Nokia has announced the successor to the popular E71 – the E72 – has gone on sale as a pre-order.
Currently only available on its website, the phone will cost you £359, although there's no word on an exact release date as yet.
This is an interesting case as it was announced back in June as costing only £300, meaning something has happened in the intervening period to hike the price up.
Cheaper across the pond
And despite Nokia stating it's only available for pre-order on its website, Amazon US is offering it too, for only $469 (£295).
Admittedly, it won't work over here in the UK, so it's not the most useful device, but still it's frustrating to note our international cousins get better deals on the latest mobile phones.
But it's a pretty decent model for a business-centric phone, with a 5MP camera (with flash), a 3.5mm headphone jack (unlike the pretty pointless 2.5mm one on the E71) and an optical trackpad for easier scrolling through messages.
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stelle1818
October 14th 2009
3. Question: If I bought the phone from nokia website would it come unlocked and fit any sim or is it only on a certain network?
I can't seem to find the answer on their website :(
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harry
October 7th 2009
2. @Avi: I've never heard anyone else make those complaints. The OS is a little old fashioned, but it's rock solid and millions of people swear by it. Signal wise again it's regarded as one of the most reliable workhorse phones so I'd suspect your problems were with your provider, or perhaps you got a faulty or early batch. As for a "tiny screen", until touchscreen phones came along it was considered rather large and high resolution.
Anyway, the new model has a much better camera, improved sound chip, slightly updated OS and other improvements that make for everyone else a great phone even better. Sounds like it might not be enough to tempt you.
I'd be interested to know what you got instead?
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avi
October 7th 2009
1. I had an E71 as did my business partner and we both sent them back because they were useless. The camera was okay but the phone would almost never have a signal and combination of a tiny screen and dreadful navigation around it plus the dire operating system made it a total waste of time.
Presumably this new model addresses some of these issues
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