Nokia E61i Review
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Nokia E61i is an enterprise phone loaded with features. It gives Blackberry handsets some serious competition.
Update : Nokia E71 is out and chk out the review
The handset fits snuggly in the hand (at least for me)
The design is impressive and has luxury touch added to it due to the metallic finish similar to the 8800
The phone is an upgraded version of the E61 which lacked a Camera and had a primitive browser. But the built of the E61i is much better than the E61. The keypad has undergone a transformation for the better.
Highlights
- Plenty of Connectivity options – 3G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi,Infrared, USB
- Great battery life
- Decent 2 Megapixel camera
- Compact QWERTY keyboard
- microSD expansion
- Great metallic body
- Large 2.8 inch screen
- Service Light
Letdowns
- Memory Card not hot-swappable
- Slightly heavy
- No Secondary Camera despite 3G
- Bluetooth is only version 1.2 (no stereo bluetooth)
- Only USB Headset – could have been a 2.5mm or 3.5mm slot
Alternatives
There are not many phones in the price range of the e61i with similar features.
the E70 and e65 come close Sony Ericsson P1i is better than E61i but much more expensive.
Conclusion
If you are looking for a Communicator style smart phone with hell a lot of options at a affordable price go for this one. Camera is not the best. Battery backup is promising. Very Good blackberry alternative.
Price
The Nokia E61i retails at about Rs.17800 in Chennai with warranty
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Is this Phone works with Reliance?
I have a Reliance phone number, but I want to switch my old mobile phone wih this one. What are the additional benifits i can have with this combination of Reliance and E61i phone set?
@Bikram
This phone wont work with Reliance.
This is a GSM phone and not CDMA
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hi ,
well i got my nokia E61i i think one year back,
it is doing great with me n i’m very fond of it ,
you are absolutly very right about being its great alternative of blackberry ,
although u ‘hd mentioned about its camera quality ,
see its just 2MP and at that level i think it is showing its best quality ,
but some problem is their in its Micro SD , i got it of 2 GB ,some times it happens it shows its data lost , many of the times it left me disappointed ,i’ll hv to format it to make it work again,it might be because of viruses , but that directly affect my office files too which i put into mobile ,
although i love my phone and it got some emotional values with it too so i dn’t even want to change it (at least not for coming 4-5 months) ,
i’m running to many application on it and most of them are working too nicely n rest are satisfactory to me ,
so i’ll rate the phone around 3.5+ out of 5 ,
so atlast will u please suggest me its new replacement and great compititors of its range and specifications (more important) ,
looking to hear from you soon,
thank you ,
ashutosh
Hi there,
This is really nice phone of its time,,though now succesor of E61i are available ..
Besides having 2MP cam. it gives more than satisfactory results..
It carries lots of pride…
But Nokia should have packed this with radio…
Thank you,
Akash