I’m still shaking my head in wonder at the new Nokia E71. Is this really a phone by Nokia? This phone, which is barely thicker than the battery that powers it, is one of the all time sexiest phones I have ever seen. Hardly the sort of device made by the company that is to phones what Russia is to tanks and assault rifles.
Don’t get my wrong. I’m a die hard Nokia fan. I have many, many Nokia phones and I use them every single day. A least 8 of my lifetime top ten favorite devices have been Nokia phones but that doesn’t mean that I am so blinded by my Nokia gadget lust that I fail to see that Nokia usually makes phones more like tanks than like jewelry. This is not in and of itself altogether a bad thing. Nokia phones are by far the most durable, reliable and functional devices of their sort bar none.
But sexy? That’s hardly a word you see in conjunction with most Nokia devices. Until now.
Did I mention that the E71 is thin? How thin? It’s a bit difficult to measure something this thin but my guess is that it’s between 6 and 7 mm at the thickest point. What’s amazing is that in spite of the svelte package this is as fully featured a device as Nokia has ever introduced.
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