Nokia’s E71 is a QWERTY smartphone – while this makes typing a lot easier, it makes physical design a lot more difficult due to the width of the keyboard (which can never be big enough). How big is the E71? Read on to find out!
Palm’s Treo 680(/750/755p) is one of the most popular smartphone form factors. The E71 is a bit less wide, but a lot thinner:
HP’s ipaq 910 is new to the market. The E71 is a bit smaller and a bit thinner:
37xx-ipaq’s are considered classics nowadays. The box is a lot bigger:
Our baby ipaq (rx4240) is a bit less high, but thicker and wider:
Next, it was time for a comparison with a few multitap phones. Both flip phones (N71, QTek 8500) and the slider (E66) were smaller, but some where quite a bit thicker:
Finally, here’s a shoot-out next to an iPod touch:
In the end, the Nokia E71 is a surprisingly small QWERTY device. But: did usability suffer? Tune in soon to find out more!
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