Nokia E63 Phone (E71 Clone)

The Nokia E63 takes the E71 a step sideways.

Today Nokia dropped an E-bomb on the world with the (completely random) announcement of the E63 smartphone. Essentially it’s a budget E71, with the exception of a couple nice features aimed towards the consumer market. Since it’s an Eseries device, it still retains business-y features such as the ability to switch work/personal modes. More details inside.

In a nutshell, here’s the differences between the E63 and E71:

Nokia E63

Size 113 x 59 x 13 mm
Camera 2 megapixel camera
Audio Jack 3.5 mm standard audio jack
Talk Time 11 hours
GPS No


Nokia E71

Size 114 x 57 x 10 mm
Camera 3.2 megapixel camera
Audio Jack 2.5 mm audio jack
Talk Time 10.5 hours
GPS Yes


-”Better” features are highlighted in bold.

The E63 isn’t what I’d call a step forwards or backwards, even though it loses the GPS and the higher pixel count camera. It’s more or less a step sideways. The way I see it, Nokia is just starting to recognize the trend towards Blackberry-ish devices with full keyboards. Look at the success of recent Blackberry models as well as the Palm Centro, a phone that I personally think has a horrible shape and design: