Nokia E71 review: The slim metal QWERTY business phone that rivalled BlackBerry.
Nokia's answer to BlackBerry.
The E71 was Nokia's sleek business QWERTY — a slim stainless-steel bar with an excellent keyboard and two-day battery, built to take on BlackBerry. It earned a devoted following among professionals and remains one of the most respected Eseries phones.
01Display
42/10042/100 trails the 45-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2008.
02Camera
46/10046/100 trails the 48-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2008.
03Performance
44/10044/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2008.
04Battery
70/10070/100 puts it above the 65-point average for mid-range phones of 2008.
05Build
74/100At 74/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among mid-range phones of 2008 — 8 points above the cohort average.
06Value
56/10056/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2008.
- Slim 10 mm stainless-steel body — premium for a QWERTY.
- Excellent physical keyboard.
- Two-day battery life.
- A genuine BlackBerry rival.
- Tiny QVGA screen.
- Symbian was fiddly for messaging.
- 3.2 MP camera.
- Resistive, no touch.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 2-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .