Nokia E75 stars shipping

[Tzer2]

According to Nokia, the E75 QWERTY sliderphone is now making its way into shops, and may even be available already in some areas. The full release is below.

Read on in the full article.

[machimshin]

Cant wait to see a review of E75 here...but I really dont like idea of missing on/off/profile change button on top of the phone - replaced by red phone/end key...:(

[Tzer2]

Machimshin, there should be some E75 features on here very soon. I'm sure Steve will have something to say as he is a big fan of the Communicator series of devices. The E75 isn't technically a Communicator, but Nokia has been talking about it as the natural heir to the 9300.

(Regarding the off button, speaking as someone who has used both types, it doesn't make much difference IMHO but to each their own.)

I hope this is a good performer, my N95 is starting to show it's age and i could really do with a qwerty phone - shame about the screen size (of lack of), but if i got the N97 i would probably hate the touch screen after a while.

Oh, and at machimshin, the red button should still let you change profile if you press it on the standby screen, well it does on my cheap Nokia 1650 at least

Full QWERTY with small screen = lame

[Arthur]

Originally Posted by Mobile Observer

Full QWERTY with small screen = lame

Agreed.

For Nokia to call this the next communicator is a misunderstanding I'm sure. Or a bad joke.

[Tzer2]

Maybe I misrepresented their remarks. I don't think Nokia quite said the E75 was "the next communicator", they said it was in the spirit of the 9300, which was a cut-down alternative to the 9500 Communicator.

Their implication perhaps was that the real next communicator is yet to come...?

Full QWERTY with small screen = lame

Well, the N97 has QWERTY with a large screen. ;-)

The E75 is perhaps more like the "gullwing" devices such as the E70, basically "normal" phones with QWERTY optionally available when needed.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by Tzer2

Maybe I misrepresented their remarks. I don't think Nokia quite said the E75 was "the next communicator", they said it was in the spirit of the 9300, which was a cut-down alternative to the 9500 Communicator.

Calling the E75 a 9300 successor or trying to relate the E75 to the 9300 in any way is nothing but an insult to one of the best Symbian phones ever made.

The E75 is perhaps more like the "gullwing" devices such as the E70, basically "normal" phones with QWERTY optionally available when needed.

Precisely!

[machimshin]

I hope you are right about that on/off button, but Iam just used to have dedicated top button.
I just bought an E90 week ago from ebay, it is very nice piece of hardware, but Iam missing few features from my E71, and Iam very interested how the successor of E90 will look.
I had a chance to hold a dummy E75, and I was impressed with the keyboard - it has a nice tactical feedback, its just "clicky" unlike the E90, which keyboard is quite stiff, and I have to use keypad tones as tactical feedback.

As much as I like S60 and own many Nokia phones (including the last 3 E-Series), I think this phone is overpriced for what you get. I mean, I bought the E70 in 2006 and its screen had a higher screen resolution for gods sake, and it was cheaper! This phone is the E71 in a different form factor yet 20% more expensive. In Australia, another $100 will get you the Touch Pro, different phone I know but its hardware puts the E75 to shame.

[Tzer2]

I mean, I bought the E70 in 2006 and its screen had a higher screen resolution for gods sake, and it was cheaper!

To be fair, the E70 didn't have GPS or as much multimedia capability, and the E75 also has a faster processor and OS version, but I take your point and it's an interesting comparison.

From what I can make out, the E70 launched for about the same price as the E75, at least in terms of Euros. The Euro's current strength makes new phones priced in Euros seem expensive to outsiders.

[Rafe]

I think the communicator / screen size thing depends on your perspective. I would expect anyone on here to be out raged by the idea of it being associated... but taking users as a whole I think there's a point. It does much the same job that a significant portion of the 9300 userbase used their phone for.

To me the E75 is more geared towards the phone end of things than the 9300 was. That makes sense where phone function predominate. The 9300/9500 were a smaller niche (arguably) as they were closer to the mobile office end of the spectrum.

For the higher end users (and 9500) the N97 will probably be a better match or other forthcoming Eseries devices.

The screen size / resolution issue is a tricky one. For its physical size I can't really see the point in having a higher resolution screen. Again that's for the majority of users. I do think some higher resolution devices (5800 and N97 aside) would be welcome.

And yes personally I would associate the E75 with the E70 (though I think it has broader appeal).

And yes power button still changes profiles.

[Tzer2]

Perhaps Nokia compared the E75 to the 9300 rather than the E70 because the 9300 was commercially more successful?

[chenliangchen]

Sorry this is not about E75...

Just saw MGS screenshot, and I found surprisingly MGS is no longer in the PC web showroom...

Maybe they just simply forgot it...

[Tzer2]

Chenliangchen, I'm in Finland and can see MGS in my PC showroom without any problems.

However, MGS for N-Gage isn't available in some countries (America, Italy and other places) because someone else owns the exclusive distribution rights for MGS phone games there.

It could be that you live in one of those countries.