instead IPhone is more a leisure cellphone that compete against Nokia 'N' serie.
FWIW, I own both the iPhone 3G (had the 1st gen iPhone too) and the E71. The iPhone is my "personal" phone and for that role the E71 doesn't match it. Music, movies, etc. I can't imagine using the E71 for those things. That said...the E71, which I use for "work", blows away the iPhone when it comes to the ability to actually communicate via email, which I need to do constantly...on the road...M-F 8-5. All of my co-workers lust after the E71, it's a great device. But each one has its role.
If Apple could just figure out how to squeeze in a damn keyboard without f'ing up the form factor...
what? i bought my blue e63 from nextmobile.com.au two weeks ago, and it arrived last week.
Lol. I'll stick to my nicer looking, thinner, and 3G E71 thanks. Contracts ftw
E71 with a 16GB MicroSD and a 2.5-to-3.5mm headphone converter listening with my Bose In-Ears - i'm all set.
does anyone know when the e71x will launch? educated guesses are welcome