Nokia E71 is a candy bar smartphone equipped with a QWERTY-keypad and implemented following the best traditions of its Nokia E66i sequel. It has got tinier and sports the thickness of just 10mm. The width of the handset has been also reduced, which makes it easier to hold it in your hand. The truth is, the designers had to sacrifice the screen size at the same time: its diagonal is 2.36” now, whereas Nokia E61 had 2.8”. 

 The number of QWERTY-keys hasn’t been changed. Their size remains the same as with Nokia E61, but since the width of the handset is smaller, they aren’t well spaced apart. It became easier to input text one handed while not so comfortable to handle it with two hands. 

   The new gadget is based off the same platform as Nokia E51 and makes use of the Freescale chip operating at a frequency of 369 MHz, which means a higher performance as compared to its predecessor. Among unusual points let’s mention a quality 3.2 Mp camera capable of shooting VGA videos at a framerate of 22 fps with flash.

  Both the models’ software is based off the S60 3rd edition FP1 platform, but features a number of qualitative changes as compared to the other handsets running this edition. For instance, you can switch the desktop mode from business to regular and a set of applications showing their info on the active standby screen is customizable for each mode as well as user themes and other specs. Once in standby mode a large clock can be called by pressing the navigation button.

Among other elements of Nokia E71 a 2.3mm headset slot, a microUSB slot for synchronization and an onboard GPS-receiver are also worthy mentioning. Its dimensions being rather small, the handset is equipped with the same 1500mAh battery, which allows it to stay without recharging for about 5 days of moderately extensive usage. 

Networks: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100

    Screen: TFT, 16m colors, 320x240 pixels, 2.36”

    OS: Symbian OS 9.2, S60 v3.1 UI

    Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, IR-port, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR (A2DP)

    Camera: 3.2 Mp, AF, LED-flash, VGA-video shooting at 22 fps

    Multimedia: MP3 player, WMA, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, FM/RDS

    Navigation: GPS and A-GPS

    Battery: BP-4L 1500 mAh

    Dimensions: 114x57x10mm

    Weight: 127g

    Nokia E66 also belongs to business-class solutions and is positioned as a sequel to Nokia E65.  The gadget is equipped with a 2.4 QVGA screen. One of the features of the model is an onboard accelerometer for the correct picture orientation according to the physical position of the device, which also allows you to reject an incoming call just turning the handset upside down (the feature known by Nokia 8800 Arte). The specifications coincide with those of Nokia E71, the truth is the battery of Е66 is less capacious – only 1000mAh.

    Specifications:

• Networks: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
• Screen: TFT, 16m colors, 320x240 pixels, 2.36”
• OS: Symbian OS 9.2, S60 v3.1 UI
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, IR-port, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR (A2DP)
• Camera: 3.2 Mp, AF, LED-flash, VGA-video shooting at 22 fps
• Multimedia: MP3 player, WMA, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, FM/RDS
• Navigation: GPS and A-GPS
• Battery: BP-4L 1000 mAh
• Dimensions: 107.5x49.5x13.6mm
• Weight: 121g

    Nokia E66 also belongs to the circle of business class solutions and is positioned as a sequel to Nokia E65.  The gadget is equipped with a 2.4 QVGA screen. One of the features of the model is an onboard accelerometer for the correct picture orientation according to the physical position of the device, which also allows you to reject an incoming call just turning the handset upside down (the feature known by Nokia 8800 Arte). The specifications coincide with those of Nokia E71, the truth is the battery of Е66 is less capacious – only 1000mAh.

Specifications:

• Networks: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
• Screen: TFT, 16m colors, 320x240 pixels, 2.36”
• OS: Symbian OS 9.2, S60 v3.1 UI
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, IR-port, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR (A2DP)
• Camera: 3.2 Mp, AF, LED-flash, VGA-video shooting at 22 fps
• Multimedia: MP3 player, WMA, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, FM/RDS
• Navigation: GPS and A-GPS
• Battery: BP-4L 1000 mAh
• Dimensions: 107.5x49.5x13.6mm
• Weight: 121 g

The gadgets will start selling in July and will be available at a net price of €350 (about $525).  Such price is quite reasonable for the new business-class gadgets, featuring high-quality materials, minimal dimensions and an advanced set of connectivity capabilities.