Nokia N71
Expected
Q1 2006 2nd November 2005
The Nokia N71 is a 3G clamshell phone with a 2 megapixel
digital camera and a large 2.4" 240x320 pixel display.
It's a standard clamshell design, and the N71 weighs
139 grams, somewhat more that the N70's
126 grams but it's significantly smaller and lighter
than the Nokia
N90 (at 173 grams). The N71 measures 99x51x26mm,
which is pretty typical for a 3G clamshell. Unlike the
N90 and N70, the N71 uses miniSD cards to expand memory
- There's just 10Mb of internal memory on the N71, but
this can be expanded with miniSD cards up to a maximum
of 2Gb.
An email client and web browser is included. The
screen is significantly better than the N70's, so this
should help with web browsing. There's an MP3 and multimedia
player, and the N71 also includes an FM radio with support
for Nokia's IP-based Visual Radio too. All these applications
run on the newly rebranded S60 (Symbian Series 60) operating
system.
There's tri-band GSM in addition to WCDMA 2100 3G,
and it supports EDGE networks as well as GPRS. There's
no WiFi on the N71, although this is becoming increasingly
common on some of Nokia's other high-end devices. Talktime
is up to 4 hours with 7-9 days standby time.
On paper this looks like a good handset, but the
biggest drawback is that it is incredibly ugly
- in our view, one of the ugliest phones of 2005, along
with the Nokia N91. It does appear that they've tried
to carry through some of the design themes from the
attractive N70 handset, but in our view the styling
just doesn't work.
The Nokia N71 will appeal to people who prefer technical
features over style, but it's not really a class leader.
Apart from the useful inclusion of the S60 OS, there
are now plenty of 3G handsets that offer similar features
(for example, the Sharp
903). But it does mean that Nokia now have a
competitive 3G clamshell, which is something that the
N90 really isn't.
The N71 should be available in the first quarter
of 2006 for an unsubsidised cost of around €400.
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Nokia
N71 at a glance
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Available:
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Q1
2006
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Network:
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GSM
900/1800/1900 + UMTS (3G)
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Data:
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GPRS
+ EDGE + UMTS (3G)
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Screen:
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240x320
pixels, 262k colours (main) 96x68
pixels, 65k colours (sub)
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Camera:
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2.0
megapixels
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Size:
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Large
clamshell 99x51x26mm
/ 139 grams
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Infra-red:
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Yes
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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Battery
life:
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4 hours talk / 7-9 days standby
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